Exploring Sources of Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy

Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company
Jan 25, 2012 7:43 AM ET

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Compa…

As represented in numerous previous posts, our sustainability consulting practice spends a considerable amount of time discussing the successes of major sustainable supply chain innovators, like IBM.  We review the evolving frameworks, complex strategies, and publicized accomplishments of the major corporations.  But what about their suppliers; what are they doing to support the headlines the companies like IBM are making?

A recent Green Biz article, Office Depot's Three-Pronged Strategy for Corporate Sustainability, highlights one such company’s contribution to the overall sustainable supply chain success with its largest customer, IBM.  Rather than focusing on ‘saving the planet’, Office Depot strives to capture the business benefits of sustainability. Click here to continue reading Exploring Sources of Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy

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".