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Get Started On Environmental Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is a key business issue affecting global organizations
in all sectors and industries.
(TEMPE, Arizona) December 1, 2008 – Many firms are seeking universally accepted
models for environmental sustainability programs. Unfortunately, few exist. As an
immediate aid to supply managers and as a precursor to creating industry-specific
benchmarks for environmental sustainability, this Critical Issues report provides
a brief guide to initiating a program for supply management environmental sustainability
and can serve as a starting point. It is the result of various interviews and in-depth
discussions with supply management executives and other thought leaders. The report
covers five major stages in the environmentally sustainable program creation process:
- Stage 1: Defining Environmental Sustainability for Supply Management
- Stage 2: Understanding Corporate Sustainability Commitments
- Stage 3: Getting Started and Creating a Plan
- Stage 4: Creating Goals, Metrics and Definitions
- Stage 5: Running Pilot Supplier Partnerships and Working with Key Suppliers
A set of resources on the Internet that can provide useful examples and guides to
implementation is also provided.
Click on the following link to access the Critical Issues report, "Process Guide
For Supply Management Environmental Sustainability":
http://www.capsresearch.org/publications/pdfs-protected/cir102008.pdf
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practices. CAPS Research is jointly sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business
at Arizona State University, and the Institute for Supply Management™.
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