Green Options » ship green http://greenoptions.com/tag/ship-green Posts tagged 'ship green' Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:53:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en FGX: A Powerful Ally in the Fight to Ship Greener http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/10/09/fgx-a-powerful-ally-in-the-fight-to-ship-greener/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/10/09/fgx-a-powerful-ally-in-the-fight-to-ship-greener/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:53:14 +0000 Paul Smith http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/10/09/fgx-a-powerful-ally-in-the-fight-to-ship-greener/ ship greenerIf you’re a company that’s looking for additional ways to green beyond the obvious, I suggest you look at how you ship internationally. Have you ever looked at where it  goes? If not, do it soon. If it’s with one of the big three, It is far from a straight line. It first goes to a central hub. Even if that’s flying backwards further into the US. Then It goes overseas, but most likely to another hub. Then if it’s lucky, it gets to go to the intended destination.

UPS can talk all it wants about eliminating left turns on their driving routes, but if you’re adding 2-3 legs to the flight getting it there, that makes for a long, carbon intensive trip. And it doesn’t have to be that way.

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