corporate giants ask suppliers to volunteer CO2 emissions information

from eurekalert.org

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and HSBC, with assets under management of more than $41 trillion, is now working with some of the world’s largest companies to help them assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through their supply chains.

CDP has teamed up with some of the largest purchasing global organisations under the CDP Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration (SCLC). New SCLC members are Dell, Hewlett Packard, L’Oreal, PepsiCo, and Reckitt Benckiser. They join Cadbury Schweppes, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Tesco, Imperial Tobacco, and Unilever, who signed on last fall.

Annual supply chain improvement event set for Feb 11-12

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Benchmarking Success (BMS) has been a provider of supply chain development and benchmarking activities since 1993, and a part of Logistics Bureau since 2004. BMS provides fact-based information about comparative supply chain performance. BMS also offers several industry and supply chain based peer groups or business improvement groups (‘BIGs’). Each year representatives from all these groups come together with others from the wider supply chain community to discuss supply chain performance and development, hence the term ALLBIG.

PathGuide Technologies Debuts Latitude 8.0 Manifesting Module

from supplychainmarket.com

PathGuide Technologies, a leading provider of warehouse management systems for wholesale and industrial distributors, recently announced the availability of the PathGuide® Latitude 8.0 Manifesting Module. The new Manifesting Software Module has been certified as a UPS ReadyTM solution by the United Parcel Service® and features the full portfolio of services offered. With the module, small and midsized distributors can automate and streamline the shipping process for faster, more accurate shipping and lower shipping costs.

“Our new manifesting module allows distributors to easily control every aspect of the shipping process and better manage customer information,” said Eric Allais, CEO of PathGuide Technologies. “With this module distributors can quickly and cost-effectively automate their shipping department to increase efficiency and improve customer service.”.