sustainable supply chains beyond compliance: where business strategy, retailers, and ngos come...
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RILA Retail Environmental Compliance Committee
September 27, 2016
Pamela J. Gordon, Antea Group
Sustainable Supply Chains Beyond Compliance Where Business Strategy, Retailers, and NGOs Come Together
From Environmental Regulations to Best Practices
Pamela J. GordonSenior Consultant, Antea Group
Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability31 USA Offices; 3,500 EHS consultants globally
Supply-Chain Progression for Profitable Sustainability
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Meet regulations
Get ahead with Best Practices
SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
Drive the Circular Economy
B u s i n e s s v a l u e p r o g r e s s i o n
Earth’s Mineral Resources are Finite
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SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
And society is learning how to leverage materials we’ve embedded in products…profitably and responsibly.
Old Linear Model
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SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
Virgin Materials
Comp-onents
Manu-facturers
Brand Owners
ConsumersLandfill (or
down-cycling)
Material “leaks” from the Economy:• Few product companies “design in” reuse and recycling • Material mixtures are rarely identified• Prices for recycled materials vacillate• Brands and retailers lose sight of customers, after the sale
Essentials for Profitable Circularity
1) Executive Vision
2) Collaboration
3) Data
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SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
Communicate identified materials (“ingredients”)
Use real-time data (availability, prices, markets) for profitable Circularity
Retailers: Take an active role
Look back into the Supply Chain and forward through customers’ multiple uses
NGOs: Focus executive attention
Retailers: Take an active role; Think creatively
It’s About Maximizing ValueSUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
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Thanks to RILA for
purchasing a book for
each member.
For more questions, contact
Pamela J. Gordon
Senior Consultant, Antea Group
+1-510-406-9460
Thank You!
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