As done by many businesses before, the quote was used to illustrate the importance of innovation and creativity in problem-solving. It was a fitting quote for the paper, ‘The Kaizen Paradox’, and also fittingly reinforces our stated mission at PalletEarth - to change the way businesses move product from A to B with technology and data led decisions.
The paper itself was a timely reminder of the need to balance ‘Kaizen’ (small, continuous change) with ‘Kiakau’ (radical change) to gain competitive advantage and support impactful change in organizations.
In October we released our latest whitepaper which dove into the issue of Greenwashing. The paper looks into why misleading green claims are ultimately more expensive for businesses and why embracing ‘Kaikau’ and simply investing in the necessary steps to realize sustainability gains is the more cost-effective option. You can read the full paper here.
This is our last newsletter for 2024. The team and I wish you all a happy and, if possible, relaxing festive period wherever you may be based in the world and whatever your plans are. We look forward to talking more in 2025.
Dave and the PalletEarth team
Food loss and waste are pressing challenges that require collective action and innovative solutions. Ahold Delhaize is taking significant steps to reduce food loss and waste across its supply chain by 50% by 2030.
Unpredictable shipping times and port delays pose significant challenges for fruit and vegetable traders during the peak export season in the lead up to Christmas. The result is a growing demand for reliable inventory and temperature data loggers by the cold chain sector.
A recent DS Smith survey reports growing damage to online purchases – with 34% of people receiving a crushed package, another 34% torn packaging, and 32% saying the product itself was smashed.
PalletEarth applauds companies that advocate for the use of centralized data to identify opportunities to improve sustainability in supply chains. Mitie and DP World talk about their experience in using data to boost visibility, optimize resource and drive innovation and the tools they use to drive down emissions.
Released in June this year, this article by McKinsey explores the challenges businesses face to address Scope 3 emissions– the ones that are embedded in their supply chain and are often hard to influence or change. But with logistics accounting for 7% of global GHG emissions –effectively decarbonizing logistics is a critical lever to achieve net-zero.
A group of international scientists have warned that countries could ‘cheat’ their way towards their Paris Agreement targets, making it look as if they achieved net zero while continuing to drive global heating. The study, published in Nature and led by University of Oxford, explains why naturally occurring carbon sinks must be protected to remove historical pollution – and why they weren’t included in the original net-zero definition they developed in 2009.
On the back of Cop29 Ed Miliband penned this though provoking article in the Guardian, sharing his experience of Cop and why he sees the 11th hour deal as a step towards multilateral action and how it will help poorer countries get the finance they need to decarbonize their economies.
To deliver true circularity, each pallet must come back to source. Hear Dave Cashmore talk about how the PalletEarth team works with each of its customers and their supply chain partners to establish a return route, which in many cases will already exist.
“To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill
For modern day businesses, pivoting to respond to the ever-changing economic landscape is the new normal.
Dave Cashmore talks about how its new pallet solution helps to make the movement of, and interaction with, pallets safer for your people.
Carl McInerney, Business Development Director UK & Europe at PalletEarth, explains how we’re changing the way the world moves!
In this video Carl McInerney, Director UK and Europe, talks about how companies need to prepare for these legislative changes and how PalletEarth’s new pallet solution can help deliver sustainability goals while addressing five key challenges facing supply chains in this new landscape.
Welcome to Earth Evolution - a newsletter committed to innovation, sustainability and cost efficiency in the supply chain sector. In an era where the global supply chain landscape is undergoing profound transformations, PalletEarth remains dedicated to nurturing change for a sustainable tomorrow.
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw
In the second issue of Earth Evolution we continue to keep you up to date and informed on the latest innovations, trends and news in the supply chain industry
Published on Business Desk, by Brent Melville, Friday 6 January
The simple steps that could save USD$163 billion in preventable waste each year. The first in a series of whitepapers, PalletEarth’s ‘Supply Chain Waste – a preventable billion-dollar problem’, concisely outlines the issue at hand as well as the simple steps businesses can take.
Dave Cashmore talks about how PalletEarth’s unique tracking feature enables full visibility of your pallet
