May 13, 2022 | Supply Chain Strategy read
The concept of net zero emissions is fairly new yet simple – it means lowering new emissions to the atmosphere in an attempt to limit the global temperature rise. Companies can do this by either reducing emissions from their activities and from their supply chains, or offsetting emissions through natural carbon sinks.
May 06, 2022 | Supply Chain Strategy read
Typically, for companies producing goods, it is their supply chain that creates significant social and environmental costs. The supply chain accounts for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions and the bulk of the negative impact on the environment and society. Firms can, therefore, reduce the negative impact by focusing on their supply chains.
ESG goals are top of the agenda. Corporate social responsibility, diversity, risk and impact in the supply chain all present us with a huge complexity of issues.
While we might be fully behind a board-level pledge to do better, how can we in procurement and supply chain operations move beyond being “less bad” and make measurable progress to our ESG goals?
April 14, 2022 | Supply Chain Software read
It would not be an exaggeration to say that supply chains drive today’s global economy as they move goods and services across geographies. And a sustainable supply chain has become a key component of corporate sustainability.
Supply chain sustainability involves the management of environmental, social, and economic impacts of the manufacturing and delivery of goods and services to the market, along with compliance with regulations that support sustainable business operations.
April 05, 2022 | Supply Chain Strategy read
With so much current focus on sustainability and climate change, it should not come as a surprise that a U.S. regulatory agency is proposing to require companies to report on their climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions. It might, however, be a surprise that the agency is not the Environmental Protection Agency but the Securities and Exchange Commission.
January 05, 2022 | Supply Chain Software read
The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) ended in Glasgow in November with an agreement that includes a host of new promises from countries and companies to take steps toward a carbon-neutral economy: