2Sustain

Whether they call it Waxman-Markey, cap-and-trade, or greenhouse gas emission reductions, everyone these days is talking about carbon management –and for good reason. As Stephen Stokes and Kevin O’Marah sum it up in the preface to their excellent article from Monday:

“The Bottom Line: Carbon can be a game changer—positively or negatively. Ignoring this issue is no longer an option. It’s time to develop holistic corporate and supply chain wide strategies that minimize business risk and maximize opportunities associated with carbon.”

Still, if you’re like me, you’re probably wondering, “Is that really what corporate America is doing?”  What evidence is there that businesses across the country preparing for emerging themes relating to “green” initiatives, such as sustainability reporting, GHG footprint reduction, and carbon trading?

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A new quarterly report from Boston-based AMR Research shows that the down economy, brand threats, and product quality failures continue to be the key challenges facing global supply chains today.

Specifically, lower consumer spending ranks as the number one supply chain risk this quarter, according to 37% of the companies that participated in the AMR Research survey. 35% of respondents identified product quality failures as the second top risk. Volatile energy prices came in at number three.

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