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Mars, AB InBev, and the Art of Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

The SDGs developed by the UN are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all” The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda.

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Coke versus Pepsi: Who Has a Better Approach to the PET Problem?

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The research is not definitive. Pepsi vs. Coke and PET Sustainability: Pepsi Wins Pepsi’s target metrics include cutting virgin plastic from non-renewable sources per serving 50% by 2030. We don’t know the long-term effects of breathing in and ingesting these particles. Do they contribute to miscarriages? Damage to lungs? Inflammation?

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

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However, their carbon reduction goals for their value chain operations for 2030 will not be changed. The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ).

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Walmart said at the end of 2021, it is 57 percent toward its 2030 goal and while that’s great progress, much of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked.

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LastMile Dialogues: Maximizing unit economics to unlock last mile efficiencies

Locus

The government has ambitious plans to propel the country into the top ten biggest economies in the world by 2030, with manufacturing at the heart of this goal. Download the Definitive CEP Playbook to establish right to win Download the Ebook Now!

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

Logistics Bureau

I like to quote the following definition of CSR , offered by Chatham House associate fellow, Paul Hohnen. Lego says it will strive to eliminate its landfill waste by 2025 and to produce all its building bricks from sustainable resources (renewable or recycled) by 2030.

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2023 Expectations for Ocean Shipping and the Broader Shipping Industry

MTS Logistics

The definition of normalization is difficult to come by. Maersk has a goal to be carbon-neutral by 2050 after reducing CO2 emissions by 60% by 2030. After a tumultuous two and a half years, in 2023, it seems like tides are turning in shipping and a normalization which has already started might be here to stay.