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As widely reported, the manufacturing and supply chain landscape has become increasingly challenging over the past decade, with port congestion, spillover impacts from geopolitical conflicts, and freight transportation issues causing major disruption. Organizations across industries also face mounting pressure to reduce costs, improve service levels, optimize working capital, and find solutions that deliver immediate impact….

  Corporate net zero pledges have turned out to be empty, useless and in extreme cases, made things even worse for the climate. They’ve resulted in short-term solutions that have distracted the world from doing the fundamental work we need to do to fix our climate. Balancing your ledger of carbon emissions may have been…

We all know that it’s not enough for sustainability teams to act in a silo. To achieve real change, an organization must embed ESG commitments across all products and teams, and draw on the efforts and engagement of everyone from the CEO to frontline staff. Yet for so many sustainability leaders, this level of integration…

Intel’s new manufacturing plant in Leixlip, Ireland, which cost $18.5 billion to build, is replete with technologies touted for conserving energy and water including programmable, all-LED lighting and a water reclamation and filtration system that could save 275 million gallons a year. One of its more unusual features, however, is an approach that’s often overlooked:…

Frontline building managers and operators assigned key facilitation roles Daunting targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the buildings sector are spurring an all-in approach to decarbonization that assigns roles to finance, engineering, management and operational teams. Industry associations and a range of stakeholders within commercial real estate companies, their investor groups…

Storing and moving snow safely is crucial through the winter As the snow starts to pile up and regular snow removal is required, moving and storing that snow safely can be a challenge for maintenance managers. From adding weight in a parking garage to limiting space in the lot, snow storage and removal require intentional…