Exploring Emerging Trends in the Sustainable Supply Chain

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Aug 20, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner of Taiga Company

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company

Today’s supply chain focused organizations define visibility as a critical first step in managing business risk and improving upon existing processes. Taking a step further, our sustainability consulting believes that the next generation companies will leverage a total-view perspective to redefine value characteristics and performance measures for a further enhanced sustainable supply chain. In fact, there are some real examples of this progress already taking form.

Examining the GreenBiz post, 5 Lessons from Walmart on Making Supplier Scorecards Work for You, our sustainability consulting captures lessons learned from the retail giant’s integrated supply base. Specifically we examine how Walmart manages an extremely wide range of suppliers: from the extremely small local supplier to the technically advanced mega corporation. Some of the key take-aways from their supplier sustainability program include: Click here to continue reading, Exploring Emerging Trends in the Sustainable Supply Chain

Home to one third of the earth's trees, the Taiga is the largest land-based biosphere and encircles the globe. Its immense oxygen production literally changes the atmosphere and refreshes the planet. It is this continuous renewal that has shaped Taiga Company's vision to drive similar change in the business world. Taiga Company seeks to be the "oxygen for your business".