SustainCase newsletter – wk5, February 2022
Climate change: Key crops face major shifts as world warms
See a case study of Nestle and how they dealing with coffee bean production and promoting supply chain resilience by creating shared value.
Penguins offer varied clues to Antarctic climate change
Penguins have become far more than an iconic symbol of the earth’s frozen south. Scientists now use them as key indicators for understanding climate change near the South Pole. “We are counting penguin nests to understand how many penguins are in a colony, producing chicks every year, and whether that number is going up or down with the environmental conditions,” said Borowicz, of Stony Brook University in New York.
New ‘super tax’ to deter energy firm owners from gas profiteering
U.S. flooding losses will spike 26 percent by 2050 due to climate change, researchers say
Climate change will cause the U.S.’s flooding losses to jump more than 26 percent during the next three decades, with disadvantaged communities shouldering an outsize share of the economic burden, a study published on Monday predicted. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, estimates that the annual cost of flooding in the United States is going to increase 26.4 percent — from $32.1 billion to $40.6 billion — by 2050.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/31/climate-change-flooding-united-states/
Harvard Business Review: Creating shared value
February 1, 2022 – Harvard professor Michael Porter and Mark R. Kramer argue that the capitalist system is under siege, with business being increasingly viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. What’s more, businesses must take the lead in bringing business and society back together. The solution, lies in the principle of shared value. Read more.
Case study: How CAL promotes sustainability across its supply chain
January 31, 2022 – Based in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, China Airlines (CAL) is the largest airline in Taiwan. CAL has implemented sustainable supply chain management since 2014 and later established the Supply Chain Task Force, to be in charge of sustainable supply chain management. Read more.
Case study: How Celestica treats waste responsibly
January 28, 2022 – Celestica is a global leader in high-reliability design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions. Celestica is committed to reducing its material inputs and associated waste outputs, to ensure responsible consumption and production. Read more.
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