How to make your supply chain greener
Introduction
To put high environmental standards in place you need to do more than review and amend your own internal practices and processes. The supply-chain decisions you make can have significant effects on the environment, but there are some straightforward steps you can take to ensure that any adverse impact is minimised.
Making sure your supply chain is as green as possible may add to the research you need to undertake when selecting suppliers and specifying the products and services you want from them. But it's a process with increasingly clear business benefits - you save money by identifying wasted resources, and customers are becoming more and more vigilant about these issues.
This guide explains how to choose sustainable products and services. It suggests ways of identifying suppliers that are pro-active on environmental issues. It also highlights the importance of looking at whether your procurement practices are as green as possible.
Subjects covered in this guide
· Introduction
Source: http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/
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