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Covanta 4Recovery Hosts SP 2nd Quarter Meeting in Indianapolis
On May 8, SP member company Covanta 4Recovery hosted the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP)'s 2nd Quarter Membership Meeting in Indianapolis, IN. SP members had a unique first hand opportunity to learn more about the energy from waste (EfW) process through a guided tour of Covanta's Indianapolis EfW facility, which processes 2,175 tons per day of solid and liquid waste producing renewable energy and supporting its customers in achieving their zero landfill goals. A short virtual tour of the EfW process is available on Covanta's website.   Pictured: Jon Guenin, Purdue speaks with participants; (R) Covanta's Indianapolis facility
During the meeting representatives of SP member companies operating in Indiana - including Chrysler, GM and Subaru - provided strategies and case examples in support of reducing waste to landfill while strengthening the bottom line, and discussed the value of building supplier partnerships in finding sustainable solutions to challenging waste streams and achieving corporate sustainability goals.   Pictured: Denise Coogan, Subaru of Indiana Automotive; (R) Maria Milescu, Chrysler Jon Guenin, Lead Project Specialist - Sustainability at Purdue University, shared with participants Purdue's work in sustainable manufacturing. In addition, several SP member companies - including BAE Industries, Goodyear, Haley & Aldrich, Johnson Controls and KLEMA - shared innovative technologies, processes and practices in support of improving environmental sustainability across the supply chain. Copies of the meeting presentations are available on the SP Members Only Website. |
SP, CEC and Oakland University Announce "Summit on Accelerating Innovation to Drive Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing Growth Across North America"
 Why is it that advanced manufacturing innovations with the potential to realize significant savings in key indicators such as energy use, materials use and manufacturing costs often fail to realize their potential global impact on business growth and environmental sustainability?
What strategic steps can organizations in the automotive supply chain take to identify, champion and drive the implementation of innovative processes and technologies that improve the environment while providing economic value to the North American automotive supply chain? On June 26-27, 2013 on Oakland University's campus in Rochester, Michigan, the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and Oakland University will co-host the first Summit on Accelerating Innovation to Drive Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing Growth Across North America to explore this issue. The Summit on Accelerating Innovation will bring together North American automaker, supplier, government, academic and investment leaders to explore new methods of operation. The goal is to explore and identify ways to boost advanced manufacturing processes and technological innovations that not only improve the overall environmental impact of automotive manufacturing, but offer a strong economic value as well. Learn More.
Alianza Verde Automotriz (AVA) May Membership Meeting
 Ford Mexico will host the next meeting of Alianza Verde Automotriz (AVA) on May 30 in Mexico City, Mexico that will be facilitated by Alejandro Sosa and Steve Hellem. The May 30 session will include reviews and recommendations of AVA's Water Efficiency Work Group led by Luis Lara of Ford; the Energy Efficiency Work Group led by Arnulfo Berlanga of GM; and, the Waste Management and Resource Creation Work Group led by Delia Rivas of Chrysler; as well as a presentation on Nemak Mexico's new sustainability report. Please contact Kellen Mahoney or Alejandro Sosa to RSVP for the May 30 meeting. |
SP Southern Supply Chain Network
General Motors hosted SP's Southern Supply Chain Network: Forum on Improving Materials Efficiency at its GM Spring Hill Manufacturing Complex in Spring Hill, Tennessee this February, providing a forum for over 100 automakers, suppliers, recycling solution providers and government representatives to discuss waste reduction challenges and identify opportunities for collaboration in the Southeast United States. During the meeting automotive manufacturers and suppliers shared best practices for recycling and reuse, and discussed opportunities for collaboration through the supply chain in the Southeast United States to achieve their waste reduction goals. SP's newly launched Southern Supply Chain Network has been designed to promote collaboration and sharing of environmental best practices to support the automotive supply chain in the Southeast United States in advancing its environmental sustainability, waste minimization and business development goals. This SP Network is designed to construct new networks among automakers, suppliers, recycling partners and regional government representatives to develop new byproduct synergies and alternatives to landfill within the Southeast United States. "Compared to other regions where GM has plants, the Southeast has opportunity to build up its recycling economy," said John Bradburn, GM manager of waste-reduction efforts. "By connecting local recyclers - and those with potential - with area companies, we can start to address the gaps and build a more robust infrastructure that will help the auto industry and beyond to leave a smaller footprint." To learn more about how your organization can engage in this new SP effort, please contact Kellen Mahoney at kmahoney@navista.net |
Welcoming New SP Member Companies
SP is pleased to announce that the following companies joined the organization in the first quarter of 2013: Please join us in welcoming our new member companies to SP.
