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June 20, 2008 Greener Products, Smarter Supply Chains SLM Home | Sourcing News & Ideas | Connections | Events | About

Coke, Nestle, Others to Share Shipping Routes Some of the U.K.’s biggest food and drink companies, including Coca-Cola, Nestle, and Coors, have agreed to share space in shipping trucks in an effort to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of product transport, Food Production Daily reports. Read more... Also This Week... UPS Introduces Paperless Invoice UPS has launched a new service enabling business customers to replace the familiar paper-and-plastic pouch mailer with a paperless electronic invoice. Read more... JohnsonDiversey Helps Customers Save 1 Billion Gallons of Water Cleaning-systems giant JohnsonDiversey helped food and beverage customers save more than a billion gallons of water last year thanks to its water management program, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. Read more... Report: EPEAT Computing Products Will Save Purchasers $4 Billion EPEAT-certified green electronics sold in 2007 will save buyers nearly $4 billion dollars over the products' lifecycles, according to a new report from the Green Electronics Council. Read more... GE Helps Business Customers Cut Fleet Fuel Costs 15% GE has unveiled a new fleet solutions service that it says can help business customers reduce average fuel costs by 15%, saving up to $15,000 per vehicle. Read more... More Sustainable Sourcing News & Tools... We want to hear from you! Post your comments or questions below any SLM news story and we'll feature the best of them here. (Note: You must be a registered SLM user to post. Not yet signed up? Click here!) Forward to a Friend! Mike Hannigan on How Business Can "Give Something Back" Each year, California office-supply firm Give Something Back plows half of its profits back into local communities. We asked co-founder Mike Hannigan how his 17-year-old venture has managed to become the state’s largest independent office supplier, competing head-to-head with the likes of Office Depot and Staples, without losing any of its soul. Read more... Solution Providers Can Outsourcing Be Green? There are many more operational and green advantages to manufacturing locally in the U.S. rather than outsourcing to Asia, according to Dr. Jeffrey Karrenbauer, president of supply-chain solutions firm INSIGHT, Inc. (IndustryWeek) Read more...

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