New “Green” Metrics
A new report examining “sustainable supply chains” posits that in the aftermath of the recession, budgets are still tight and initiatives are being heavily scrutinized for ROI.
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A new report examining “sustainable supply chains” posits that in the aftermath of the recession, budgets are still tight and initiatives are being heavily scrutinized for ROI.
“While that would seem to restrict further developments in the environmental and sustainability arena, the more challenging business climate has resulted in a veritable surge of new initiatives and increased commitment across a wide-range of industries,” said McKinley Muir, spokesman for Eyefortransport, the sponsor of the “2010 North American Sustainable Supply Chain Report.”
According the EFT research, the rise of Scope 2&3 emissions reduction targets and Life-Cycle Analysis shows that far from being deemed irrelevant, sustainability initiatives are being prioritized and invested in. Likewise, the emergence of sustainability scorecards from companies such as Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble and Kaiser Permanente foreshadow the need for standardization and a future in which sustainability practices are ubiquitous.
SCMR has been a supporter and active participant in past “Sustainable Supply Chain Summits,” and will be present again as EFT stages is 4th annual in San Francisco this fall.
www.eft.com/sustainablesupplychain
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