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Category Archives: Sustainability
Companies should ‘wake up’ to forest commodities risk
Businesses can make their supply chains more resilient if they better understand the use of commodities, which are often sourced from deforested land.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Potato farmers to give buyers a helping hand
It is becoming easier for suppliers to calculate the CO2 emissions of their spuds and for buyers to check the quality of their produce.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Potato farmers to give buyers a helping hand
It is becoming easier for suppliers to calculate the CO2 emissions of their spuds and for buyers to check the quality of their produce.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, SRM, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Buyers save healthy £2.7m for London NHS trusts
NHS co-operative implements e-procurement to make massive savings for five primary care trusts in the capital.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Supply chain, Sustainability, Technology
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Most companies not sharing benefits of carbon reduction with suppliers
Despite the opportunity for cost savings, firms are not communicating the success of low-carbon business models with their supply chain.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Climate change presents a ‘material risk’ to the supply chain
A report warns the majority of organisations have not faced up to the problems and disruption that a changing climate will cause to business operations.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Brazil’s bottle redesign cuts carbon emissions at Diageo
Results of initiative will be shared across Smirnoff’s global team to “encourage others to go down the same route”.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Sustainability
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Apple uncovers 22 labour violations
The technology company explains what it has done to address problems and invites the Fair Labor Association to assess supplier facilities in future.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing, Supply chain, Sustainability, Technology
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Call for North West suppliers to identify carbon use
Public bodies and businesses have asked key vendors to disclose information about emissions and follow a self-assessment process.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Sustainability, Technology
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Councils warned to check success of ‘green’ tech before installing
Buyers should “be looking for evidence that it is trustworthy and has worked elsewhere”, Dr Fin O’Flaherty.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Sustainability
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