A consortium led by Howard Tenens has been awarded a total of £1.26 million from the Low Carbon Truck Demonstration Trial funded by the Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board
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The government is to contribute £11m to a scheme that aims to encourage road haulage operators in the UK to buy and use low carbon commercial vehicles
FedEx has increased its targets for emissions reductions and fuel efficiency by about 50 per cent, according to its latest Global Citizenship report
NHS Supply Chain says it has cut electricity consumption by 18 per cent, gas consumption by 35 per cent and water consumption by 30 per cent across its distribution centre network since 2008
Jiffy Packaging, part of Pregis Protective Packaging Europe, has launched a range of sustainable packaging called Earth Aware range
Express operator DPD has introduced Total Zero – a commitment to carbon neutral shipment of parcels – at no extra charge to the customer
ISEL, at the University of Le Havre, and Renault’s Environmental Division are working with Barloworld’ CAST supply chain software to help minimise cost and reduce carbon footprint by developing new recycling models and interactive collaboration with partn
Commercial vehicle operators must face the challenge of reducing carbon emissions from transport, says the Freight Transport Association, which is holding a conference on Tuesday 29th May
Asda has just launched a sustainability initiative, the Asda Sustain and Save Exchange, using 2degrees – an online managed service designed to facilitate collaboration
Future progress on collaboration relies on honing the creativity of supply chain professionals to realise the potential that exists outside traditional activities; to venture into the dark side – co-opetition
