Invest in Our Planet is April’s Earth Day theme. This annual celebration honors the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations. The emergence of ESG strategies Over the past few years, we have been investing heavily in our planet. Our language reflects it; phrases like going green, eco-friendly, and...

The hot topic on the tip of industry leaders’ tongues is—how do we build sustainability into our supply chain? During the pandemic businesses placed sustainability on hold—now they want to catch up. With the mandates set by the 2015 Paris Agreement to achieve a carbon net zero by 2050, companies have accelerated their schedules as customers, shareholders, employees, and suppliers have become...

The global manufacturing sector has seen an upswing, a technological renaissance of sorts. Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. Breaking it down In the U.S. alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in...