Supply Chains

Climate change is a key topic in any CSR strategy nowadays. Improved carbon performance provides companies not only with direct environmental and social benefits, but also with opportunities to increase revenues and reduce costs:

• Revenues can grow through opportunities for new product positioning and entering new markets, innovative solutions, increased brand loyalty and recognition, thanks to more satisfied internal and external stakeholders.
• Cost savings can be achieved through improved performance and efficiencies, reduced exposure to volatile (and rising) prices of fossil fuels and other scarce resources, reduced exposure to regulatory risks, new forms of partnerships, easier access to capital, and retaining more motivated talented staff.

The focus for improving the carbon performance of companies is more and more shifting to the whole supply chain. This is especially the case for those companies where the impact on overall carbon performance is strongly determined by upstream or downstream activities.

Ecofys is involved in both setting up leading standards and programmes together with well known NGOs, as well as supporting companies to improve their company and supply chain carbon performance according to these standards and programmes. Ecofys has the overview, knowledge of and experience with working in accordance with all relevant standards and programmes for measuring baselines for sustainability performance and can deliver tailored advice on the strategy approach suiting  your situation (products, markets) best and increasing your sustainability performance.

Our core solutions to support companies looking to become a sustainable supply chain leader.