The Fast Company article by James Hofflin hits the nail right on the head. Companies, particularly retailers, are beginning to actively engage in greening up. From conservation, to recycling, reducing and reusing, many retailers are thinking about their footprint and acting to reduce it. But… most of these green activities are taking place inside the store, office or in manufacturing. This leaves out a huge part of retailers Co2 emissions.

Transportation and shipping throughout the supply chain, from the supplier, to the manufacturer, to the retailer and the customer is most likely the largest carbon emitter of a company’s operations. So, why haven’t retailers thought about this? The most likely answer is that up till now, greening up your transportation and shipping meant leaning up your operations, investing in new trucks and strategiizing different routes. But now with Greenshipping.com, this daunting task is a bit more simple.

We agree that companies have to consider the entirety of their transportation and logistics to come up with the greenest solution. For example, Investing in renewable energy is one of the best ways to offset your transportation and shipping emissions. Greenshipping.com is happy have this opportunity to help businesses go green.

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