Understanding The Good Chain; Sustainability in Supply Chain Management

UN Global 2012 defines supply chain sustainability as “the management of environmental, social and economic impacts, and the encouragement of good governance practices, throughout the lifecycles of goods and services. The objective of supply chain sustainability is to create protect, and grow long-term environmental, social and economic value for all stakeholders involved in bringing products and services to market”

Supply chain sustainability needs to be built into the design/redesign of supply chains and become a feature of continuous improvement strategies of the supply chain. As such companies should develop a road map which should integrate environmental considerations into the supply chain, assess sustainability within the context of a number of elements.“

- Dr Pieter Nagel
Excerpt from The Good Chain, Fast Thinking Magazine, Spring 2011 Edition

Dr Pieter J A Nagel is currently Executive Director of the Alliance for Supply Chain Innovation and Senior Strategy Advisor, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, to Victoria University Melbourne.