“As a leading provider of transportation and logistics solutions, our stakeholders expect us to be stewards of real-world efficiency and sustainability,” stated Ryder Chairman and CEO Greg Swienton. “We take this expectation seriously and will continue our commitment to achieving results the right way, and delivering on our promises with character and accountability.”

Ryder’s Corporate Sustainability Report is available online at www.ryder.com in the “About Us” section. Highlights in the report include:

Governance, Ethics & Compliance:

– Achieving recognition from GovernanceMetrics International as one of The 20 Most Responsible Companies.

– Completing more than 12,000 online compliance training lessons with employees around the world.

Environment:

– Implementing a first-of-its-kind heavy duty natural gas vehicle project for commercial rental and lease fleets in Southern California.

– Reducing energy and water consumption across U.S. and Canada operations.

Safety & Security:

– Launching a Sleep Apnea Wellness program to reduce the effects of fatigue among affected professional truck drivers at Ryder.

– Completing certification as a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL) in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program for logistics operations in Asia.

People & Community:

– Making a $1 million commitment to become a member of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program.

– Redesigning the Company’s Leadership Competency Model and linking hiring, performance management, and professional development to four key leadership behaviors: character, judgment, relationships, and results.

About Ryder

Ryder is a FORTUNE 500(R) commercial transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions company. Ryder’s stock R +0.02% is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Inbound Logistics magazine has recognized Ryder as a top third party logistics provider and included Ryder in its 2011 and 2010 “Green Partners” listing. Ryder has also been ranked two years in a row as one of the top 250 U.S. companies in the Newsweek Green Rankings. In addition, Security Magazine has named Ryder one of the top companies for security practices in the transportation, logistics, supply chain, and warehousing sector. Ryder is a proud member of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program, supporting national and local disaster preparedness and response efforts. For more information, visit www.ryder.com and follow us on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements and information included in this news release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration given to the many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements including those risks set forth in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risks on our business. Accordingly, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

SOURCE: Ryder System, Inc.

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On September 12, 2011, staff proposed additional modifications to the regulatory text in the Second Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text and Additional Documents and Information (Second 15-Day Change Notice). These modifications addressed comments ARB staff received in the first 15-day Change Notice and are the result of additional staff analysis and stakeholder engagement. The public comment period for the 2nd 15-Day Change Notice ended September 27, 2011.

On October 20, 2011, the Board adopted the final cap-and-trade regulation. As part of finalizing the regulation, the Board considered the related environmental analysis (i.e. functional equivalent document) and written responses to environmental comments. The Board also approved the adaptive management plan. The final regulation must be filed with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) by October 28, 2011.

The final rulemaking package will include the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR). In the FSOR, staff will respond to comments received on the record during the initial 45-day comment period, comments presented at the December 16, 2010 Board hearing both orally and in writing, comments received during the first 15-day Change Notice and the second 15-day Change Notice. The Administrative Procedure Act only requires that staff respond to changes that are noticed. Once final, those documents will be posted on the rulemaking web page.”

See the California Environmental Protection Agency: Air Resources Board website for more details and resources.

Despite its claim to be a leading promoter of corporate ethics worldwide, the maker of iPads and iPhones came joint bottom among 29 major IT firms in a transparency study drawn up by a coalition of China’s leading environmental groups.

“Behind their stylish image, Apple products have a side many do not know about – pollution and poison. This side is hidden deep within the company’s secretive supply chain,” claims a statement by the 36 groups involved in the Green Choice Initiative.

Their report – the fourth to look at the impact of global brands on China’s environment – considers the openness of IT firms and their responsiveness to reports of environmental violations at suppliers.

It follows a series of workplace poisonings, heavy metal contamination incidents and suicides at Chinese factories that supply materials and components for mobile phones and computers.

Many leading brands outsource production to little-known Chinese firms, where labour costs can be lower, safety standards weaker and environmental regulations more lax than in the west.” See full article at The Guardian

Adrian brings decades of both practitioner and industry analyst experience. Previously, he directed the Governance, Risk Management & Compliance Roundtable for the Object Management Group, founded the IT Compliance Institute and Atelier Research, and held executive R&D management positions at Giga Information Group, New Science Associates, and Yourdon, Inc. Bowles has also held academic appointments in business and computer science at Boston College, NYU, Drexel University and SUNY-Binghamton. He began his career with research and application development roles at IBM and GTE Laboratories. Adrian is also the founder and President of Sustainable Insights Group (SIG411).

Adrian will expand Constellation’s coverage to include:

• Pragmatic models of enterprise energy and carbon management
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
• Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
• Sustainability best practices
• Clean technologies

“I’m excited to join a great team and collaborate with thought-leaders in areas such as social business, government, supply chain, and mobility. Joining Constellation opens up so many creative opportunities, I can’t wait to get started.” said Adrian Bowles.

“Corporate social responsibility has moved from trend to board room priority. Our clients seek pragmatic solutions to solving the sustainability challenges that lie ahead whether it be energy or carbon management” stated R “Ray” Wang, Principal Analyst and CEO.

Adrian’s been a force in the technology industry analyst community. His original firm, Atelier Research, was acquired by Gideon Gartner in 1995 at the inception of Giga Information Group. Adrian’s multi-disciplinary approach complements Constellation’s collaborative research culture.

Please join us in welcoming, Adrian Bowles to the Constellation Research family!

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What does this mean for those involved in procurement, sourcing and managing supply chains? As pressure on companies to redefine their practices and make their processes environmentally-friendly as well as human-friendly, continues to grow from global behemoths like Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble, what opportunities lie ahead for students, job seekers and career changers?” Link to full article on Forbes

This huge shift from an “empty” to a “full” world is truly “something new under the sun” as historian J. R. McNeil calls it in his book of that title. The closer the economy approaches the scale of the whole Earth the more it will have to conform to the physical behavior mode of the Earth. That behavior mode is a steady state—a system that permits qualitative development but not aggregate quantitative growth.

Growth is more of the same stuff; development is the same amount of better stuff (or at least different stuff). The remaining natural world no longer is able to provide the sources and sinks for the metabolic throughput necessary to sustain the existing oversized economy—much less a growing one. Economists have focused too much on the economy’s circulatory system and have neglected to study its digestive tract.

Throughput growth means pushing more of the same food through an ever larger digestive tract; development means eating better food and digesting it more thoroughly. Clearly the economy must conform to the rules of a steady state—seek qualitative development, but stop aggregate quantitative growth. GDP increase conflates these two very different things.

We have lived for 200 years in a growth economy. That makes it hard to imagine what a steady-state economy (SSE) would be like, even though for most of our history mankind has lived in an economy in which annual growth was negligible. Some think a SSE would mean freezing in the dark under communist tyranny. Some say that huge improvements in technology (energy efficiency, recycling) are so easy that it will make the adjustment fun.

“CSR Asia will have a column on this (in Chinese) in the Hong Kong Daily next week (the first in a regular CSR column we’ll be doing for the paper). I’ll do an English version for CSR Asia Weekly this week, of which a short version is this: the brawl in late June (in which over 100 workers were injured (16 seriously) and two were killed) is not an isolated incident (although deaths obviously are rare). Tension in factories between workers from different areas is a major problem that few factories manage well.” Supply chain brawl leads to 156 dead in Uighur riots