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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

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According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries will increase from around 340 GWh today to over 3500 GWh by 2030. In a recent report, IEA indicated that global battery and mineral supply chains need to expand ten-fold to meet projected critical minerals needs by 2030.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

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The initiative supports Nestle’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, starting with the goal of sourcing 20 percent of ingredients from regenerative farmland by 2025 and 50 percent of ingredients from the same by 2030. The renewed strike at 30 Canadian ports has been called off, for now, after a see-saw of work and walk-outs.

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How Supply Chain Leaders Make Sustainability Their Core Mission

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The results, based on a representative survey among more than 200 companies, shed unparalleled insight into key challenges in the industry, as well as best practices to improve supply chain performance and operation. In response to these rising complexities, late last year, Körber commissioned its first ever Supply Chain Benchmarking report.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6 – 12)

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But I guess when Amazon is looking at a company as the future of its electric delivery fleet, having ordered 100,000 vehicles to be delivered by 2030, with 10,000 in operation by next year, it certainly helps. This will certainly be an interesting company to watch over the next decade. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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The Weekly Freight Report for March 4th, 2021

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Traveling… beaches… and dining out with groups of friends. A new survey from IBM says that’s about to change. Digitization trends are and will sweep the trucking industry by 2030. Get the full details here. Freight volume expected to remain strong for the long haul. What we wouldn’t give to do it again.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

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In MIT’s State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2021 , 80% of executives surveyed said the pandemic either had no impact on their commitment or increased it. Schneider Electric has committed to convert its 14,000 fleet vehicles to electric by 2030. Supply chain sustainability is a higher priority than ever.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

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This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. New research from the NCC Group illustrates that the number of cyberattacks on supply chains increased by 51 percent during the period from July to December of 2021. The global chip shortage is not the only aspect currently affecting supply chains around the world.