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Sustainable distribution: miles better
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07 April 2011 |
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| Last month, IGD announced the food and grocery industry has saved 163million HGV miles through a variety of sustainable distribution initiatives. Karen Chalmers updates us on what different companies are doing to save even more road miles. |
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Profiling retailers' supply chain operations
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02 September 2010 |
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| IGD’s retail logistics profiles have been published for over 25 years and now form part of the Supply Chain Analysis online service. Laura Bayman highlights what information they cover, and why they are so valuable. |
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The road to success
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22 February 2010 |
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| Last month, IGD announced that the food and grocery industry has saved 124million HGV miles from UK roads through sustainable initiatives - exceeding its four year target a year early. Here we find out what companies have been doing to achieve this figure. |
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Working together to find sustainable transport solutions
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02 March 2009 |
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| Stephen Fidler, Head of Freight and Logistics Division at the Department for Transport (DfT), joined a recent meeting of the ECR UK Executive Board to discuss the sustainable distribution activities in place across the food and grocery industry and the potential to increase them further. |
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Consolidation – The Road Ahead
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01 December 2008 |
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| In response to market and competitive pressures, the grocery industry has developed a number of tactics which may be seen to be raising sustainability challenges or conflicting with the aims of sustainable distribution. |
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Running on empty
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11 November 2008 |
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| Karen Chalmers looks at how the food and grocery industry is coming together over transport to reap both economic and environmental benefits. |
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On the road to greener distribution
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11 October 2008 |
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| IGD President and Nestlé UK Chief Executive Alastair Sykes explains how IGD helped the UK food industry to exceed its targets in reducing vehicle miles. |
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The Green Mile
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08 July 2008 |
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| In 2006 the Food Industry Sustainability Strategy (FISS) issued a challenge to the food and grocery industry: to cut the social and environmental costs of domestic food transportation, by 20% by 2012. Two years on, is the industry on track to achieve? |
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Sustainable Distribution: Which Way to Turn?
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12 June 2008 |
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| Fuel is thought to account for almost a third of operating costs for most transport operations and, with the price of oil continuing to rise, industry is starting to feel the pinch. Is now the time to start embracing alternative technologies or to become more efficient with what we already have? |
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Time to put your carbon foot down
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29 April 2008 |
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| Rarely a day goes by without some mention in the media of human impact on the environment, but does the wealth of coverage make things any clearer? Time to end the confusion and understand what impact you are really having - and what you can do to change it. |
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