Climate & Environment
Sustainable Supply Chain
A supply chain managed so that environmental and social standards hold from raw material to final product.
Definition
A sustainable supply chain is one in which environmental, social and governance standards are managed and verified across all tiers — from raw material extraction through processing, manufacturing and logistics to end use — combining supplier codes and audits, traceability, due diligence, responsible purchasing and collaborative improvement. It reframes supply chains from cost-minimising pipelines into networks of shared accountability, increasingly under legal obligation (due diligence laws, deforestation-free import rules, forced labour bans).
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