tailieunhanh - Supply Chain Management New Perspectives Part 11

Tham khảo tài liệu 'supply chain management new perspectives part 11', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 388 Supply Chain Management - New Perspectives factors were given particular emphasis in addition to the checking of regulatory compliance with environmental standards. From Lafarge s 2009 sustainability report23 In 2009 our global purchases totalled billion. We are engaged in a process to ensure that our external sourcing of goods and services properly reflects our sustainability principles. The significant role played by local suppliers in Lafarge s operations enables the Group to have a positive impact on the economies of countries where we operate. A special example of green SCM occurs where groups of companies or institutions collaborate to develop a common sustainability code. Many times such a Code can only be implemented if the entire supply-chain is brought into concordance. Such collaboration has occurred especially in the controversial resource sectors of forest products fisheries and mining as some of the examples below illustrate. Example of natural resource management fish and forests. In order to reduce the deleterious impact on natural resources a number of initiatives have been launched to avoid or to prefer products sourced according to bad good practices respectively. One of the best known is the Forest Stewardship Council24 a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to ensure that rainforest timber is sustainably managed harvested and sold. Technical guidelines describe sustainable practices. Operators and suppliers are independently audited. End-distributors agree to only source their timber from such operators. Annual reports of compliance are available and a multi-stakeholder Council oversees the process. The process is designed to guarantee a high ethical value product that attracts a significant clientele and through consumer pressure to encourage the entire industry to move in this direction. The supply-chain management by the end-distributors does most of the work to ensure the procedures are followed. Independent auditing guarantees