Sustainable Supply Chain

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Shivendra Kadam PGP10049
Benison Mylliemngap PGP10091
Swarnjit Saha PGP10100
Kumar Saurabh PGP10212
Manaswini K_S PGP10214
Shivam Kumar PGP10247
 What is Sustainable Supply chain(SSC)?
Sustainable supply chain Management or Management of
Responsible supply chain management is a information and
Management of supply chains in a way that communication
integrates the sustainability objectives and technologies
requirements defined by the
firm,suppliers,customers and external
stakeholders. Management of
Management of
Objectives
SSC product &
finance flows
Objectives could be,
Economic
Social
Environmental Management of
Internal &
Ethical targets, All the members of the SC
External
should be able to reach in order to make it Stakeholders
sustainable.
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GSCM+Reverse logistics= SSCM?
GSCM- All the initiatives taken to reduce, Manage and control the environmental impacts
of Business activities all along the supply chain.

Reverse Logistics-consists of returning the used product or material to the manufacturing

organisation which then reprocesses or disposes it in the efficient and effective manner.

NO, It has more dimensions to it.

With increase in global activities, and risks of SC from Financial,ecological and social
perspectives,SSC has become essential for all companies to improve on their long term
economic performance.

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Pillars of Sustainability
● Sustainability in a supply chain can be viewed along three pillars—social,
environmental, and economic
● Examples-

○ Walmart (Efficient lighting bulb, redesign of milk jug(

○ Starbucks

○ IKEA

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Challenges
● Two fundamental challenges exist in a supply chain in the measurement and
reporting of the social and environmental pillars

1. The scope over which a category is measure

2. The second challenge in measurement and reporting relates to the use of absolute or relative measures
of performance.

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Facts about SSCM
It can be linked to Sustainable Development goals by the company,For example:

Ensure healthy lives and promote well being----> Usage of Health and Safety
Management systems all along the supply chain.

Typical levels of Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Integration of Integration of Integration of Transferring

SSCM into SSCM in SSCM in SSCM practices
governance and Operations Products/ to SC partners
Top Services
Management
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How do we build an SSC?

1. Map your supply chain

2. Communicate expectations

3. Baseline supplier performance

4. Develop training and capacity building programs

5. Drive performance improvement

6. Join industry collaboration

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Drivers of SSCM

External
• Market Pressures
• Societal Pressures
• Regulatory Pressures

Internal
• Corporate Strategy
External
• Organization’s
Regulatory factors Culture
• Organization's Resources
• Organization’s Characteristics

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Merits Demerits
· Better environment. Availability of limited resources
Adequate usage of available resources.
High cost as compared to conventional
methods
Working towards alternate of natural
resources. Very low level of awareness at different
levels
Spreading awareness into the society.
No aid/rewards from government
Corporate world's focused approach
towards environment.

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Thank you

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