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Green is good

June 25th, 2008 at 06:50am David Bush - Iasta

Green, eco-x, sustainability…there is a lot of talk right now about all of these principles being applied to the supply chain and supply management. In fact, there is even a really good blog at 2sustain, dedicated to the topic.

Many times, however, some of the simple starting points are left behind to concentrate on granular detail. I was interested to read a paper from AMR about green purchasing, which calls out the benefits and the need for procurement’s call to action.

Four areas of opportunity were identified as:

Switching from toxic to nontoxic substances
Water reuse in manufacturing of supplied products
Air emission and hazardous waste reductions
Supplier energy efficiency

There are also 3 nicely described case studies that can be reviewed for ideas of implementation of green purchasing and supplier collaboration. They show how participating suppliers were able to benefit from the buyer lead surveys. This is true win-win supplier relationship management. The buyers paid for an assessment, which identified savings and could be implemented with shared benefit.

Personally, I think this is a fascinating way to discover and implement cost savings. All the while, it is done with a social conscience.

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