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Rail News Home Canadian National Railway - CN 12/15/2021 Rail News: Canadian National Railway - CN
CN announced a seven-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud aimed at modernizing the Class I’s supply chain through digital scheduled railroading and technology infrastructure.The companies will collaborate in an effort to "revolutionize" the North American rail system, CN officials said in a press release.The partnership will support CN's sustainability goals because Google’s cloud platform is the cleanest in the industry, they said.The partnership will focus on three initiatives that aim to:
• enable better connectivity and collaboration with customers and supply chain partners. CN will develop an intuitive digital platform, powered by Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools, to give customers and supply chain partners more visibility into the logistics journey of planning, shipping, tracking and payment.


• deliver new experiences for CN’s customers through co-innovation initiatives. The partnership will combine the companies' expertise in data analytics, AI, and ML to deliver solutions and next-generation experiences for CN’s employees, customers, and partners, such as simplified ordering and automated tracking to further enhance predictive maintenance capabilities.


• modernize CN’s infrastructure in the cloud. CN will gradually and securely move the large majority of its digital infrastructure, including SAP applications, from on-premises to Google Cloud’s always-on global network. Moving to the cloud will enable CN to scale with customer and industry demands, simplify the company’s IT estate, create efficiencies and reduce product delivery lead times.

Rail News Home Kansas City Southern 12/13/2021 Rail News: Kansas City Southern
Kansas City Southern's CDP climate change disclosure, submitted earlier this year, earned a score of A- for 2021, marking an improvement from the previous year’s score, the Class I announced today.The higher score moves KCS to the "Leadership Level" category of participating companies in the CDP disclosures, which are submitted by corporations around the globe to measure their actions to cut emissions and mitigate climate change risks. CDP is a not-for-profit organization that scores corporate and civic environmental impact disclosures.Earlier this year, KCS committed to a science-based carbon emissions reduction target, which was approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).KCS' ongoing commitment to the environment is reflected in the company’s SBTi-approved target, CDP disclosure score, annual sustainability report and conservation activities including the Monarch Mariposa project, KCS officials said in a press release."At KCS, through smart, targeted investments, technological enhancements and streamlined operations, we have improved fuel efficiency at a rate that outpaces our emissions reduction goals," said Kayden Howard, KCS vice president of health, safety and environmental. "We’re incredibly proud to be recognized by the CDP for our environmental leadership and transparency, and we will continue to explore innovative ways to reduce our carbon footprint, for the good of our business, our people and our planet."