4 Ways to Engage Your Supply Chain on Scope 3 GHG Emissions
To help you improve your scope 3 emissions management, we’re taking a look at how emissions are impacted by your value chain and breaking down four key ways you can start engaging suppliers to work towards your ESG goals.
What is a sustainable supply chain?
Over the past decade and into the new one, there has been a marked shift towards corporate sustainability, transparency, and accountability. More and more large corporations are making commitments to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
Looking Ahead: Supply Chain Management Trends for 2020
Supply chain management plays a crucial role in the operations of globalized businesses. From planning and sourcing to delivery and logistics, effective supply chain management enables businesses to respond flexibly to changes in consumer demand, market conditions, and other global factors.
CleanChain: 2019 Supply Chain Sustainability Journeys
In 2019, CleanChain™, an ADEC Innovation, experienced impressive levels of growth, and now helps more brands and suppliers work towards cleaner chemistry than ever before. The platform passed a number of milestones in the past year, in terms of international networking and community building as well as growth. Here are some of CleanChain’s most notable achievements from the past 12 months.
The Top 5 Challenges in Retail Supply Chains
International retail supply chains are vastly complex systems. The task of managing these systems is rife with challenges, large and small.
Commitments to Clean Chemistry: The ZDHC User Tool Conference
Last week, ADEC Innovations team members attended the ZDHC User Tool Conference in Shanghai, in one of the year’s biggest events for suppliers and brand partners, focusing on sustainable practice and environmentally-conscious production. With more than 400 delegates from 200 companies gracing the event, this year’s conference was a major success for the
The Future of Clean Chemistry: ZDHC In-Person Focus Area Meetings
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program kicked off a series of in-person meetings in Amsterdam from September 17-19, shining a spotlight on Input and Output Focus Areas (FA). The ADEC Innovations team had a fantastic time meeting with ZDHC and our CleanChain™ brands—keep scrolling for a few of our highlights.
Preparing for Success with New Assessment Software
One of the most important steps for any company initiating or reviewing their audit processes is finding the right software for the job. If your company is looking to roll out new assessment software, there are a number of questions you should ask before choosing your software solution, during the roll out of the new software, and into the long-term.
ADEC Innovations Attends the 4th UN Environment Assembly
ADEC Innovations and members of the CleanChain team recently traveled to Nairobi to attend the 4th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The week-long meeting included member states, coalitions, NGO’s, and the private sector, and had an overriding theme of addressing sustainable consumption and production as well as finding innovative solutions for environmental challenges.
Converging Tools For Chemical Management: ZDHC Gateway and CleanChain
Responsible chemical management has become a crucial part of doing business in the modern textile industry. Customers expect environmentally responsible brands, investors are paying increasing attention to sustainable investing, and regulators expect safety and compliance in manufacturing and production.
Lowering the Costs of Auditing through Automation
Audits are costly. Managing supply chain connections, conducting assessments, tracking corrective actions, and aggregating all this information into useful reports are necessary tasks that are both time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, an effective automated solution can greatly reduce these costs, taking on much of the labor of auditing.
Automating Chemical Management with CleanChain
Chemical management is a crucial part of the operations of any modern textile brand. By consciously examining the chemicals used in their supply chains, companies can follow through on their values with real action, minimizing any negative impact their manufacturing might have on the environment or local communities.
How Impact Coalitions are Using Technology to Drive Growth
In response to the effects of climate change and the need for sustainable practices, organizations across industries have come together to form coalitions with the aim of creating long-term, forward-thinking solutions.
Supply Chains: How to Combat Audit Fatigue
Transparency and accountability are a key part of achieving high environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Regular supplier auditing is the most common way for many organizations to manage risk and gain visibility into their supply chains. But are current methods really fit for this purpose?
Why Addressing Deforestation Makes Good Business Sense
Deforestation can be detrimental and have serious effects on businesses. It can lead to resource depletion which can impede the generation of products and services. It can also aggravate the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and heatwaves. Furthermore, stakeholder confidence is known to decrease for companies whose operations contribute to deforestation as stakeholders are more inclined to patronize a sustainable firm.
When Your Brand is on the Line, Supply Chain Data is Vital | Part 2
We examine some best practices for managing your brand’s supply chain data.
When Your Brand is on the Line, Supply Chain Data is Vital | Part 1
When your brand is on the line, gain visibility into and control over your supply chain data.
Policies to End Deforestation and Climate Change in Business Supply Chains
Deforestation and climate change are worldwide problems. If not addressed they can have serious ramifications on businesses. Deforestation is a contributor to carbon emissions by destroying the world’s natural carbon sink and thereby contributing to climate change. Up to 2010, there was a net forest loss of 6.2 million hectares per year. As major sources of deforestation and emissions, businesses must seriously address both issues in their operations and supply chains. According to the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a sustainable economy is not achievable without the committed involvement of businesses. However, this in turn is not possible without an enabling environment created by the right policies.
Deforestation in Supply Chains: A Climate Change Challenge to Sustainable Development
Why deforestation is critical to business and the Global Goals Addressing deforestation is critical to business, climate action and sustainable development. The global trade of soy, palm oil, cattle products and timber products (the four forest-risk commodities) is a major contributor of deforestation. If businesses don’t address their presence in supply chains, there will be significant ramifications for their reputation, operations and expenditure.
How Companies Can Ensure Responsible Sourcing
‘Responsible sourcing’ refers to companies’ commitment to promote ethical standards and social responsibility when dealing with suppliers.
The Importance of Supplier Risk Management
Maintaining a good relationship with suppliers is important for organizations. How good is your relationship with your suppliers? Suppliers play a significant role in an organization’s supply chain.
The Holy Grail of Supply Chain Traceability
From governments and regulatory bodies to companies and consumers, the value of supply chain traceability has become more easily understood.
3 Steps for Sustainable Logistics
Companies are discovering the value of integrating sustainability in all areas of operations, especially logistics.
Companies with the Greenest Supply Chains
Going green can be a driver for value and success in business. Companies such as Apple, Adidas, H&M, Levi’s and Marks & Spencer have already started their journey towards a greener supply chain.
The Importance of Sustainable Packaging
A crucial aspect of delivering sustainable products and services is sustainable packaging. In designing sustainable packaging for a product, companies need to answer a few questions, including: will it attract consumers to the product; how much will it cost; and will it provide needed protection for my product?
Sustainable Supply Chains: Guidelines and Next Steps
Supply chains provide the basic building blocks that allow us to produce and deliver our products and services, and they are essential components in every organization.
