SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY CHALLENGE

Supply Chain Transparency Challenge Report Now Available

The GreenBiz 18 Supply Chain Transparency Challenge was a half-day, invitation-only working session bringing together practitioners from business, government, trade associations, NGOs, and technology providers. The goal: identify best practices and challenge participants to identify and document the elements required to create a best-in-class approach for establishing transparency and embedding sustainability across an extended supply chain.

The event was conducted under the Chatham House Rule, meaning that the content of the meeting could be shared, but participants cannot be identified. Where they are named in this report-out, it is with their permission.

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Overview

The Supply Chain Transparency Challenge is a half-day, invitation-only working session on Tuesday, February 6. Building on the collaboration established during GreenBiz 17 (see report out here), the goal for the Supply Chain Transparency Challenge is to identify the challenges associated with incorporating sustainability practices in sourcing and procurement and learn best practices from organizations that have established industry-leading programs.

This invitation-only event will bring together practitioners from business, government, trade associations, NGOs, and technology providers to identify current best practices and to build on those to challenge participants to identify and document the elements required to create a best-in-class approach for establishing transparency and embedding sustainability across an extended supply chain.

 

Who Attends

Participation in the Supply Chain Transparency Challenge is by invitation only to ensure a balanced and high-quality audience at the executive level:

 

  • Sustainability executives

  • Supply-chain and procurement executives

  • Tier-1, 2, and 3 Suppliers

  • Government officials and policy makers

  • NGOs, research organizations, and trade associations

What you can expect to learn

  • Issue-Specific Collaboration Models: how business, NGO, and government coalitions collaborate to address specific issues within supply chains.
  • Best Practices in Sustainable Procurement: Leading companies and organizations have established sustainability roles within the procurement organization helping to train buyers. Learn how they established these programs and what has (and hasn’t) worked.
  • The Future Role of Technology: The blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile phones are all playing a role to increase transparency across the supply chain. Learn what’s being piloted now that may play a part in your organization’s future.

How the Day will Flow:

The Challenge session will begin with an opening breakfast and issues-focused panel that will describe specific instances where a consortium of companies have joined together to raise the standards for procurement of a specific commodity. This will be followed by industry-specific breakouts to discuss other initiatives that have developed and to identify what factors made them successful. This will be followed by an initial report out.

After an industry collaboration report out, a second panel will provide specific examples of leading practices that lead to more sustainable and transparent procurement efforts at leading organizations. Participants will again engage in small group discussions to discuss how these approaches might be adopted in their procurement departments.

A final half-hour panel will present how technologies are advancing to bring greater transparency and traceability to global supply chains.

Past Participants