Making cuts at various stages of the supply chain could be vital to securing deals with clients, it has been claimed.
New research from the Carbon Disclosure Project shows that more than half of large firms would reject companies along the supply chain if they failed to meet targets for managing carbon emissions.
Paul Dickinson, head of the Carbon Disclosure Project, told Reuters: "This is no longer a 'nice to have' for leaders, it is becoming a 'need to have' and we expect to see this trend growing across the whole business sector."
The results come from a survey of 44 companies including global brand names Dell, Google, Pepsi Co.
The report also revealed signs of a shift toward new clauses in contracts to ensure suppliers take steps to make process improvements with regards to their carbon emissions.
Efforts to reduce carbon emission need to be made along the supply chain rather than simply at the customer level, the report suggested.
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