--- title: What are you doing to become a sustainable Supply Chain? description: Building differential capability through well designed processes... image: https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/hubfs/paula-prekopova-Mt9DbRm2KmA-unsplash.jpg --- [hello@psdtohubspot.com](mailTo:hello@psdtohubspot.com) [+91 8874569874](tel:+91%208874569874) Hours : Opens 10:00 AM To 07:00 PM [![logoHD](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logoHD.jpg?width=2500&name=logoHD.jpg "logoHD")](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/) - [Home](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/home) - [Subscribe](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/pt-blog-subscribe-opt-in-consent?hsCtaTracking=174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea%7C0776642c-2604-4695-8e3f-f7a74f10031a) - [Contact Us](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/contact-us-old) - [supply chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [Sustainability](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/sustainability) # [What are you doing to become a sustainable Supply Chain?](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/what-are-you-doing-to-become-a-sustainable-supply-chain) To become greener today represents a significant challenge for many Supply Chain (SC) managers, as s... [Read More →](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/what-are-you-doing-to-become-a-sustainable-supply-chain) - [supply chain (286)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [technology (138)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/technology) - [logistics (81)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/logistics) - [procurement (69)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/procurement) - [optimisation (65)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/optimisation) Posted by [Dave Food](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/author/dave-food) on Mar 11, 2020 2:20:53 PM ![Dave Food](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/9fa060d35f0f962fafafe972c24035ae) Find me on: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/davefood) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davefood) [Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/davefood) To become greener today represents a significant challenge for many Supply Chain (**SC**) managers, as shareholders and environmental institutions as well, are compelling them to undertake *social responsibilities* focus on Sustainability to transform businesses. **What exactly does it mean being greener?** It means *reducing emissions* of **CO2**, *eliminating waste* and *water spend*, and *increasing* **Sustainability**.  Likewise, businesses are focusing on *renewable sources of energy*, *new styles of product packaging*, *agricultural-practices*, and more, in collaboration with stakeholders, customers, employees and community heads, to *even out profitability* and *Sustainability targets*.  **How can SCs be improved for Sustainability?** The concern about **Sustainability** is causing a significant effect on *buying selections, brand perception,* and *stakeholder value.* Recent research on *sustainable-business* mentioned that **SC** enterprises *are well-placed* *to set in* the proper balance of *growth, profitability* and *social purposes*, whilst sustainably transforming their business. To reach their objective, Chief Supply Chain Officers (**CSCOs**) must conduct totally-value networks on an innovative Corporate Social Responsibility (**CSR.**)  **Some elements influencing CSR:** 1.      *The ability to collaborate* across all the **SC**, embracing other business tasks, suppliers, and trading partners.  2.      **CSCOs** *must balance* **SC** *productivity*, and *Sustainability* aims to interested-party. 3.      *A method that teaches* the corporation to make decisions in *collaborative-ecosystems*, not silos, highly-supported by **CSCOs**. 4.     *The mentality for innovation*. **CSCOs** should put *money into innovative-management skills* to generate *long-lasting value* all through the SC business. **Programs in the field of CSR** Many **CSR** *movements* are forcing **SC** corporations to *publicly declare* more about **Sustainability** strategies applied in the entire SC, such as: **Regulations -** Authorities are *passing laws* ordering large organisations to inform on SC *environmental-plans*, on how they deal with *human rights*, *public policies* about *sourcing-procedures*, to define regulations for *non-financial reporting,* or info on the way they *manage* *social* and *environmental* issues. **Expanding voluntary standards** - *Carbon Disclosure Project* now gathers releases on **SC**, *water use* and *forest impacts* to escalate voluntary standards. Additionally, the *Global Reporting Initiative* introduced *new reporting standards* in an increasing number of *sectors.*  **Stock exchange and investor priorities** - Several stock-exchanges have now mandatory*-disclosure requirements* for their *listed-companies*. Institutional investors are much concerned about Environmental, Social, and Governance (**ESG**) matters, using such data in trading decisions. All of these require *fast-business reaction* to embrace innovative processes, platforms, metrics, reporting, speed, and accuracy, and particularly *efficiency* so that these new obligations *remain manageable* and *cost-effective*. **Transportation responsibility in GHG emissions** *Transportation* generates the most greenhouse emissions due to light-duty vehicles, and medium/heavy becoming the most significant-responsible for environmental damages. When talking about **GHG** emissions from *transportation fuel consumption*, enterprises have: to operate in ways that cut-down the carbon emissions as much as possible; or to balance *all* or *part* of carbon-emissions so that firms can *manage the impact* of their strategies *more sustainable carbon-free.* **Offsetting Greenhouse Gas Emissions -** An **offset** is a *reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, designed to pay compensation* for such emissions produced somewhere else, as in your transportation network.  *Offsets* are *marketable products* through governmental-voluntary programs, include *costs* and *value*; they are *serialised* and designed by *regulated-certified applications* for different categories of green-projects, such as: ·       *Hydroelectric* dams. ·       *Wind* and *solar farms*, used for renewable energy. ·       *Biomass energy* projects. ·       *Energy-efficiency* projects. ·       *Forestry projects* – the everlasting planting of trees to cut off carbon ·       Destruction of *industrial contaminants* or *agricultural by-products*. ·       Destruction *of landfill methane* (a greenhouse gas.) **Conclusions**: *reducing most* of your **SC** carbon-emissions *foot-prints* means a valuable **Sustainable** and **profitability Supply Chain** management.   **Dave Food** [Prophetic Technology](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/) **Subscribe to our emails & exclusive free content.** **[![I want to subscribe](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2979069/174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2979069/174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea)**   - [supply chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [Sustainability](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/sustainability) - - - ## Post Your Comments Here #### About Us Prophetic Technology is a team of dedicated people that combine their expertise in business domains with a passion to release potential.s every page it appears on. 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