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SCRC Innovation and Social Responsibility Supply Index: A Critical Input to “Drucker Management Top 250 List”

NC State SCRC

The nature of the Handfield-Huang index is based on empirical studies showing that “sustainable firms have superior financial outcomes” (e.g. In the social responsibility category, metrics related to supply chain policies, practices and results, including audits and lawsuits, with respect to human relations and the environment. Jacobs et al.,

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Many of the largest multi-national retailers discussed with us the perceived benefits that biobased products can provide in their corporate sustainability goals and programs. There has, in fact, emerged a “consumer pull” for green products, as millennials are willing to pay the same (or even 10% higher) price for greener sustainable products.