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Here’s a video I found that explains how Walmart plans to track supply chain emissions in order to provide carbon footprint information for all of their products. This follows up on a couple of blog posts I’ve made recently on this topic. Enjoy!
In last week’s post about greening the supply chain, I referenced an article that suggested starting with overseas suppliers (specifically those in China) to increase the supply chain’s energy efficiency. The article also discusses how Walmart has established a supplier energy efficient program in China, where the company has set a target of improving the energy efficiency of 200 factories by 20 percent over the next three years.
Today I found a bit more info on setting up a sustainability program such as Walmart’s. This article from Logistics Management explains that the benefits go beyond being good environmental citizens:
“Shoppers are looking for a good deal, but they also expect transparency,” she said. “They want to know that retailers are sensitive to global warming and other threats to future generations.”
Regina Edwards, director, supply chain compliance, for MeadWestvaco, concurred, stating that shippers were asking for “green” metrics placed on suppliers.
“Given the fact that we are so diversified and global, our leadership realized that we had to develop a principal code of conduct for suppliers that included more than just basic compliance,” she said.
It would not surprise me if, before long, going green becomes standard operating procedure, rather than something companies implement when they can.
At the CSCMP Annual Conference this year, the Journal of Commerce was able to pull aside Gary Maxwell, Logistics VP at Walmart, for a quick interview. In this video, Maxwell discusses the supply chain goals, expectations and challenges of Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. According to Maxwell one of the key driving forces of their supply chain are the customers. Walmart shoppers expect the stores to have high quality products at low prices, and without a well-managed, cost-efficient supply chain, this would be very difficult. Interesting insight into one of the world’s top 25 supply chains for 2009, as determined by AMR Research earlier this year. (See related post on the Supply Chain Top 25.)
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