Air cargo group calls for halt to EU emissions scheme
The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group has called on the EU to draw back from implementing its proposed Emissions Trading Scheme for aviation
The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group has called on the EU to draw back from implementing its proposed Emissions Trading Scheme for aviation
Stobart has re-started its rail freight service between Valencia, Spain and Barking
British prime minister David Cameron earned plaudits from his own political party for the way that he ducked out of plans for a new European treaty to strengthen the Euro last week
We should stop thinking of transport in terms of individual modes and regard it more as a network, Siim Kallas, EU vice-president and commissioner for transport has told a joint EESC-EC Conference on the White Paper on Transport
Cathay Pacific Airways has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 Freighter – making it the second freight operator worldwide to take delivery of Boeing's newest freighter
Ford has tripled the size of its programme to measure suppliers’ carbon footprint to cover 128 global suppliers - including suppliers of logistics services
Sainsbury's has set out £1 billion sustainability plan which involves targeting the carbon footprints of companies in its supply chain
Supply chain collaboration has long been talked about as the next big thing, yet more often that not it remains a boardroom discussion rather than an operational reality. But as companies begin to plateau after the recession, could now be the time for col
Half of multinationals will select future suppliers based upon carbon performance, and 56 per cent intend to deselect suppliers with a poor record on carbon, according to a new report by the Carbon Trust Advisory
IATA chief Tony Tyler has called on the EU to abandon its plan to include aviation in its emissions trading scheme arguing that airlines needed to be part of a global scheme rather than a regional one
The European Union should suspend implementation of its Emissions Trading Scheme for aviation and to instead pursue a global agreement of aviation carbon emissions through the International Civil Aviation Organisation, according to The International Air C
The British Shippers Council, a democratic arm of the FTA, has lambasted proposals to impose a bunker levy on shippers to fund environmental compensation schemes, saying it would simply pass on shipping carbon costs rather than actually reducing emissions
Lufthansa has today started a six-month biofuel trial running on its Hamburg-Frankfurt-Hamburg route four times daily, at a cost of 6.6 million euros
Marks & Spencer saved about £11m on packaging last year along with £2m on fuel through its Plan A programme, the company has revealed in its latest review of the plan
Tesco has selected 2degrees, an online community of sustainability professionals, to help it reduce its supply chain carbon footprint by 30 per cent by 2020.
The Global Shippers’ Forum is opposing plans put forward by the International Chamber of Shipping to impose a bunker levy in order to fund an environmental compensation scheme to meet shippers’ climate change responsibilities
Unilever has formed a global alliance with Jacobs Engineering Group to help it develop it supply chain to meet its growth targets
Coca-Cola Enterprises has challenged its suppliers to measure their carbon footprint and develop their own carbon reduction plans at its second annual Supplier Sustainability Summit
The Award for Contribution to Environmental Improvement has grown to be one of the most popular categories, attracting increasingly impressive entries.
Heathrow Airport has purchased hydrogen generator units from h2gogo, following trials of the vehicle emissions reduction technology
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The Rail Freight Group has urged the secretary-of-state for transport, Philip Hammond, to support rail freight in legislation to achieve government carbon reduction targets
BT has introduced a climate change procurement standard that will apply to its suppliers, to reduce carbon emissions across more of its supply chain
Transport and logistics is the only sector in Europe in which greenhouse gas emissions are significantly increasing instead of decreasing, according to PE International, a German consultancy specialising in sustainability.
GS1 UK, the not-for-profit supply chain standards firm has launched a data management service, TrueSource, for retailers and brand owners to ensure product data is accurate, and standardised across supply chains, stores and online
Fashion Week events has extended its contract with DHL to cover its shows in Paris, Zurich and Tokyo
Deutsche Post DHL has launched two new environmentally friendly products: a “Carbon Footprint Report” and a “Carbon Offsetting” option
Companies face five key areas of sustainability risk as they to eliminate waste from their supply chains, according to a study by Ernst & Young
Port operator DP World is rolling out a carbon management and reduction system from Greenstone Carbon Management and The Carbon Neutral Company.
Almost half of big companies are unaware of the risks that water availability could pose to their supply chains, according to a report by CDP Water Disclosure, a new programme from the Carbon Disclosure Project
Last year a report by Accenture, The sustainable supply chain, argued that organisations that take the lead in developing innovative supply chain strategies and then proactively embed sustainability within their operations will most likely stay ahead
It's interesting to see how corporate attention to environmental matters can have a very real impact on the way companies drive efficiency in their supply chains.
The logistics industry will be transformed by the pursuit of sustainability – not just in terms of the technologies being used but in terms of the business model, a study by Deutsche Post DHL concludes
AEA, a climate change consultancy, has told the European Commission that it will take ambitious and aggressive measures to achieve a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transport
Consumer goods giant Unilever has come up with a new tool designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chain
Transport companies that do not have a carbon reduction strategy are exposing themselves to risk – particularly regulatory risk, according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project
Marks & Spencer has officially opened its 1.1 million sq ft distribution centre at Bradford - the first of four huge sites that are planned to replace the existing network or more than 100 warehouses.
There can be few more stark examples of how environmental concerns are affecting supply chains than Ford's "Blueprint for sustainability" released last month. This set out the steps it is taking to reduce its carbon footprint.
Motor industry giant Ford has set out the steps it is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of its supply chain in its “2009/10 Blueprint for Sustainability: The Future at Work”
Achilles, which monitors and evaluates suppliers on behalf of major organisations, has got government backing for its carbonReduction programme.
