Supply chain

Alabama is now host to a new thin film solar manufacturing facility that will provide solar developers in the US with 3.5 gigawatts' worth of solar panels per year, every year (courtesy of First Solar).

New Thin Film Solar Factory Transforms Red State Into Green Warrior

Alabama is now host to a new thin film solar manufacturing facility that will provide solar developers in the US with 3.5 gigawatts’ worth of solar panels per year, every year (courtesy of First Solar).

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a shipping container suspended in mid-air between a container ship and a cargo aircraft

No, Carbon Pricing Maritime Shipping Won’t Push Freight To Airplanes

Recently I published on the International Maritime Organization’s commitment to introduce carbon pricing for all maritime shipping in 2028. One of the comments echoed something I’d seen elsewhere, the odd premise that this would drive freight to much higher emissions airplanes, and hence be counterproductive from a climate perspective. The … [continued]

Pushing Sustainability Through The Supply Chain — Our Experience

Most of us want to live in a world without waste. The problem is, it’s everywhere. Buy organic food? It’s often wrapped in plastic. Produce? Bioplastic bags don’t cut the mustard for some foodies (how did cut the mustard become an expression?). Order a pallet to buy in bulk? Guess what — stuff is effectively saran wrapped onto the pallet to keep it from sliding around. Turns out, plastic is useful.