Supply Chains Rock

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

'Who said supply chains are boring? Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

This week Siemens announced that they were appointing Barbara Kux as both Chief Procurement Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer. This is not only a great news for gender equality (Mrs Kux will be the first woman on Siemens Board in 160 years, and the 1st woman on a DAX 30 board), but a real proof of the strategic alignment between Purchasing and Sustainability.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

It is well known that the London Organizing Committee has made Sustainability a core policy of the 2012 Olympic Games, since an ambitious 2012 Sustainability Plan was published in November 2007. What is new, is the profound impact this initiative will have on the Sustainable Procurement initiative of 1000’s of companies. The Organizing Committee has just issued today a very ambitious “Olympics Sourcing Code” ‘ (access here ) which will apply to all products and service pr

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

In the latest HEC Benchmark we conducted, “Sustainable Procurement” was the #2 priority of Procurement Executives…just behing “Cost Reduction” At the time where a lot of purchasing organisations are under pressure to deliver additional cost savings to their organisation, there is a risk that some will postpone or push back on their Sustainability Programs.

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