Category Archives: Sustainability

A conversation with Jerry Brown

Posted on December 16, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Gov Jerry Brown speaks at the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting.

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New Tool Brings Logistics Carbon Emissions into Sharp Focus

Posted on December 9, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Serious thought is being given to emisions caused by logistics. Most of it is in Europe. So it is not hard to see why MIT in Zaragoza is bringing out a simpler tool to allow firms with complex movements of goods to visualize and calculate their emissions in a standardized way.

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Maersk has settled in at the world’s ship graveyard

Posted on October 13, 2016 by | Leave a comment

A fascinating, heartfelt article about shipbreaking at Alang. Students of Labor Economics and unions should read it, especially the last part.

screenshot-shippingwatch-com-2016-10-13-10-41-06  ShippingWatch visits one of the most controversial places in the shipping industry, India’s shipbreaking facilities on the beaches of Alang. After banning this location, Maersk has changed its mind and now sends end-of-life vessels to Alang. See all the pictures here from an otherwise very closed-off workplace. – Author: GRETCHEN PEDERSEN

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Posted in Labor Economics, Logistics, Shipping, Sustainability

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