This summer, Starbucks built on previous commitments to the circular economy by pledging to eliminate plastic straws from their stores by 2020, replacing them with a novel recyclable lid design. The coffee house giant was just the latest in an increasingly long line of corporations such as Philips, H&M, Unilever, Renault, Nike, and Google that have abandoned the linear “take, make and dispose” industrial model in favor of a more sustainable approach. Corporate leaders have be

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored 12 shippers and two logistics firms as industry leaders in supply chain environmental and energy efficiency with its annual SmartWay® Excellence Awards at the 2018 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Awardees represented the top performing, environmentally-responsible SmartWay shippers and logistics firms that exhibit leadership by shipping more goods more miles with lower