Suppliers’ Perspectives on Greening the Supply Chain

Over the past several years, a number of organizations have investigated the increasing number of companies seeking to influence their suppliers’ environmental practices, but typically have not specifically looked at suppliers’ perspectives on this trend. To address this imbalance and gain suppliers’ perspectives and insights into effective strategies for supply chain environmental management, the BSR Education Fund talked with representatives from 25 suppliers in four industry sectors: automotive, electronics, forest products, and business services. BSR sought their insights on current trends in supply chain environmental management; how these trends are impacting their business; their recommendations to customers on effective strategies for addressing environmental issues with suppliers; whether and how these suppliers are addressing environmental issues with their own suppliers; and future trends and directions.