The plan would see smaller harbour ferries – including the River Class fleet – retrofitted with electric engines within five years, while Sydney’s train network would achieve net zero emissions by 2025.
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Tam will be speaking at an event in London designed to highlight how sustainability can be put into practice in the wine industry. Find out more, and see Tam’s long article on the topic, republished free today. The Future of Wine Forum takes place all day on 4 November in London at The Conduit Club. Leading winemakers, retailers and industry executives will come together for a one-day business meeting to discuss why and how sustainability matters in wine
Smart Warehousing, a national warehousing and fulfillment solutions company, has launched an Innovation Hub in its original headquarters in Edgerton, Kansas. The company positions the move as enabling it to become one of the leading fulfillment players, while also supporting strategic partnerships with warehousing automation companies that will use the Kansas facility to test equipment in real-world scenarios. The Innovation Hub is attached to a 500,000-square-foot warehouse, allowing Smart Warehousing to test and optimize its technology and automation in-house before deploying it to over 34 national warehouse locations.
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If you are one of Amazon’s 100 million+ customers you have probably received your fair share of unnecessary plastic packaging from the ecommerce giant. From polystyrene packing peanuts to non-recyclable bubble wrap to plastic-wrapped pouches of air, nearly every Amazon order arrives buried in heaps of wasteful single-use plastic packaging.
Even if your main mission isn’t environmental, the pressure is on all of us to combat the climate crisis. But it can be challenging to create a positive impact on the planet when you’re already stretched to deliver your primary purpose. In our next WISE Ways to Lead webinar on Tuesday 22 November from 1-2pm, we’ll be joined by Elaine Brown who is driving forward the concept of re-use and repair through her social enterprise, The Edinburgh Remakery. Elaine’s in-depth knowledge won her the Environmental Champion title in this year’s WISE100, and she will be sharing her tips and ideas for the small (and bigger) things that can help kick-start your business’s environmental journey. We’ll also hear from Alison Marjoram of P3 Charity, a social enterprise that supports vulnerable people in England.