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Carbon Management Is Becoming a Core Supply Chain Business Issue

By Tracey de Morsella on March 15, 2010 1 Comment A.T. Kearney, Acer, BAE Systems, Bank of America, Baxter International, Brad Minnis, Cadbury, Carbon Disclosure Project, carbon emissions, carbon management, carbon reduction, Carrefour, CDP Supply Chain Report, Climate Change, Colgate-Palmolive Company, ConAgra Foods, Daniel Mahler, Dell, EMC Corporation, emissions, ENEL, energy reduction, Europe, FIJI Water, GHG management, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, green house gas, H.J. Heinz Company, HP, IBM, Imperial Tobacco Group, Johnson & Johnson, Johnson Controls, Juniper Networks, Kao, L'Oréal, Logica, National Australia Group, National Grid, Newmont Mining Corporation, Paul Dickinson, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble Company, Reckitt Benckiser, Royal Mail Group, Sony Corporation, supplier engagemen, suppliers, supply chain, Tracey de Morsella, Unilever, Vivendi, Vodafone Group

Companies are now requiring their suppliers to address carbon management as a core business issue. A plan to deselect some suppliers in the future for failing to meet carbon management criteria set by the companies. These organizations are increasinigly developing strategies for engaging with suppliers on carbon related issues amd have emissions or energy reduction plans in place.

The Four Best Practice Strategies Needed for Successful Carbon Management

By Tracey de Morsella on March 10, 2010 1 Comment BAE Systems, Best Practices Carbon Management, BHP Billiton, BP, building management systems, business process changes, carbon issue, carbon management, carbon management strategies, carbon reduction plan, CEOs, Chief Sustainability Officer, cisco, CO2 emissions, CO2 reduction goals, cross-functional strategy, CSR Directors, Dow Chemical Company, electric vehicle fleet trials, energy managers, finance, financial analysis, fuel data, granular energy, HP, Operations, Peter Charville-Mort, Proctor & Gamble, SAP, social responsibility, sustainability programs, Tracey de Morsella, transformational change, unintended consequences, Verdantix, Wal-Mart

A new report released by independent research firm, Verdantix, explains why firms are floundering with carbon management and putting the future of the business at risk due to flawed governance and strained business processes. It warns that unless CEOs take ownership of carbon management as a business transformation challenge their firms will fail to achieve absolute reductions in CO2 emissions.

Buy it Ethically: Embedding CSR in The Procurement Function

By Elaine_Cohen on December 2, 2009 3 Comments buying, collaboration with competitors, CR, CSR, data sharing, Ethical Corporation, Green and Black, Hasbro, How to Embed Corporate Responsibility Across Different Parts of Your Company, HP, Mattel, PepsiCo, procurement, procurement operation, Sedex, Supply Chain executive, target setting, transparency

Elaine reviews the procurement section of the Ethical Corporation’s latest research publication on How to embed Corporate Responsibility across different parts of your Company and how issues of sustainability and ethics are embedded in the supply chain.

Sustainable IT Solutions Will Trump Failed Green IT Marketing

By Tracey de Morsella on July 29, 2009 1 Comment Capgemini, carbon data management, Carbon management business intelligence, carbon prices, CH2M Hill, cisco, climate change risk assessment, corporate climate change, Data Center, data centers, David Metcalfem product lifecycle, desktop, Energate, energy demand, energy efficiency, Energy Management, Europe, fuel use, GHG reporting legislation, Green Computing, green data center, green IT marketing, Green-IT, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas reporting, HP, IT services firms, Itron, Orange Business Services, outsourcing, R&D, renewable energy, resource scarcity, smart meters, supply chains, sustainability, sustainability credentials, sustainable, sustainable business process fresh air cooled data centers, systems integrators, tech sector, technology, telecom, Trilliant, US, Verdantix, Verizon, video presence, waste

The first wave of green IT solutions failed to make sustainability benefits tangible according to a new study conducted on the sector by the independent research firm Verdantix. However, innovative IT sustainability solutions just released into the market or on the horizon for 2010 – will quickly demonstrate the tech sector’s role in supporting corporate sustainability strategies.