With high energy costs, rising food prices, shortages, riots, a food distribution system in a complete meltdown and limiting damage to the environment, these are just some of the major challenges facing our society over the coming years.

With high energy costs, rising food prices, shortages, riots, a food distribution system in a complete meltdown and limiting damage to the environment, these are just some of the major challenges facing our society over the coming years.

As the energy, environmental and food distribution debate broadens, governments and companies are increasingly being urged to play their part in taking action to avert long term, irreversible damage to our ways of life, countries and the planet.

According to Lara Sowinski of the World Trade Magazine “rising energy costs alone are pushing companies to explore ways to reduce overall consumption.  It’s not just limited to oil.  Electrical power consumption is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Now that companies are beginning to step up their environmental programs, they are looking for ways to incorporate a green policy throughout the various stages of the Supply Chain. Their objective is to create a Green Supply Chain, which is defined as a Supply Chain which seeks to minimize the environmental footprint of a product or a service.

UK-based Eye for transport did a survey and found that 94% of supply chain professionals polled rated green issues as a main business priority.

Pat Beattie, Ph.D

Director, General Motors Environmental Services Dept.

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