To date, more than 200 corporate giants have explained to the seven-person Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs why their manufacturing facilities or suppliers in China violated the country’s air and water laws. At least 50 companies have taken corrective actions and agreed to IPE-supervised environmental audits of their factories. Here’s why supply chain managers need to pay attention to influential little watchdogs like IPE.

Company officials said this $2.2 million facility will be used to fuel the company’s fleet of CNG-powered trucks.

Following a retrofit of its DC, BSN Sports has achieved new levels of productivity and space utilization.

Some researchers are asking what the real world of distribution and logistics can learn from the digital world of the Internet.

Clover Hill Foods installs an intelligent LED system to reduce lighting energy use by 91% and overall energy use by 32%.

This is the second installment of a two-part forecast written by Kimberly Knickle, practice director, IDC Manufacturing Insights

This is the first of a two-part forecast written by Kimberly Knickle, practice director, IDC Manufacturing Insights

CAPS Research releases a benchmarking report on Supplier Environmental Sustainability Performance

To help companies quantify the environmental sustainability benefits that can be achieved through reusable packaging, ORBIS Corp. (Booth 2700) announced a life cycle assessment-based initiative in a press conference yesterday.

Responding to increased demand for sustainable packaging alternatives—and to support sustainability initiatives—Sealed Air (Booth 2709) launched the three foam lines made of recycled resin yesterday: EthafoamMRC (with 100% pre-consumer content), Ethafoam HRC (with 65% recycled content), and Stratocell RC (with 60% content) foams.