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• Why Sustainability in the Supply Chain Is a Design Problem

  21-01-2026 17:40 via logisticsviewpoints.com
  Sustainability discussions in supply chains often center on reporting, targets, and compliance. While those elements matter, they don’t address the underlying issue: sustainability is fundamentally a design problem. It reflects how networks are structured, how decisions are made under pressure, and how resources, energy, and data move through the system.
  Supply chains that are fragile under disruption tend to be fragile environmentally as well. Excess inventory, rushed transportation, and
  
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• Energy in the Supply Chain Is No Longer an Overhead Issue

  21-01-2026 17:29 via logisticsviewpoints.com
  Energy has quietly moved from the background of supply chain operations to the foreground. What was once treated as a fixed overhead cost is now a variable that directly shapes network design, risk exposure, and day-to-day performance. Rising prices, grid instability, decarbonization requirements, and geopolitical pressures have made energy a constraint that can no longer be optimized in isolation.
  For supply chain leaders, this shift changes the nature of many decisions. Transportation routing,
  
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