6 inspiring city stories

Looking for a quick dose of urban inspiration? From Helsinki to Belgrade, Vancouver to Cape Town, here’s your fix of city stories packed with ideas, images and can-do attitude! 1. Urban inequality in pictures These aerial photos by Johnny Miller @millefotosa offer a stark visual reminder of the economic, social – and physical – divisions…

Tips for making 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 years. If we continue shipping goods as we do today, freight emissions will surpass energy as the most carbon-intensive sector by 2050, doubling carbon emissions by 2050. Despite these grim predictions, there is a…

4 cities using transportation data to be more sustainable and socially inclusive

Cities across the world have pledged to take action on climate change, including planning for more sustainable forms of transportation. But many cities, as we’ve previously noted, lack the data and information necessary to track and monitor their progress. This data provides valuable examples of transportation patterns and needs, allowing cities to plan mitigation actions…

Cities are learning to evolve their transportation plans

Last year, Seattle relaunched its bike sharing program using dockless systems from a variety of providers (Lime, Spin and Ofo). Its former docked bike share system, which used one nonprofit organization, failed and was shut down in early 2017. So far, it seems to be a pretty successful reboot. One interesting lesson learned from the relaunch was the way the city…

How to sustainably manage the transition to shared, autonomous vehicles

We often get asked questions from urban planners, policymakers and real estate professionals asking how they should prepare for the future of mobility today. Some are architects and developers wanting to know how their buildings and planned communities should be designed in a shared automated future. Some are planners and policymakers wanting to know if…

How Brands Can Leverage Sustainability, Social Inclusion to Create ‘Good’ Cities

This week at Sustainable Brands’ flagship event, SB’18 Vancouver, over 2,000 attendees are sharing and exploring the many ways organizations are helping to “redesign the good life.” One aspect of the good life is cross-sector collaboration, such as brand-city-organization partnerships to build resilient communities, technologies and systems that focus on social inclusion. In a plenary…

Conventional shipping gets on deck for decarbonization

Earlier this month, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a U.N. agency in charge of shipping, agreed to cut total greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50 percent by 2050, and to pursue “efforts towards phasing them out entirely.” The race is on to find technologies that can decarbonize the 50,000-plus tankers, freighters, container vessels and…

Küresel Seyahat Endüstrisini İleri Taşıma Raporu

Bkz: https://www.uzakrota.com/deloitteden-kuresel-seyahat-endustrisini-ileri-tasima-raporu/ Küresel Seyahat Endüstrisi için 2018 yılı, hem gelişmekte olan hem de gelişmiş ülkelerdeki tüketicilerin artan harcanabilir gelirleri sebebiyle ivmeli bir büyümenin gerçekleşeceği bir yıl olarak görünmekte. İnovasyon ve gelişen teknolojilere yapılan yatırımların da bu ivmelenmeyi tetikleyeceği aşikar. Küresel seyahat endüstrisinin bugün geldiği nokta ve eriştiği momentum baş döndürücü. Endüstriyi, şoklara açık kılan zayıflıkları…

2018 Tedarik Zinciri Raporu (CDP)

Rapor Adı:  Supply Chain Report 2018 Yazar: CDP Tarih: Ocak 2018 Pdf: https://www.cdp.net/en/reports/downloads/3014