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Has your CEO gone “green” yet? If not, he or she surely will ….and soon. And when the phone rings, will you have the answers to their questions about what your firm is doing to improve your carbon footprint along the supply chain?

This new report, published by IOMA, with contributions from the MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics, one of the world's leading centers for supply chain education and research, will help you provide the answers and possible solutions to cleaning up your supply chain.

The truth is that companies can no longer pay lip service to their environmental responsibilities. Today, shareholders expect and demand to see their investment vehicles taking a pro-active role in operating a clean business.

One of the most important areas in which companies can demonstrate attention to climate change and energy use is the supply chain. Supply chains span every stage of a product’s life cycle from the sourcing of raw materials and components to delivery to end-users and the disposal of end-of-life items. As environmental issues gain traction within companies, the concept of a green supply chain is being widened to take in every manufacturing process that generates pollutants and consumes significant amounts of energy.

MIT-CTL’s Carbon-Efficient Supply Chains initiative is part of the MIT Energy Initiative, a major program that pools the knowledge and resources of MIT’s centers, laboratories, departments, and programs to provide a multifaceted approach to solving the world’s energy challenge. Areas covered in this comprehensive 100 page report include:

Measurement. How to calculate the carbon footprint of a supply chain; where to measure and what measurements to include.

Strategy and decision making. The right strategies to reduce the energy and carbon emissions associated with supply chains, and how do prioritize technology investments based on the current footprint and supply chain strategy.

Labeling and reporting. How companies communicate information on the carbon footprint to customers and stakeholders as well as within the supply chain between trading partners

This report also includes the results of a market survey carried out by IOMA, publisher of the monthly publication MIT Supply Chain Strategy (http://www.ioma.com/issues/SCS/ ), identifying what companies are doing to achieve carbon efficiency and reduce their carbon footprints.

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To review this report's Table of Contents and Table of Figures, click here.