Unique Solutions for Greening the Supply Chain
Global companies face increasing scrutiny and pressure to narrow the gap in the governance and performance of their operations, and that of their suppliers, across the global marketplace. Greening the Supply Chain (GSC) initiatives have emerged as one means to compensate for this gap.
One of the most relevant and tangible initiatives in GSC is Resource Management. Historically water has been taken for granted as a high quality available resource. Global companies have come to recognize that this is not the case and water must be treated as a resource in the supply chain and must be included in the overall efforts to Green the Supply Chain.
In response to this growing awareness and the substantial challenges Global companies and organizations face in implementing GSC; H2oInstitute has stepped in with comprehensive and unique partner programs. The H2oInstitute's team of experts has developed a unique program focused on Water, which is consistent with the widely accepted movement to Green the Supply Chain.
The program specifically will help companies to build awareness, provide education, and deliver effective new-tech water management systems and high-tech ICT solutions to the water management challenges facing the private sector including assisting companies to achieve greater economic efficiencies and alignment of sustainability objectives across their operations.
H2oInstitute is also ready to deliver customized state of the art GSC platforms to help companies and organizations manage their global initiatives across a diverse supply chain, geography, and skill set. Based on the latest dynamic Web 3.0 technology with emphasis on speed to market; the platform will deliver a community and functionality which combines private needs with public information. The platform is the first of its kind for global management of water initiatives and solves the problem of limited employee resources located on-the ground in global markets where business is conducted.
Contact: H2oInstitute@H2oAlliance.org
Reference:
Greening The Supply Chain Report (WEC.org, 2008):
http://www.wec.org/news/GreenBiz_Report_Greening_the_Supply_Chain.pdf
Innovate Blue (October 2008):
http://www.innovateblue.org
FInancing Water; Risks and Opportunities (UNEPFI.org, 2008):
http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/CEO_WRR_Issues_Paper.pdf
Managing the Water Risks Facing the Private Sector (Pacific Institute, 2008)
http://www.pacinst.org/reports/business_risks_of_water/business_risks_of_water.pdf
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