| Infosys Technologies to help Wrigley reduce its carbon footprint |
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| | In a move to extend its
social responsibility
leadership, the world’s
leading manufacturer of
chewing gum, Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Company, is reducing
the carbon footprint it
creates in its logistics
operations. Infosys
Technologies is enabling
Wrigley to transform its
logistics operations by
providing solutions and
services in a pilot to
determine the amount of
carbon emissions
produced and how they | |
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| | may be reduced across
the company’s
truck-based shipping
operations in Western
Europe.
“Managing our impact
on the environment is an
integral part of Wrigley
corporate philosophy,”
said Ian Robertson, head
of supply chain
sustainability at the
company. “We’re
committed to making
improvements across all
operations but need an | |
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| | 20%, and provided
process consulting
around operational
adoption. Wrigley’s
complex distribution
network crosses six
countries in Western
Europe and spans more
than 44 million
kilometres a year in
shipments between
suppliers, the company
and its own customers
and includes its
distribution centres.
Infosys’ analysis | |
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| | will continue to
evaluate that network
for CO2 emissions
emitted according to the
UK’s Defra (Department
for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs)
standards. Infosys is
using its patent-pending
Logistics Optimization
solution and carbon
management tools to
deliver the carbon
footprint analysis to
Wrigley as a managed
information service. | |
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| | integrated enterprise
system to measure
progress. Infosys
provided that solution
and services to empower
that process.”
Early in the pilot,
Infosys identified
logistics operations in
which Wrigley could
reduce its carbon
footprint by as much as | |
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