Companies that are ahead of the sustainability curve are writing the game plan, cutting supply chain costs, avoiding risks and winning the public relations battles. A new paper titled “Why Sustainability Matters in Your Supply Chain,” written by Tompkins International and American Energy Solutions, provides a joint energy and supply chain perspective. This resource helps define sustainability, its drivers, supply chain implications and its future direction.
“Regardless of the political and regulatory environment, the push toward sustainability is not going away,” says Ritchie Priddy, sustainability director at American Energy Solutions and a co-author of the paper. “In fact, sustainability is entering a new phase that promises a broad impact on supply chains. It covers the entire organization on the demand side as well as the supply side.