Jim Laney, DENSO International America, Inc. SP Membership Chair
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SP Members in the News
SP members Albemarle Corporation, Ford Motor Company and Johnson Controls Inc. have been selected among the Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" for 2013. The 100 Best Corporate Citizens List is compiled from scores based on seven different categories including climate change, employee relations, environment, financial, governance, human rights and philanthropy. More Information.
 BAE Industries, Inc. was one of 13 global suppliers to be recognized with Lear's "Supplier of the Year" Award, the highest honor Lear can bestow upon a supplier, based on their outstanding performance during 2012. This is BAE's 2nd consecutive award for Lear Supplier of the Year and the 5th award since 2002. More Information.
 Braskem registered considerable improvement in its Health, Environment and Safety (HES) indicators in 2012. Compared to 2011, the petrochemical producer reduced its effluent generation by 11%, its water consumption by 6% and its energy consumption by 2%. The levels of these indicators are below the average of the chemical industry in Brazil. More Information.
Braskem's green plastic will be the raw material used to make dashboards for the Formula-style race cars built by the team from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières for the world competition of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Jackson, Michigan, U.S. More Information.
 Chrysler Group LLC's World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Academy received top honors in the 2013 Manufacturing Leadership 100 (ML100) Awards, being named a High Achiever in the New Workforce category at the Manufacturing Leadership Summit award gala in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, May 15. The High Achiever award recognizes the Company for receiving the highest score in the category, which identifies companies that involve education and training, knowledge management and transfer, and collaboration with educational institutions as integral to the advancement of manufacturing. More Information.
Fiat S.p.A. and Chrysler Group LLC announced the release of the Fiat S.p.A. 2012 Sustainability Report, detailing the combined sustainability initiatives, achievements and targets of the two organizations. The Report covers the companies' sustainability efforts at every stage in a vehicle's lifecycle - from design, selection of suppliers and materials, production, logistics, customer experience, vehicle use, through final disposal. More Information.
 The Green Register contributor Steve Richerson visited Electricfil, a global company that manufactures electrical components for automobiles in Elkmont, Alabama, and profiled the company's sustainability efforts including a 98% reduction in waste to landfill. More Information.
 ERA Environmental Management Solutions (ERA) has been awarded the contract to supply Oshkosh Corporation with environmental management software, including implementation services and ongoing environmental support to the Oshkosh environmental staff. ERA's environmental software will be used by Oshkosh's global operations, including JLG Industries, London Machinery, CON-E-CO, Jerr-Dan, IMT, Frontline Communications, McNeilus, Pierce, Oshkosh Defense and Oshkosh Airport Products. More Information.
 EQ has partnered with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Mercury Collection Program. This is an on-going effort to collect and properly recycle mercury. Small and large business operations have traditionally been overlooked during mercury collection events. The project's objective is to address this issue and promote a long-term solution for easily collecting and recycling of mercury. The program is free, but only available to anyone located in Michigan - residents included.More Information.
 Ford reduced the average amount of water used to make each vehicle by 8.5 percent between 2011 and 2012 - putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of just 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. Since 2000, Ford has reduced the amount of water it uses in everything from cooling towers to parts washing and paint operations by 10.6 billion gallons, or 62 percent. More Information.
Ford Motor Company is expanding its 3-Wet paint capacity by 50 percent this year, adding the environmentally friendly process to four more plants on three continents. The actions will reduce CO2 emissions by an estimated 15-25 percent at those facilities. More Information.
 Three General Motors' buildings are being recognized for superior performance in the EPA's 2012 ENERGY STAR National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. GM reduced its energy use through a variety of strategies, including tracking energy use, making the most of heating and cooling ventilation systems, and controlling light levels and turning lights off when unneeded. Water reductions were possible from leak repair and conservation. More Information.
General Motors has won bronze and silver Edison Awards for two corporate initiatives, its global landfill-free program and OnStar Family Link service, respectively. The competition honors game-changing products, services and processes. A panel of 3,000 business executives and academics judged nominees on criteria including concept, value, delivery and impact. More Information.
 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced its plan to create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase for environmental innovation and renewable energy enabling technologies that demonstrates Honda's vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. More Information.
