Sustainable supply chains

Supply chains around the world are the arteries of global commerce, enabling trade flows worth tens of trillions annually in merchandise and services trade alone.

These complex ecosystems engage the smallest micro-enterprise to the largest multinational.

They often involve or depend on the contributions of international institutions and governments around the world and are the source of large investment flows and economic value-creation around the globe.

Ensuring social and environmental integrity among suppliers and subcontractors is now increasingly seen as part of a global corporation’s responsibility.

In addition, sustainability aspects of supply chain management are increasingly seen as integral to businesses as a strategic opportunity, efficiency, commercial agility, brand and risk management – for example, the potential impact of reputational damage due to a sustainability failure.

The issues and impacts of sustainable supply chains across the full supply chain spectrum is not widely understood in depth. To fully understand the depth of these issues, challenges, barriers and risks comprehensive research needs to be undertaken.

The case for a certification standard in value chain integrity: 2020

In the last decade we have already started to see the rise in the impact consumers are having on large multinationals as consumers are become more conscientious in the types of food they buy or the products they align themselves with.

This has been fuelled even further by the growth in Social Media and online sharing.

The effect of social media influence over purchase decisions is a powerful one. Consumers who include social media as part of their shopping process are four times more likely to spend more money on purchases. They’re also 29 per cent more likely to make a purchase on the same day when using social media to make purchase decisions.

What will drive value chain integrity going forward

GTPA is very aware that consumers are increasingly concerned about issues such as Health & Wellness, Safety, Corporate citizenship, Transparency, Environmental impact, Social impact and new trends and innovative disruptors.

The value of certification is a degree of confidence and trust that others may gain form an impartial demonstration that a business’s processes fulfil those specified requirements.

Additionally, the GTPA is keenly aware of the growing importance of trade regulation and compliance within supply chain management. GTPA is keen to hear from other experts in this space as we look towards expanding international standard around value chain integrity.

Supply chains around the world are the arteries of global commerce, enabling trade flows worth tens of trillions annually in merchandise and services trade alone.

These complex ecosystems engage the smallest micro-enterprise to the largest multinational.

They often involve or depend on the contributions of international institutions and governments around the world and are the source of large investment flows and economic value-creation around the globe.

Ensuring social and environmental integrity among suppliers and subcontractors is now increasingly seen as part of a global corporation’s responsibility.

In addition, sustainability aspects of supply chain management are increasingly seen as integral to businesses as a strategic opportunity, efficiency, commercial agility, brand and risk management – for example, the potential impact of reputational damage due to a sustainability failure.

The issues and impacts of sustainable supply chains across the full supply chain spectrum is not widely understood in depth. To fully understand the depth of these issues, challenges, barriers and risks comprehensive research needs to be undertaken.

The case for a certification standard in value chain integrity: 

In the last decade we have already started to see the rise in the impact consumers are having on large multinationals as consumers are become more conscientious in the types of food they buy or the products they align themselves with.

This has been fuelled even further by the growth in Social Media and online sharing.

The effect of social media influence over purchase decisions is a powerful one. Consumers who include social media as part of their shopping process are four times more likely to spend more money on purchases. They’re also 29 per cent more likely to make a purchase on the same day when using social media to make purchase decisions.

What will drive value chain integrity going forward

GTPA is very aware that consumers are increasingly concerned about issues such as Health & Wellness, Safety, Corporate citizenship, Transparency, Environmental impact, Social impact and new trends and innovative disruptors.

The value of certification is a degree of confidence and trust that others may gain form an impartial demonstration that a business’s processes fulfil those specified requirements.

Additionally, the GTPA is keenly aware of the growing importance of trade regulation and compliance within supply chain management. GTPA is keen to hear from other experts in this space as we look towards expanding international standard around value chain integrity.