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Welcome to the Sustainability Daily Podcast. Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories: a mix of cutting-edge research, enterprise transformations, and industry updates that show how data, AI, and collaboration are accelerating more resilient, low-impact systems.
Dynamic pricing modeling and inventory management in omnichannel retail using Quantum Decision Theory and reinforcement learning
Source: PLOS ONE (DOI)
By Shima Roosta, Seyed Jafar Sadjadi, Ahmad Makui — October 21, 2025
This study blends Quantum Decision Theory with reinforcement learning to better model real-world, often irrational consumer behavior across online and physical channels. The approach reduced prediction error by 10%, increased profitability by 23%, and cut inventory holding costs by 27% versus classical models, while achieving faster convergence and fewer stockouts—promising more responsive, lower-waste retail operations.
CERATIZIT and Soley embrace SAP technology for sustainable product portfolio management
Source: SAP News
By Jeanette Rohr — October 21, 2025
Soley’s Product Mining Platform, integrated with SAP’s supply chain stack, helped CERATIZIT align sustainability and profitability at scale. Results included an 87% implementation rate of AI-recommended actions, over 30% reduction in end-of-life products with negative carbon footprints, a 10% EBIT increase, 40% lower inventory, 75% better delivery reliability, and ROI in under 12 months.
Factory-X: How SAP is driving the digitalization of mechanical engineering
Source: SAP News
By Jeanette Rohr — September 18, 2025
This update outlines SAP’s role in advancing the Factory-X initiative to accelerate digitalization in mechanical engineering. The focus on interoperable data, automation, and ecosystem collaboration aims to improve resilience and efficiency—key drivers of reduced waste, energy use, and lifecycle impacts in complex manufacturing.
Establishing a mission and vision for a skills-led organization
Source: SAP News
By Jeanette Rohr — February 6, 2025
SAP shares guidance for building a mission and vision around skills, not just roles, to future-proof the workforce. The piece emphasizes aligning capability building with business outcomes to drive adaptability, responsible innovation, and long-term organizational sustainability.
Efficient quality management in the automotive industry with Catena-X and SAP
Source: SAP News
By Jeanette Rohr — March 27, 2025
This story highlights how SAP and Catena-X enable more efficient quality management through standardized, secure data sharing and end-to-end traceability. The result is faster defect resolution, less scrap and rework, and a clearer path to lower-emissions, circular automotive supply chains.
PMA-qPCR: Accelerating the market release of high-quality Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens inoculant
Source: PLOS ONE (DOI)
By Mariana Cap, Camila Frydman, Antonella Galiñanes, Camila Aranguiz, Irina Faraco, Luisina Andriolo, Viviana Parreño, Marina Mozgovoj — October 21, 2025
Researchers validated a PMA–qPCR method that cuts inoculant viability testing time from 120 hours to just 5 hours while maintaining strong agreement with plate counts (R² = 0.82). Faster, reliable QA can speed market release and scale bio-based inputs that support lower synthetic fertilizer use and regenerative agriculture.
Satellite remote sensing reveals voluntary cover-crop adoption and crop-rotation hotspots in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Source: PLOS ONE (DOI)
By Zobaer Ahmed, Lawson Connor, Kris Brye, V. Steven Green, Mike Popp, Aaron Shew, Lawton L. Nalley — October 21, 2025
Using remote sensing and federal datasets, the team identified a 5.3% rise in voluntary winter cover crop adoption (2013–2019), with soybean–soybean rotations most associated with use. The work also estimates gains in soil organic carbon, helping policymakers target incentives and scale practices that improve soil health and reduce nutrient losses.
Chryso North America hosts 2nd annual Women in Concrete panel at ACI Convention
Source: GB&D (Press Releases)
By CHRYSO and GCP — October 21, 2025
Chryso’s “Industry Champions Drive Change” panel at the ACI Concrete Convention spotlights leaders advancing innovation, inclusivity, and lower-carbon admixture technologies. The session underscores how diverse perspectives and R&D are reshaping materials, methods, and climate performance in concrete.
FiveCrypto: Leading a new era of AI model training and digital computing power contracts
Source: AMBCrypto
By AMBCrypto Team — October 21, 2025
This sponsored post promotes a platform selling blockchain-based contracts tied to AI computing power, with promises of transparent on-chain settlement and sign‑up bonuses. While it reflects growing interest in democratizing access to AI infrastructure, listeners should approach offers with due diligence given the paid nature of the content and market risks.
Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen, P.A. issues new guide on offshore trust asset protection strategies
Source: ProtectYou.com
By Donlevy-Rosen & Rosen, P.A. — October 21, 2025
The firm’s guide explains how offshore trusts can be used by high‑liability professionals to manage litigation risk within compliant legal frameworks. Emphasis on proper jurisdiction, trust governance, and alignment with fraudulent transfer and tax laws highlights the importance of robust, transparent structures in modern asset protection.
Together, these stories reveal a common thread: smarter data, interoperable platforms, and scientific rigor are reshaping how we make products, grow food, price goods, and govern risk. Whether through quantum‑aware retail models, AI‑enabled supply chains, faster bio-based QA, or collaborative industry ecosystems, sustainability progress is accelerating where transparency and performance meet.
