{"id":4412,"date":"2021-12-06T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/?p=4412"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:35:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:35:55","slug":"sustainability-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/sustainability-on-the-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"htmlBody article_div\">\n<div class=\"roofHeader\">BY THE NUMBERS<\/div>\n<div class=\"subtitle\">LEADERS SEE SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY AS A GROWING PRIORITY<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dropCap\">D<\/span>espite the economic shock and supply chain disruptions from the pandemic, most companies continued their efforts to become more sustainable last year, according to the <em>2021 State of Supply Chain Sustainability<\/em> report. Researchers from the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals surveyed about 2,400 supply chain professionals to produce this report.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows that many companies, primarily large ones, stepped up their sustainability efforts last year, while some smaller companies scaled them back due to business volatility. North America accounted for 38% of respondents, more than any other region. Here are some of the other findings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutions-digital.com\/mhiq\/0122_volume_10__issue_1\/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&amp;folio=26#pg26\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong>Click here to view infographic.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographics_Page_1-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographics_Page_1-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographics_Page_1-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographics_Page_1-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Infographics_Page_1.jpg 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY THE NUMBERS LEADERS SEE SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY AS A GROWING PRIORITY Despite the economic shock and supply chain disruptions from the pandemic, most companies continued their efforts to become more sustainable last year, according to the 2021 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report. Researchers from the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":4414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[2883,2882,2885,2814,1237,610,442,1902,1907,2884,2161,466,441,2557,540,528,2886,576,2555],"class_list":["post-4412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-sustainability","tag-cdp","tag-consumer-data-platform","tag-council-of-supply-chain-management-professionals","tag-future-supply-chain","tag-material-handling","tag-material-handling-industry","tag-mhi-solutions","tag-mhi-solutions-magazine","tag-mhisolutionsmag","tag-mit-center-for-transportation-and-logistics","tag-resilient-supply-chains","tag-supply-chain","tag-supply-chain-innovation","tag-supply-chain-productivity","tag-supply-chain-resilience","tag-supply-chain-sustainability","tag-sustainability-statistics","tag-sustainable-supply-chain","tag-warehouse-flexibility"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sustainability on the Rise - MHI Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutions-digital.com\/mhiq\/0122_volume_10__issue_1\/MobilePagedArticle.action?app=false&cmsId=3976540\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sustainability on the Rise - MHI Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BY THE NUMBERS LEADERS SEE SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY AS A GROWING PRIORITY Despite the economic shock and supply chain disruptions from the pandemic, most companies continued their efforts to become more sustainable last year, according to the 2021 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report. 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