Continuing its efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of its operations, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced the installation of a new fuel cell system on its Torrance, California campus that will produce one megawatt of clean, reliable energy, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions from Honda's operations in the region. More Information.
 Hyundai Motor Company announced that it will install the nation's largest rooftop photovoltaic power plant at its manufacturing factory in Asan, Korea, to expand the use of renewable energy and take measures to help reduce global warming. Hyundai's Asan plant will host the power plant, while Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will purchase the electricity produced by the solar modules and sell it to areas near the plant, including Asan city. More Information. Hyundai is uniting with the Energy Department on a new public-private partnership called H2USA, which will focus on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Named after the chemical symbol for hydrogen, the H2USA partnership brings together government agencies, gas suppliers, the hydrogen and fuel cell industries and automakers including Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Toyota. More Information.  Johnson Controls is a 2013 Gold Award Winner by the internationally renowned Edison Awards for its recent groundbreaking collaboration with the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM). Johnson Controls was presented with the gold award in the Living, Working and Learning Environments Category for its Energy Advancement and Research Lab and Showcase on the UWM campus. The Energy Advancement Research Lab creates an environment for Johnson Controls scientists to work with UWM students and faculty in dedicated space to conduct research, enhance the university's advanced energy curriculum and accelerate Johnson Controls' exploration and development of innovative, next generation energy storage technologies. More Information. Johnson Controls has received the Automotive Innovations Award 2013 in the Interiors category. The renowned Center of Automotive Management in Bergisch Gladbach, and consulting and auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, honored the most innovative automakers and suppliers in Frankfurt.The Center of Automotive Management and PricewaterhouseCoopers analyzed the innovations made public by the award winners for degree of innovation and benefits, and asked automakers to name the most innovative companies in the respective fields for the five supplier categories. Key criteria for awarding Johnson Controls the prize in the Interiors category were, for example, numerous innovations in the field of lightweight construction, highly flexible and space-saving seating systems as well as interior components made of renewable raw materials. More Information.  Peter Feamster & Associates, INC., a minority owned full service recycling company, announced the opening of a new facility (pictured) located at Av. Monterrey # 160, Monterrey Technology Park, Cienega de Flores, N.L., Mexico. The new PFA facility in Monterrey specializes in returnable container management, repair and maintenance of returnable containers, recycling of container materials, warehousing, and supplying used containers with newly designed dunnage to PFA's customers in Mexico. For additional information on the products and services available, please contact Luis Moreno (President) at +52 81 8901 4171 (office), +52 81 1523 9703 (mobile) or by email luisf.moreno@hotmail.com. More Information.  The Energy Department recognized Nissan's participation in the Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge and its showcase project at the company's new energy efficient paint plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson joined officials from Tennessee and Nissan on a tour of the Smyrna paint plant, which opened in January and is expected to cut energy use by almost a third compared to its predecessor. More Information.
Today, 50 percent of the energy used by the Nissan plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico, comes from renewable sources. This is the first manufacturing facility out of the entire Renault-Nissan Alliance to achieve this milestone. More Information.
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OU, partners to host Summit on Accelerating Innovation
Source: Oakland University
This summer, Oakland University will join forces with the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to present the Summit on Accelerating Innovation to Drive Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing Growth Across North America.
Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing, Region by Region
Source: Brookings Institution
Focused squarely on the fact that the locus of U.S. manufacturing prowess is emphatically local and regional, the new Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership will allow as many as 25 local communities to be awarded $200,000 this year to create smart strategies for leveraging and aligning their public- and private-sector assets to provide a promising environment for advanced manufacturing.
Next-generation supply chains: Efficient, fast and tailored
Source: PwC
Erratic macroeconomic cycles along with disruptions caused by natural disasters have made supply chain management both more difficult and important to business success. To adapt to this dynamic environment, executives are actively managing their supply chains utilizing strategic and operational levers at their disposal to transform vulnerabilities into competitive advantage.
Energy Department Selects Industry Consortium to Accelerate Development of Next Generation Battery Technologies for Automobiles
Source: DOE
The Energy Department announced the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium will lead an industry-wide effort to accelerate development of high-efficiency, cost-effective battery technologies for electric vehicles.
A Conversation with GM's Supplier Environmental Excellence Winner
Source: GM Beyond Now
GDC is the eighth supplier recognized with this annual award. Here Chris Miller talks about its developments and projects with GM, as well as its perspective on the industry.
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