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I have been looking at sustainability investments in the supply chain space for the last few years, ranging from Sustainable Minds, which is focused on designing greener products right from the start, to ecoshift, whose technology lets you determine the sustainability of your existing supply chain--as well as many other start ups in between.
The space is emerging for sure, witness the number of companies announcing sustainability initiatives. My primary issue with the start-ups is a lack of buyers inside companies. Lots of PR, but minimal executive level support, single person sustainability offices and no budgets--yet.
I am sure that the space will eventually take off. The question is when and the answer is above--when senior executives get on board, more people are involved, real sponsors and budgets emerge.
Until them, I remain on the sidelines...
Dave,
Spent the last 4 years in sustainable supply chain with Neutral Grouo I echo your comments...if you find a big brand owner that can identify genuinely with the topic and you marry that with real cost savings from energy efficiency, you can crack the code !!..happy if you want to bounce ideas in this category off me...hope u are keeping well, great to reconnect one of these days, Jon
Posted by: Jon Bumstead | September 28, 2013 at 04:54 PM