Supply chain sustainability is key to achieving climate goals
2023年4月20日 · Improving internal supply chain sustainability and efficiency is a quick win. When it comes to decarbonizing our supply chains, improving the efficiency with which we consume energy internally is a relatively quick win. Indeed, optimizing energy consumption collectively accounts for some 55% of the solution to deliver net zero by 2050.
How to create sustainable supply chains | World Economic Forum
2015年3月20日 · In order to ensure a long term, sustainable future for global supply chains, companies must build collaborative, multi-stakeholder approaches to creating value which don’t impact on the environment or have a negative impact on people’s wellbeing. To keep up with Forum:Agenda subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
Suppliers outline how they keep up with sustainability rules
2024年9月11日 · Four players involved in global supply chains outline how supply chain sustainability and related rules are playing out on the ground. The number of global regulations aimed at driving sustainability across international supply chains are growing. These requirements alter trade compliance processes for companies and their suppliers.
How the automotive industry is gearing up into sustainability’s fast ...
2023年1月19日 · The global automotive industry must reinforce the resiliency of its supply chains, while taking strides towards sustainability. Creating transparency along value chains in the mobility sector is a fundamental step in becoming more resilient and sustainable. Increasing geopolitical instability and a series of unprecedented crises have disrupted ...
Supply Chain Sustainability Policies: State of Play
2022年5月10日 · Supply chains are important levers for achieving sustainability goals and have gained increased corporate, governmental and civil society attention. This white paper charts regulatory developments in supply chain sustainability, from international guidelines and free trade agreements to national laws and financial disclosure requirements.
How fashion can become more sustainable | World Economic Forum
2021年10月25日 · The industry is also responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions. Technology and the rapid digitization of the supply chain can make fashion more sustainable. Fashion has long been perceived as a major contributor to forest fires, rising sea levels, unfair wages, exploitation of labour and overflowing landfills.
Here's how we make the global food supply chain sustainable
2024年8月7日 · By 2024, the global food market is expected to be worth $9.12 trillion, growing at an annual rate of 6.7%. The food supply chains that deliver goods from the farm to our plates are notoriously complex. They involve many upstream, midstream and downstream actors at different tiers, all of whom are responsible for supplying and transforming key ...
Autonomous drone networks are a faster route to sustainable …
2021年11月2日 · Drones. New forms of infrastructure are needed to relieve over-burdened and unsustainable supply chains. In Rwanda and Virginia, US, drone-based logistics networks have proved their efficiency and sustainability. Using drones alongside existing logistics system will increase supply chain resiliency. The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
How 4 leading companies are tackling supply chain emissions
2022年11月2日 · Tackling supply chain emissions could make a meaningful impact on the climate, but progress is slow. Four major companies from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders – Royal Philips, IKEA, Unilever and ZF – have shared how they are working to reduce emissions in their supply chains. The key principles to speed up progress are collaboration ...
Supply chains can be a climate game-changer. Here's why
2021年1月21日 · Eight supply chains account for more than 50% of global CO2 emissions. Fully decarbonizing these would add just 1-4% to end-consumer costs for many everyday items. There are nine major actions that every CEO can take to engage suppliers and decarbonize their end-to-end supply chain. A new report from the World Economic Forum and BCG shows how.