Pentagon Accelerates Sustainability Journey with Ripple
Supply chain leaders are increasingly on the hunt for technological tools which can propel them towards a more sustainable future.
Pentagon Freight Services is no different and has formed a fruitful partnership with Ripple, the AI-powered, sustainability-driven data management solution, to accelerate its ambitious sustainability journey.
In the space of just a few months, Pentagon has already achieved meaningful results and looks well positioned to set a new sustainability benchmark in the context of freight and logistics.
“Partnering with Ripple has already brought significant time savings and efficiencies to our compliance processes in just a few short months,” explains David Wilson, COO at Pentagon.
“Our suppliers and partners are also seeing the benefits, using Ripple to not only share information with us but also optimise their own operations. We look forward to maximising the impact of our partnership as we continue to grow globally.”
Pentagon: Delivering certainty
For exactly 50 years, Pentagon has provided 3PL services, import and export freight forwarding and customs brokerage services for clients around the world.
This involves serving critical industries such as oil and gas, marine, mining, construction and aerospace, not to mention the ever-growing renewable energy sector.
Over the years, Pentagon’s central aim has remained simple: to ‘deliver certainty for a world that never stops’. However, the business is increasingly motivated by sustainable business practices and the positive impact of corporate social responsibility.
The Pentagon of today strives to ensure its operations are compatible with sustainability ideals by promoting transparency, employee engagement and an ethical code of conduct.
From labour and human rights management, all the way through to community social action, the organisation and its people are determined to positively contribute to their surroundings and the wider industry.
Ripple’s value chain ecosystem
Ripple is providing an easy-to-use, one-stop-solution for Pentagon to: streamline its compliance and energy management processes; enhance connectivity and collaboration with partners and suppliers; and develop Pentagon’s position as a sustainability leader in the global logistics and freight industry.
The AI behind it, the platform will automate several processes including energy and emissions data management, as well as the sharing of essential insurance documentation across suppliers for compliance purposes.
A standout feature of Ripple’s platform is its ability to connect stakeholders across the value chain.
Suppliers and partners can join Ripple at no extra cost, gaining access to the same time and cost benefits. This value chain ecosystem makes complex compliance tasks, such as capturing Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions data, easier and more efficient.
Ultimately, the more partners and suppliers that join Ripple’s ecosystem, the greater the efficiencies that can be achieved – creating a sustainability ‘ripple effect’.
“We are thrilled to have Pentagon on board,” adds Adrian Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Ripple.
“As a global business with thousands of suppliers and partners across many jurisdictions, we understand the challenges of meeting fast-evolving and time-intensive compliance requirements, while continuing to drive growth. This is exactly why we created Ripple.”
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