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CDP and Supply Chain Carbon Reporting

Around this time of the year, many companies are looking for the by now famous CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) report. And the 2009 report is on-line. But that's not the only information available. For the first time CDP has also issued their first...

Published 10-20-2009 9:09 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, BOM, BOP, BOC, SCOR, Environment, Cloud, Carbon neutral, Manufacturing, Community

How did HP become a "Green" Company?

On Monday, Newsweek released their inaugural Green Rankings , and interestingly, HP finished at the top. In an article, titled " The Greenest Big Companies in America " they explain they decided to publicize this list to recognize the efforts...

Published 09-25-2009 7:37 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Experience, Green, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, CO2, DFE, Environment, Innovation, Carbon offsets, Award

Carbon Neutral, reality or marketing?

A couple days ago I received a quick note from one of my colleagues concerning an activity initiated by the UK government, the " Greening Government ICT: Efficient, Sustainable, Responsible ". In this initiative, they aim at making energy consumption...

Published 02-10-2009 3:36 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Green, WWF, Sustainability, Carbon offsets, Carbon neutral

Developing Supply Chain Sustainability

In a previous post , I discussed uncertainty and illustrated it by highlighting the volatility on the Dow Jones . I was reminded of this when I ran into a document PriceWaterhouseCoopers , the accounting firm, released last December. It was titled "...

Published 01-20-2009 1:58 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Supply Chain, Visibility, Sustainability, Simulation

Sustainability, don't demotivate us

In an earlier blog, I mentioned that I was going to present at the European Conference of the Supply Chain Council, which I did by now. The presentation preceding mine was on sustainability and I really looked forward to it as I was looking for understanding...

Published 10-17-2008 3:23 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Carbon Footprint, Sustainability, Supply Chain Council

Using IT to make the company green

In one of my previous posts, I referred to the WWF report " The potential global CO2 reductions from ICT use ". Last week I had the opportunity to talk to one of my colleagues who collaborated with the WWF in this report, and we started a very...

Published 08-25-2008 3:18 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: WWF, Sustainability, CO2, DFE, MES

BOS & BOC, new acronyms to get used to?

Green, sustainability and SER, are terms that appear increasingly in our publications and conversations. They draw our attention on the fact our products interact with their environment and potentially harm it. That impact needs to be evaluated from the...

Published 07-13-2008 9:48 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Green, Carbon, Sustainability, Substance, BOM, CO2, BOP

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