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Supply Chain Helps Meet ESG Goals

Blue Grace Logistics

Interest in environment, social responsibility, and governance—or ESG—initiatives is growing among businesses of all sizes across the country, thanks in large part to widespread changes in the United States and abroad. Here’s how many companies are turning to their supply chains to meet their ESG goals. Inbound Logistics.

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Top 5 manufacturing CFO priorities for 2022

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

We recently surveyed CFOs and finance executives in the manufacturing and distribution sectors to study how the pandemic has impacted their businesses. Among key insights , we learned that finance leaders are realigning their 2022 priorities to meet changing business needs. 4. Managing governance and risk.

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Logistics Industry Expects Global Slowdown in 2020, Says Survey

Logistics Business Magazine

Supply chain executives are braced for a global slowdown and see a threat to emerging markets, according to Agility’s annual survey. Sixty-four percent of industry professionals surveyed for the 2020 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index say a recession is likely in the next 12 months. 2020 Index and Survey Highlights.

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Penske-Sponsored State of Sustainable Fleets 2024 Market Brief is Now Available

Penske Move Ahead

Now in its fifth year, the State of Sustainable Fleets 2024 Market Brief sheds light on an industry meeting the moment of an active transition. Fleets using CNG met 70% of their fueling needs with renewable natural gas (RNG) on average in the annual State of Sustainable Fleets fleet survey.

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Wooden Pallet Manufacturing and Re-use Uplift

Logistics Business Magazine

Manufacturing and reuse of wooden pallets increased significantly according to the most recent survey commissioned by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the research arm of the Forestry Commission, Forest Research. FEFPEB President Rob van Hoesel and General Secretary Fons Ceelaert attended the meeting.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

“Women generally possess strong multi-tasking and [organizational] skills, and typically are safe drivers,” WIT wrote in a statement announcing the 2023 survey results. The 2023 survey also found that nearly 44% of dispatchers are women, indicating the important role women are playing across the industry, WIT said.

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Collaboration and Data Key to Timber Industry

Logistics Business Magazine

This includes a new carbon calculator it has developed and from which it will share learnings as TIMCON embarks on a similar initiative to help its membership meet increasing sustainability obligations. Watt said surveys for the market report’s next edition would be issued to the membership much earlier, during February this year.