Blue Yonder continues to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability with its latest acquisition of a UK-based Pledge Earth Technologies (Pledge).
Announced at its ICON 2025 conference in Nashville, Chief Sustainability Officer Saskia Van Gendy joined CEO Angove on stage to share what this means for the organization and its customers. Pledge provides supply teams and logistics providers (LSPs) with accredited emissions measurement and reporting capabilities.
In alignment with its end-to-end supply chain strategy, Blue Yonder will now be able to assist its customers in automating the collection and exchange of shipment data from logistics suppliers, facilitating accredited and traceable emissions calculations across all transportation modes, including air, inland (truck, rail, barge), and sea. Blue Yonder customers can extend their applicable Blue Yonder solutions to include this new capability, which allows them to receive emissions reporting that conforms with the Global Logistics Emission Council (GLEC) framework, developed by the Smart Freight Center (SFC), and aligned with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14083: Greenhouse gases.
The acquisition of Pledge accelerates Blue Yonder’s sustainability roadmap by one year, enhances carbon management capabilities, and benefits customers.
Blue Yonder is confident that supply chain companies play a crucial role in carbon reduction and waste management. Integrating sustainability solutions within supply chain operations can provide major decarbonization results.
60% of global emissions originate from supply chains, and eight key industries account for 50% of these emissions, including food, fashion, construction, and freight. Currently, 80% of Fortune 500 companies are off track to meet net-zero emissions by 2050, and 25% of corporate profits are threatened by climate change risks. According to Bloomberg’s 2025 Climate Economy Outlook, the US spent $955 billion on climate-related impacts in 2024 alone, which is slightly over 3% of the country’s GDP.
There is increased pressure for effective environmental management due to:
- Complexity of emissions data
- Companies lack actionable data.
- Regulatory pressures
Currently, over 100 regulations are influencing how customers manage carbon pollution and waste. The rising costs of climate change, such as carbon pricing, could lead to an additional 50% in EBITDA costs. There is also an increased demand for transparency, societal and regulatory scrutiny of sourcing, and consumer demand, with consumers willing to change brand loyalty to shop sustainably. To address the growing consumer demand for improved environmental management and the constantly evolving regulatory landscape, Blue Yonder offers solutions through its Sustainable Supply Chain Management system.
With the acquisition of Pledge, Blue Yonder’s Sustainable Supply Chain Management now fully integrates Pledge’s capabilities and provides additional tools for its customers.
How Blue Yonder Integrates Sustainability Objectives into Supply Chain Objectives:
- Improved transportation emissions management
- Transportation emissions optimization
- Retail planning emissions measurement
- Manufacturing planning emissions measurement
| Objectives | Description |
| Trade-Off Analysis | Evaluate cost, lead times, transportation times, transportation mode impact on emissions, and business KPIs |
| Targeted Insights | Identify hotspots in materials and geographies for root cause analysis |
| Forecast | Predict emissions, optimize route planning, and select sustainable impact modes |
| Transparency | Evaluate multi-tier suppliers, track performance to optimize partnerships |
All emissions calculations are accredited with the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) and ISO 14083 standards. Calculations are automated and facilitate direct reporting from carriers for full visibility of planning emission impacts. Additionally, audit-compliant emissions can be collected from output intermodal freight and transshipment without granular shipment leg information.
Over the past week and a half, the 2024 Paris Olympics have been underway, showcasing exemplary talent, strength, and dedication from athletes across the globe. The Paris Olympics boasts a spectator capacity of over 300,000, with the city expected to welcome an astounding 15 million visitors, including 2 million international visitors, all drawn to the world’s largest sporting event. For the athletes to beat all odds over 329 events across 32 sports, the organizers had to navigate a significantly challenging global supply chain to successfully host this year’s games. The influx of people and goods into France for the Olympics has placed significant pressure on ports, airports, and roads, leading to delays and disruptions in the movement of goods. This is why the planning process for the Olympics is a multi-year endeavor. Proactive planning and coordination with suppliers, carriers, and other stakeholders are essential for identifying potential bottlenecks and developing contingency plans. Leveraging advanced technologies like AI, machine learning, and real-time tracking can enhance visibility, optimize routes, and improve overall supply chain efficiency. Reducing reliance on single suppliers and diversifying supply sources can mitigate the impact of disruptions in specific regions or industries.
“The acquisition of MercuryGate will establish a critical pillar of Körber’s ambition to create a unified supply chain execution suite that can offer real-time optimization and collaboration across the supply chain. Customers will benefit from integrated processes across functions, faster and more accurate decision-making, and the ability to mitigate risks and disruptions more effectively. By extending its portfolio of solutions across all supply chain execution operations, Körber Supply Chain Software will become a leader in managing the movement of goods from procurement to receipt and fulfillment to the end consumer, reducing planning silos, accelerating resolution of issues, and improving customer and business outcomes. Korber and KKR announce the strategic acquisition of MercuryGate to strengthen their supply chain software business.”
As the United States pours money into domestic renewable energy manufacturing through the Inflation Reduction Act and demand for solar power is higher than ever, SunPower a domestic solar manufacturer has filed for bankruptcy. Sunpower was once one of the larger domestic solar manufacturers and remained resilient during the cleantech bust of the early 2010s has finally met its match. SunPower has lived many lives over the decades. The firm has been a vertically integrated solar module manufacturer with high-performance (and higher-cost) crystalline-silicon solar cell technology, a supplier to a downstream dealer network for residential and commercial rooftops, and a project developer of utility-scale solar power plants. What lies ahead for Sunpower remains cloudy and remains unclear. There is a chance that Rdogers, alongside Doerr, will be able to breathe new life into the firm’s assets via Complete Solaria.
The New York-based startup supply chain management platform gives customers deep insights and visibility into managing their global value chains- from sourcing raw materials to production to sale. Altana utilizes AI capabilities to analyze data points through the supply chain to spot irregularities and risks. The company was founded in 2018 and has raised $322 million, in the previous series funding round it raised $100 million.
Blue Yonder, a major player in the digital supply chain space has announced the closing of its acquisition of One Network Enterprises (One Network) at the evaluation of approximately $839 million. With the addition of One Network’s commercial technology, Blue Yonder can now offer customers a multi-enterprise, multi-tier network ecosystem; artificial intelligence (AI)-powered supply chain assistants to identify, monitor, analyze, and resolve problems; and a simplified process to onboard and work with trading partners.
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