We are experiencing a huge shift in consumer mindset as customers have become more interested in a company’s process over its product. This is particularly true in the nearly $500+ billion cosmetics industry, which does much to improve a person’s sense of self and wellbeing, but also has a great deal of waste taking a…
Category: Sustainability
Convoy to Promote use of Natural Resources Canada’s SmartDriver Program to Help Truck Drivers Save Money and Reduce Carbon Emissions
Convoy encourages use of free eco-driving training course to tens of thousands of truck drivers in North America We are excited to announce a new way for carriers to reduce carbon emissions by 35%. Starting today, we are promoting Natural Resources Canada’s industry leading SmartDriver for Highway Trucking (SDHT) training course to Convoy’s network of tens…
Aether Beauty’s Tiila Abbitt: Leading The Zero Waste Beauty Revolution
When the question of integrating sustainability into your business arises, there are many considerations to be made because it has an impact on nearly every part of a company. Are you working to uphold corporate sustainability and do good in the communities where you operate? And what about for the people who work for your…
Fair Trade USA’s Amy Blyth: Partnering To Drive Impact
The concept of “fair trade” is based upon the philosophy that products bought and sold are connected to the livelihoods of others. By certifying businesses as “fair trade,” everyone involved is making a choice to support responsible companies; empower farmers, workers, and fishermen; and protect the environment. To learn more about the fair trade movement,…
Samsonite’s Christine Riley Miller: The First Global Head of Sustainability
There can be any number of reasons an organization is driven to adopt a sustainability platform. Publicly traded companies, for example, may be required to publish an annual report on sustainability initiatives. Other catalysts could include new C-level talent coming on board who have a sustainability mindset or ongoing customer inquiries as to what a…
Convoy Recognized in Fortune’s Impact 20 List
Fortune’s latest list celebrates the startups tackling society’s big problems. Using AI to match shippers and carriers efficiently, Convoy has helped its customers lower carbon emissions by 3M lbs.
A Case for Supplier Diversity in Trucking
Major corporations are investing more resources than ever with diverse-owned businesses to improve their supply chains by creating programs that focus on diversity growth. Diversity in supply chains promote innovation by introducing new products and services while expanding the range of supply channels for goods and services. Corporations’ commitment to diverse supply chains creates an…
Griffith Foods’ Katherine Pickus On Redefining Sustainability
In today’s global marketplace, there is no longer a question of whether a company can afford to have a sustainability mission. The space is moving so fast, we have moved well past the possibility of a sustainability goal and fast forwarded to how impactful an organization’s sustainability policies actually are. This is evolving so quickly…
Free People’s Julie Verdugo: Sustainability in Practice
It is a frequent point of debate in boardrooms around the world: Should we incorporate sustainability into our business and how much is it going to cost? For many organizations, sustainability and the broader query of social impact seem separate, but the reality is they are very intertwined. How does your product or service impact…
Grove Collaborative’s Danielle Jezienicki: When Sustainability Is A Core Part Of A Company’s Foundation
Sustainability can truly become harmonious with a business when it is an integral pillar of a company’s DNA versus being an afterthought. When sustainability is literally baked into the brand, then how a company operates, everything it produces, its policies and procedures, interactions with suppliers and vendors, etc. are all viewed through a sustainability lens…
Embedding Sustainability Into Founding Principles
Sustainability in business — exactly how can it be established, managed, and monitored? For companies starting up circa 2020, sustainability can be a huge component of their founding mission. But for others who have been around for quite some time, how do you begin to incorporate sustainability into operations, policies, procedures, and overall mindset where…
What to do when a shipment is rejected
Often when a shipment is rejected at the receiver it causes lost time, additional fuel costs and wasted products. From a sustainability perspective, this can negate prior cost savings and fuel efficiency. Carriers end up losing out on their next shipments, spending more in fuel for reroutes and the disposition process can hold up their…
Sustainability in Trucking – Q3 snapshot report
In August 2020 Convoy surveyed over 440 small and mid-sized trucking companies across the United States to collect a snapshot of sustainability in trucking. Survey participants include dispatchers for fleets and owner-operators. All the results are self reported by the participants. This report is data from over 31,787,562 miles driven in July.
Making Common Sense A Business Value
Sustainability in business is defined as operating an enterprise which has minimal negative impact on the global or local environment, community, society, or economy. Quite often, the “Sustainability” umbrella encompasses Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), which refers to a company’s commitment to be good stewards of the environmental and social landscape in which they operate. CSR…
Climate change impact to the trucking industry
Transportation is the largest contributor to climate change in the US according to the EPA, accounting for around 28% of greenhouse gas emissions. Since 1990, transportation has also seen the highest absolute growth in emissions as compared with any other cause, and that trend looks primed to continue: freight transport is expected to double by 2040, with freight emissions easily overtaking those from passenger transportation by 2050.
How Eco Transportation Supports Clean Communities
If you hear the words “air pollution”, what image comes to mind? A smoggy city? Exhaust from a car or truck’s tailpipe? It can be easy to think of air pollution in terms of where it comes from and how it impacts the atmosphere. But let’s consider who is impacted by air pollution and how the transportation industry can support clean communities.
Truck Drivers To The Rescue: Equipping Truck Drivers To Report Trafficking
Human trafficking — where people are bought and sold for forced labor or commercial sex — happens in every state across America with the number of victims estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. One of the most frequent locations where the FBI were finding women and children being coerced into prostitution was at…
The problem with deadhead miles, in less than 500 words
Reducing deadhead miles is the key to eliminating billions of wasted carbon emissions and helping truck drivers earn more money. Learn how truck drivers are reducing deadhead miles.
Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet, and Profit
At some point in every company’s evolution — whether it be at the inception or farther down the line — the sustainability conversation will arise. Incorporating sustainable business practices might be driven by internal proponents; as a result of the need to keep up with the competition; or, quite often, by consumer demand. Recent data…
Innovating supply chain for greater social impact
When COVID-19 hit the United States, optimizing the supply chain for many industries became increasingly more important — particularly as it relates to food and other necessary consumables. The dairy industry, for instance, was suddenly faced with a huge shift in business as restaurants shut down, schools were closed, and consumers were dining at home.…
