For the past five years or so, global companies have started to seriously address climate change by using one of their biggest levers for impact: the supply chain. Efforts include the CDP Supply Chain initiative, industry collaborations such as the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition, and individual company initiatives like those from Walmart. In spite of this, most supply chain emissions-reduction activities have not been reaching their full potential.
To understand current performance and past progress, most companies focus on measurement approaches that generally fall along a spectrum between big-picture modeling (e.g. some lifecycle assessments) and fine-toothed accounting (e.g. bottom-up carbon footprinting). Companies tend to use a blend of calculation options from the GHG Protocol’s Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard or Product Standard. Unfortunately, investments do not always lead to meaningful impact.
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