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Sustainability
PepsiCo Makes Largest Tesla Semi Pre-Order with 100 Trucks
PepsiCo Inc. has reserved 100 of Tesla’s new electric semi-trucks, as it seeks to reduce fuel costs and fleet emissions.
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Sustainability
Anheuser-Busch Orders 40 Tesla Semis
The Budweiser brewer says this is part of its strategy to reduce the company's carbon emissions 30 percent by 2025.
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
Truckers Threaten Lawsuit against Ports of Seattle, Tacoma over Clean Air Rule
Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)
New rules requiring trucks that use the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma to have cleaner engines are to go into effect Jan. 1, but the deadline could be extended. If so, at least 10 trucking company owners say they will sue.
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Carbon Footprint
Sustainability Benefits Exceed Expectations For A Majority Of Firms: Study
Accenture
Regulations
UK Grocer to Sell Food After Expiration Dates in Waste Crackdown
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
East of England Co-op will sell dried foods and tinned products for just 10 pence (20 cents USD) in a bid to cut food waste.
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Sustainability
Toyota Facility to Build Hydrogen Plant, Fueling Station at Port Long Beach
Toyota Motor Corp.
The power generation facility will be the first Toyota facility in North America to use 100 percent renewable power.
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Cold Chain
Hapag-Lloyd Orders 3,700 Refrigerated Containers from Maersk
Hapag-Lloyd
Hapag-Lloyd has made the purchase to be more sustainable, and is the first carrier to widely deploy the environmentally-friendly low Global Warming Potential (GWP) R513A refrigerant blend recently introduced by Maersk.
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Transportation
Walmart, JB Hunt Among First to Order the Tesla Semi Truck
Walmart
Walmart has preordered 15 trucks, five for its U.S. operations and 10 units for Walmart Canada, while J.B. Hunt made reservations to buy multiple Tesla Semis to support divisions in its West Coast operation.
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Risk/Compliance
US Business Groups Want NAFTA Trucking Rules to Stay Intact
More than 100 U.S.-based retailers, agriculture groups and transportation councils urged in a letter to the government’s trade agency to preserve trucking provisions in any new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Risk/Compliance
Gummy Bear Maker Haribo to Investigate Suppliers following Claims of Slave Labor in Brazil
Haribo came under fire last month after a German television documentary alleged that workers producing a key ingredient used to make the sweets were trapped in modern-day slavery.
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Sustainability
LA, Long Beach Ports Approve Clean Air Plan, Go Zero-Emissions
Port of Los Angeles
The nation’s largest port complex approved a plan Thursday to slash air pollution by encouraging the phase-out of diesel trucks in favor of natural gas and, ultimately, zero-emissions trucks and cargo-handling equipment over the next two decades.
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Risk/Compliance
What California’s New Fuel Tax Means for Moving Food and Beverages
Breakthrough
Food and beverage companies would be wise to build the possibility of higher fuel costs into their expense forecasts for the next several years.
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