• Circular Supply Chains

    The Circular Supply Chain Initiative in MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics envisions and explores how companies can leverage supply chain circularity to contribute to their sustainability goals, with a special focus on waste.…

  • Electrification of the Supply Chain

    Prepared by Dr. Josué C. Velázquez Martínez from MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, Dr. Laura Palacios-Argüello, and Prof. Joachim Arts from Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Revolutionize Southern California’s transport…

  • Bloomberg article- Dr. Josué Velázquez Martínez on the environmental impact of fast shipping

    Bloomberg’s article “Amazon’s New Environmental Report Will Show How Bad Two-Day Shipping Is” mentioned the position from MIT Sustainable Logistics Director, Dr. Josué Velázquez Martínez, regarding the environmental impact of fast shipping for e-commerce.

  • New in Nature Sustainability: Carbon offsets for freight transport decarbonization

    How can carbon offsets be leveraged to decarbonize freight transport?

  • State of Supply Chain Sustainability

    In partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, we launch the annual State of Supply Chains Sustainable Report that helps companies gain…

  • How sustainable is the fashion industry?

    Josué Velázquez Martínez, Director of Sustainable Logistics Initiative at MIT CTL recently spoke with Elizabeth Cline to discuss the environmental impacts when it comes to fashion and the rental fashion industry. The article looks…

  • Upcoming Roundtable: Towards Circularity in Supply Chains

    Recycling systems around the world have been thrown into chaos following China’s 2018 ban on the import of plastic waste. However, what has arguably created a global waste crisis can also be seen as…

  • How much CO2 is actually in your products?

    At this point, you might think that your job of reducing the carbon footprint of your car is pretty much complete. But have you ever thought about the CO2 that was emitted in the…

  • How to Make CO2 a KPI for Freight

    How to Make CO2 a KPI for Freight Transportation Driven by increasing volumes of goods moving through supply chains across the globe, demand for freight transportation is expected to triple over the next few…

  • Communicating Supply Chain Sustainability

    A key question companies face is how to communicate their supply chain sustainability achievements externally. In the past decades, many companies have invested in enhancing the environmental sustainability and social responsibility of their supply…

  • Supply Chain Traceability

    In the wake of various global scandals in supply chains including contamination, labor scandals, and environmental impacts, motivations for supply chain traceability and transparency are growing.

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