SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY
SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY
DOESN ’ T MEAN AN ERASURE OF PROFIT
Sustainability in the supply chain is popular and profitable say Better Origin and Michelin
WRITTEN BY : HELEN ADAMS
Sustainability within the supply chain has had a long and tumultuous history – from the outlawing of slavery to the current initiatives to drive out forced labour .
Currently in North-West Africa , chocolate manufacturers are sweeping child slave labour out of their supply chains , in response to a lawsuit from children represented by International Rights Advocates , who say they were forced into slavery on cocoa plantations which supplied Nestle , Mars , Mondelēz and Hershey with cocoa . Not only are such supply chain offences illegal , but perhaps more damagingly , a PR disaster .
A recent report from Garnier shows that 73 % of consumers want to be more sustainable and buying from a business with unsustainable credentials will put many off or incur a boycott . Following successful public shaming of those discovered to be hiding unsustainable practices ( such as the Nescafe boycott 1977-1984 ), supply chain sustainability has become an essential element in business .
Although protecting vulnerable people from exploitation remains a high priority , finding answers to environmental pollution and waste management is also deeply necessary .
A Michelin Guide Inspector and Better Origin spoke with Sustainability , to discuss their management of supply chain sustainability and why it ’ s important .
106 January 2022