Collaboration and best practice news

Asda has committed to achieve the LEAF Marque certification across its UK fresh produce fruit and vegetable supply base to strengthen its environmental standards. The LEAF Marque is an environmental assurance system that recognises sustainably farmed products that is based on IFM (Integrated Farm Management) principles. It provides independent verification in core areas of sustainable farming ...

Food and consumer goods supply chains have faced extensive challenges over the past year. These have included unpredictable consumer behaviour, the continuing impact of COVID-19, new government policies, a difficult economic climate and supply chain resource insecurity. In the year to come, supply chains will continue to underpin food and consumer goods businesses. Here are the five trends we ...

Ornua Foods UK and Sainsbury’s (JS) recently spoke to us about their joint collaborative approach to sustainability. Upon establishing that their sustainability goals and objectives were aligned, it was agreed that a joint collaborative approach on delivering these would be the most effective way forward. Initially focused on packaging Ornua Foods UK has been actively working on all aspects...

Woolworths Australia, with GS1 Australia, MessageXchange, and Colladium, has created a new onboarding scheme for its suppliers, which has greatly improved efficiency of this process. Existing process enabled by electronic data interchange… The new process sets out how suppliers need to trade with Woolworths electronically through electronic data interchange (EDI). The procedure saw Woolwort...

Smart Freight Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have set out new guidance on how to advance the quantification and sharing of logistics emissions. The announcement, which came from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, aims to help the logistics industry on its journey to net-zero emissions. Aim is to increase transparency on logistics emis...

The partnership, which seeks to provide almost instant delivery of home shopping to consumers will launch in more than 175 stores by the end of February in locations including London, Edinburgh and Bristol, with plans to roll out to many more cities across 2023. Over 3,000 products available to customers From January, customers across the UK will be able to purchase items from Sainsbury’s v...

UPS is looking to combine the capabilities of its standalone digital services to build a logistics-as-a-service offering. The digital services involved include Roadie (a crowd-sourced same-day delivery provider), Coyote Logistics (3PL), Delivery Solutions (delivery platform) and UPS Capital (financial service provider). The partnership with CommerceHub will also be a part of the new service of...

Walmart’s acquisition of Alert Innovation is a signal that it’s ramping up its plans for automated micro-fulfillment (MFC). It’s been a long time coming. What does this move mean for Walmart, the future of MFC, and other companies in the sector? What are the impacts of the acquisition? Walmart can move at pace in this area. The deal brings new expertise to Walmart, enabling it to acceler...

Cargill is launching its first digital business studio in Asia, in a three-year partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Promoting agricultural innovation in the Asia-Pacific region The Singapore-based studio will support local founders with investments that aid Cargill in bringing solutions to the market and promote agricultural innovation in the Asia-Pacific region...

PepsiCo has announced that it is collaborating with six start-ups to boost supply chain sustainability. Innovative sustainability solutions driven by PepsiCo Labs The six start-ups have been identified through PepsiCo Labs, the technology venturing arm of PepsiCo. PepsiCo Labs exists to identify and collaborate with breakthrough start-up companies to drive business growth and efficienc...