From supplier to customer
Sustainable Supply Chains
What is a sustainable supply chain?
As brands and retailers aim for sustainable sourcing in their supply chain, it is crucial to work with suppliers to measure, monitor and report accurate and detailed data that can be used to pinpoint the most meaningful and strategic investments in improving technology, practices and inputs. Additionally, brands and retailers need to support collective action in water stewardship to ensure that the water resources their suppliers depend upon are managed sustainably. By working together to address both water consumption and pollution and improving water efficiency as well as local water conditions, the sector can create social, economic and environmental benefits.
The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC)
In this project we traced the supply chain of cane sugar cane sugar purchased by TCCC Europe and identified the hot-spots and prioritized them for strategic basins and formulating key responses.
C&A
In this project we developed guidelines
and help build necessary capacity in its core business functions and in its global supply chain to reduce their water footprint and improve conditions for communities and the environment.
"The scientific rigour and clarity of the global water footprint standard will help C&A set goals for reducing its impacts to rivers and lakes, adopt corporate policies for reducing our water footprint, and move toward sustainable water use." - Philip Chamberlain, Head Of Sustainable Business Development (C&A, Europe).
PaCT Bangladesh
Working along the supply chain from cotton farms in Bangladesh to cotton processing mills in Dhaka (in Bangladesh) and brands and retailers under Public-Private-Partnership programme. We worked as an implementing partner in the Partnership for Cleaner Textile in Bangladesh, which brought together international clothing brands, the mills and multi-stakeholders to transform the industry for its long-term viability and sustainability. We calculated and analysed the water footprint of the mills, the brands and for the clusters – to better understand how water can be used more sustainably and what can be done to reduce the impacts on the local communities.
