Category: Sustainability

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of societal, environmental, commercial, and technological challenges — all of which require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. Oftentimes, however, senior management is reluctant to make sustainability core to their company’s business strategy due to the long-standing and incorrect assumption that the costs of sustainability far outweigh the…

Supply chain sustainability has been a growing topic of conversation in board rooms across the country for quite some time now, but it has been amplified even more as a result of COVID-19. The breakdown in supply chains as a result of the pandemic has forced many organizations to seek supply chain resiliency and identify…

Convoy was recently called upon to help deliver much-needed food service supplies donated by Dart Container Corporation of Mason, Michigan. Dart, one of the world’s largest food and beverage packaging manufacturers, donated two truckloads of foodservice products — approximately 90,000 lbs. of goods — to Matthew 25: Ministries (M25M) in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fifty years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established with a mission to protect human health and the environment. It works to ensure Americans have clean air, land, and water; reduce environmental risks; pass federal protection laws; maintain environmental stewardship integral to US policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy transportation, agriculture,…

Sustainability and the environment are linked in myriad ways to the ultimate success of a retail business. Does the sustainability conversation in retail begin as a result of a CEO’s moral imperative to do the right thing? Or is it actually driven by the growing customer loyalty to retail brands which take steps to address…

The spray cleaner market in the US currently accounts for $10 billion — a segment where consumers report close to zero brand preference. One dirty little fact about the industry is that traditional spray cleaners are actually 98 percent water inside single-use plastic bottles. The products need to be shipped from the manufacturer to the…

Jazwares, a global leader in consumer products with a longstanding commitment to furthering the education and development of children through play, partnered with Convoy to donate 22,000 toys to the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, Washington.

Aggressive mitigation and adaptation policies to reduce carbon emissions have become a top priority for many companies, celebrities, cities, countries, and organizations as they work to reduce their contributions to climate change — if not eliminate them entirely. The shared solution: buying carbon offsets. Companies aiming to be carbon-neutral believe offsets help provide the “net”…

The impact of our carbon footprint Everything we do, buy, or eat impacts a person’s carbon footprint either directly or indirectly. Driving to work or flying cross country for a vacation directly results in carbon emissions, while buying something online from China has an indirect carbon emission effect. The important thing to realize is that…

Due to the fragmented nature of the trucking industry, Convoy’s digital freight network provides opportunities for shippers and drivers to experience efficiency gains, and it is no different when it comes to sustainability. One area of active research for Convoy is shipment appointment setting, and in this article, we’ll be talking specifically about its impact…

Over 86% of the S&P 500 have sustainability goals targeted at carbon emissions reduction. To make meaningful progress toward these goals, businesses need to be aligned with their entire supply chain and address carbon emissions accounting, reporting, and disclosure in partnerships with their supply chains. This is particularly relevant in the wake of current reports…

Liquid laundry detergent is the most expensive bottle of water you can buy. When you think about it, a large plastic bottle is shipped all over the country to be put into a machine that already has water in it. Transporting big clunky jugs to get the laundry detergent on store shelves or direct to…