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Supply Chain Sustainability can be Faciliated by (PIM) Product Information Management Systems

By Rob-Rowe on October 14, 2010 Comments Off on Supply Chain Sustainability can be Faciliated by (PIM) Product Information Management Systems auto power-down, carbon footprint, corporate sustainability initiatives, Data Pools, DPM, electrical usage code, energy efficiency, energy usage, Fair Trade, GDSN, GE, Global Data Synchronization Network, Green Business, green Logistics, green supply chain, green transportation, GS1 Global Registry, GXS Data Pool Manager, GXS Product Master Data Management, Industrial Research Institute, IRI, Jeffrey Immelt, Master Data Management, max energy usage, PIM, PIM solution, PMDM, Product Information Management, product packaging, recycling, reducing waste, removable hazardous components, reuse, Robert Rowe, ROHS compliant, supply chain, supply chain carbon footprint, Sustainability Consortium, sustainability program, transportation efficiency, Wal-Mart, Warehousing efficiency, waste, workflows

Implementing a Product Information Management (PIM) strategy can help support your corporate sustainability initiatives by having correct data throughout the supply chain. Inaccuracies in product information can cause waste and inefficiencies in the supply chain. And how, as a side benefit, PIM systems contribute to a company’s sustainability initiatives by eliminating these inaccuracies, reducing waste and saving money at the same time. Statistics prove the benefits of implementing a PIM solution and as the amount of product information continues to increase, the old methods of managing it all just won’t work anymore when sustainability, efficiency and accuracy is a concern.

DOE Doles Out $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Clean Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

By Tracey de Morsella on September 1, 2009 1 Comment advanced vehicle technologies, alternative fuel, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and Egg Harbor Township, and HEV Vehicles and Fueling Stations Initiative, Atlantic City, Austin, Autogas refueling stations in the following major metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, biodiesel, biofuels, biogas, Camden, Chicago, City of Chicago, Clean Cities program, clean energy, Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative, Clean Fuels Ohio’s Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership, Clean School Bus/Vehicle Incentive & Green Jobs Outreach Program, CNG, CNG dump trucks, compressed natural gas fueling stations, compressed natural gas vehicles, Dallas, Dallas-Fort Worth, DeKalb County’s DeKalb County/Metropolitan Atlanta Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle Project, Denver, Department of Energy, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project, DOE, electric vehicles, electricity, energy efficient vehicles, energy security, ethanol, EV, flex-fuel vehicles, garbage trucks, Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition’s Long Island Regional Energy Collaborative Promoting a Green Economy through Clean Alternatives, Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, green transportation, Houston, hybrid school buses, hybrid technologies, hybrid truck, hybrids, hydraulic hybrids, Inc.’s Connecticut Clean Cities Future Fuels Project, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition’s Hybrid Electric School Buses Provide New Horsepower for Kentucky, Lake Charles, landfill gas, LFG, local governments, Los Angeles, LPG, Maryland Energy Administration’s Maryland Hybrid Truck Goods Movement, Metropolitan Energy Information Center’s Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project, Michigan, Minerals and Energy’s Paving the Way with Propane: The AutoGas Corridor Development Program, Nassau, natural gas, New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, New Orleans, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)’s Statewide Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program for CNG, Newark, North Carolina, North Central Texas Council of Governments’ North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology, NYSERDA, OATP, Oklahoma City, Orlando, petroleum, petroleum consumption, Phoenix, plug-in electric hybrids, pollution, propane, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Puget Sound Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Project, Railroad Commission of Texas’ Texas Propane Fleet Pilot Program, refueling infrastructure, refueling locations, refuse collection vehicles, renewable gas, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Bernardino, San Bernardino Associated Governments’ J.B. Hunt LNG Truck Project: Made in America Initiative, San Diego, SCAQMD, Seattle, Secretary Chu, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure, SOuth Carolina, South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Drayage Truck Replacement Initiative, South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project, South Gate, South Los Angeles, Southern CA Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition’s Expanding California’s E85 Ethanol Fueling Infrastructure, Southern California, Southern California Association of Governments Clean Cities Coalition, St. Louis, state governments, State of Indiana’s: Central Indiana Clean Cities Alliance Comprehensive Alternative Fuels Implementation Plan, State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program, Steven Chu, Suffolk, Texas State Technical College’s Development of a National Liquid Propane (Autogas) Refueling Network, The Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition’s Idaho Petroleum Reduction Leadership Project, transportation authorities, Trenton, Triangle J Council of Governments’ Carolinas Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative, University of Michigan, Utah Clean Cities Coalition’s Clean Cities Transportation Sector Petroleum Reduction Technologies Program, Virginia Department of Mines

Last week, Secretary Chu announcen nearly $300 million in Clean Cities grants to support clean fuels, vehicles, and infrastructure development. The projects are designed to create jobs, limit pollution, and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.

Survey Says Green Professionals are Well Paid, Happy and Have Job Security

By Tracey de Morsella on June 9, 2009 2 Comments Acona, Acre Resources, Carbon Finance, Carbon Salary Survey, CDM, clean technology, Climate Change, climate change law, climate change science, climate policy, climate regulation, CSR, emissions market, emissions trading markets, energy efficiency, green banking, Green Recruiting, green transportation, JI, kyoto protocol, power generationm biomass, renewable energy, renewable technology, solar;, Thomson Reuters Carbon Market Community, voluntary offset market, wind

The newly published, inaugural Carbon Salary Survey, is one the first studies to provide detailed information about professionals working in the climate change and emissions trading markets globally. The Carbon Salary Survey, which culled responses from 1,157 participants, is a collaborative project between Acre Resources, a green recruiting consulting firm; Acona, a CSR consulting firm; and Thomson Reuters Carbon Market Community. Throughout April 2009, they surveyed people working in the following areas: renewable energy; clean technology and energy efficiency; carbon finance/brokering; carbon/climate change law, policy or regulation; the project-based emissions market under the Kyoto Protocol(CDM & JI); and the voluntary offset market and climate change science. Based on the results, it appears that green professionals overall are well-paid, feel that they have job security and are happy.