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Business Pressures Driving Change and Innovation in the Supply Chain

By Julie_Urlaub on June 10, 2010 1 Comment @GreenAdvantage, Andrew Winston, Base of the Pyramid, Berkeley, biodiversity, BOP, bottom of the pyramid, Carbon Disclosure, carbon exposure, chemicals, Climate Change, climate policy, Dara O'Rourke, disclosure on carbon. P&G and IBM are both requiring data and transparency of environmental management systems, Eco-Advantage Strategies, energy, Ford, global warming, Good Guide, green business strategy, Green Cost Cutting, Green Recovery, Green to Gold, Harvard Business, IBM, Ikea, innovation, Julie Urlaub, Kaiser Permanente, P&G, Pepsi, sb '10, social performance, sourcing, suppliers, supply chain, supply chain group, sustainability, Sustainable Brands, Sustainable Brands 10', Taiga Company, TheHuffington Post, toxins, transparency, University of California, value-chain, Walmart, Water, Winston Eco-Strategies

Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, kicked of day two of the Sustainable Brands 2010 conference with an informative talk on how the difficult environmental, economic and supply challenges that business and industry face, have changed that game and how those challenges are presenting opportunities.

Eight Ways to Bring Sustainability Into Any Job

By Giselle Weybrecht on May 26, 2010 1 Comment alternative commuting, employee engagement programs, green, office greening program, recycling, suppliers, sustainability, sustainability initiatives, sustainability report, sustainability strategy, The Sustainable MBA: The Manager's Guide to Green Business

Giselle Weybrecht, author of The Sustainable MBA: The Manager’s Guide to Green Business, examines some ways that you can green any job.

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.

Don’t Cut CSR Spending: Reallocate to Build Your Brand

By Jennifer_Rice on October 27, 2009 2 Comments allocating resources, Best Buy’s, brand builders, brand promise, Brand/Customer quadrant, cause-marketing, CEO, Citizenship Report, Clorox GreenWorks, CMO, community, Community/Customer, consumer expectations, corporations, CRO, CSR initiatives, CSR investments, customers, design/value, Ecomagination, electronics recycling, employee volunteerism, employees, energy, environmental initiatives, ethical brand-building, ethical brands, ethical business practices, fair labor practices, Fair Trade, Fairmont Hotel, GE, Geek Squad Summer Academy, Green Cuisine, greenwash, innovation platforms, internal operations, IT, job creating ethical brand drivers, job creation, Kiva.org, lobbying powe5, local brand pillar corporate social, Marks & Spencer, opportunity audit, philanthropy efforts, recession, reputation-building, Seventh Generation, social needs, social-impact initiatives, strategic alignment, suppliers, supply chain, sustainability initiatives, tablestakes initiatives, Target, Timberland, triple-bottom line innovation, trust, value creation, waste, Water, white-space opportunities, Whole Foods

As consumer expectations rise and trust in corporations decline, the need for ethical business practices is greater than ever. Yet in a recession, companies seeking to cut costs will likely postpone important CSR initiatives or cut spending in favor of core business initiatives. But it doesn’t have to be either-or. Companies that consider social and environmental initiatives as potential innovation platforms and brand builders — not expenses — will come out ahead.

Supply Chain Managers Are Not Addressing Sustainability Issues

By Tracey de Morsella on August 19, 2009 4 Comments Acceleration of ECO-Operation, Accountability, BPM, Business Performance Management Forum, carbon footprints, corporate social responsibility, CSR, demand chains.value chain, distribution costs, distribution network, E2open, ECO-Operation, eHub, environmental concerns, environmental responsibility, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenscape Score, integrated global control platform, Logistics, multi-tiered supply chain networks, operational efficiency, Operations, procurement professional, suppliers, supply chain, supply chain demands, supply chain executives, sustainability, sustainability compliance, sustainability measurement, sustainable supply chain management, sustainable transparency, visibility

Despite the enthusiasm regarding sustainability expressed by the global business community, these organizations have been slow to address these issues when it comes to sustainable supply chain management, says a new study by the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum and E2open that was conducted in the second quarter of this year. Operations, logistics and supply chain executives also lack the understanding of how to go green and save green across complex, global, multi-tiered supply and distribution networks. The study, titled “Acceleration of ECO-Operation: Achieving Success & Sustainability in the Supply Chain,” gained insights from more than 125 supply chain, operations, finance, and executive professionals around the world across multiple industries. It set out to measure and quantify how companies are managing the complexities of supply chain demands, distribution costs and environmental concerns. The study has major implications for supply chain, finance, operations, logistics, and procurement professionals and underscores the need for better ECO-Operation, sustainability measurement, and operations insight into multi-tiered supply chain networks.