Feature BY JASON SCHENKER, PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGE ECONOMICS®, CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURIST INSTITUTE® Sustainability remains a major priority across industries, but in Cold War Two, the green energy transition is facing new geopolitical and economic headwinds. The push for renewable energy, decarbonization and electric vehicle adoption is continuing, but supply chain disruptions, rising costs and strategic decoupling from ...
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Sustainability in Transition: Navigating Shifting Standards in a New Political Landscape
BY JASON SCHENKER, PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGE ECONOMICS,® CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURIST INSTITUTE® The transition to a new presidential administration has brought with it a recalibration of federal priorities, including sustainability policies. While this administration has already laid the groundwork to relax sustainability and emissions timelines, the broader momentum for sustainability—driven by institutional investors, large public companies, rating agencies, international stakeholders ...
Read More »Thinking Outside the Grid
Feature From charging forklift batteries and electric vehicles to running conveyors and keeping the lights on, modern, clean supply chains depend on an uninterrupted supply of power from America’s electrical grid. But demand for power and other factors are testing the grid’s reliability like never before, sending users scrambling for solutions to ensure access to the electricity they need to ...
Read More »Supply Chain Sustainability Pushes Forward in 2025
Feature BY JASON SCHENKER, PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGE ECONOMICS®, CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURIST INSTITUTE® ISTOCK.COM/PETMAL The supply chain community should expect 2025 to be a year of greater focus on sustainability. While a number of U.S. government policies are likely to be shaped by the new administration, other sustainability stakeholders have been applying consistent pressure across the economy and supply chains. ...
Read More »Unpacking Scope 3
There’s widespread agreement that transitioning to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 can’t be achieved unless companies get serious about reducing greenhouse gases generated throughout their value chain, yet the challenges of measuring Scope 3 emissions have left many enterprises struggling out of the gate. New tools and supplier engagement strategies promise to simplify this complex task. BY DAVID H. COBURN ...
Read More »Sustainability and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
BY JASON SCHENKER, PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGE ECONOMICS®, CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURIST INSTITUTE® Could a change of presidential control kill sustainability initiatives? It is highly unlikely. Despite the election outcome, sustainability preferences for many economic stakeholders are poised to remain popular. However, the upcoming U.S. presidential election will be critical for the near-term future of sustainability because the executive branch of ...
Read More »Supply Chain Sustainability Remains Top Priority
BY JASON SCHENKER, PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGE ECONOMICS®, CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURIST INSTITUTE® Critical sustainability developments have occurred this year for companies in the supply chain, logistics and material handling industries. At the top of the list is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule on emissions, which after being approved was put on hold while litigation plays out. Additionally, global ...
Read More »Sustainability and Emissions Disclosures: California Takes the Lead
BY JASON SCHENKER, PRESIDENT OF PRESTIGE ECONOMICS®, CHAIRMAN OF THE FUTURIST INSTITUTE® In 2023, there was a significant pushback against Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) investing. While there has been a pushback against the social aspects of ESG, environmental priorities—and associated sustainability and emissions requirements—are likely to remain top concerns for investors, regulators and companies. Bi-Partisan Support for Sustainability Initiatives ...
Read More »Scope 3 and Achieving Net Zero
Feature Becoming a Sustainable Business Requires a Sustainable Supply Chain BY CAROL MILLER, CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, MHI With looming Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations as well as the recent spate of wildfires, torrential downpours, excessive heat and other extreme weather events, the need for climate action and sustainability reporting has reached a new level of urgency. ...
Read More »Revving up Renewables: Clean Energy Supply Chains
Feature As the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions climbs toward the top of the corporate agenda and clean energy technologies become more available and cost-effective, more companies are looking to renewable and clean energy technologies as a key to decarbonizing their own facilities and vehicle fleets and working with their supply chain partners to do the same. BY DAVID ...
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