A key door to a fairer world.
From assessing supply chain operations and supply chain partners, as well as associated operating costs – we can help to develop a working plan that will transform your environmental standards, produce cost savings, and give your company the competitive advantage. Get in touch today to find out about benefits of supply chain sustainability.
Our supply chains often cross the globe to deliver the products we use everyday. They connect us with oranges from Argentina to phone chargers from China. At lot goes on behind the scenes to get that product to us. At times, dare I say it, it may not be practices you and I are proud of. Recent years have witnessed major brand scandals with practices in their supply chains, from waste dumping to modern slavery. Fragile, complex, and networked supply chains present situations where unsustainable practices can fester. A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Sustainability means different things in supply chains, from happy suppliers who are able to meet the daily living wages and removing worker exploitation, to reducing waste by ensuring that half-empty vehicles do not get sent out and that deliveries to the same address are combined to reduce carbon emissions and environmental footprint, to investment in alternative modes of transportation to reduce environmental impact. Some suppliers, due to complexity of the position of the supply chain often do not have sustainability expertise or resources, and they may be unaware of accepted social and environmental practices and regulations.
There is a growing need for integrating environmental and social choices into supply chain management, making sure it’s sustainable, fit for today and the future as company’s supply chain accounts for more than 80% of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Governments and organisations have become aware of the opportunities to meet the net-zero emissions target by tackling supply chains and have taken great strides in social responsibility and doing what they can to reduce their carbon footprint.
Climate change poses a new risk to entire supply chain sustainability and shows a need to increase resilience and sustainable practices. This lack of sustainability is having a significant impact on companies’ profitability also, which is what may of lead you here.
Whether it is a case of starting from the drawing board, mapping the supply chain connections and inter-dependencies in their supply networks, to engaging with different suppliers to really getting it off the ground, the initiatives, the systems and standards, training, and audits, we are here to help support you on your journey and achieve those sustainability goals with you.