Welcome to Silk Logic’s Sustainability Daily Podcast—your go-to place for the most uplifting stories about technology powering greener business. I’m thrilled to have you here, where big ideas meet real action for a more planet-friendly future. Today, we’re diving into how companies are slashing emissions and cutting waste with the help of AI and automation. Coming up: a supermarket chain that’s fighting food waste at scale, a fashion startup making traceable green fabrics with blockchain, and a logistics leader shrinking its carbon footprint with route-optimizing automation. If you’re building a sustainable business, you’ll find plenty of practical insights to put into action.
Let’s start with food waste, a problem responsible for nearly a tenth of global emissions. This week, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s rolled out an AI-driven demand forecasting solution across over fourteen hundred stores. Food waste has always been a thorny challenge—predicting how much fresh food to stock ver