New Report
A Milestone Study on Achieving Supply Chain Success and Sustainability

The study has major implications for supply chain, finance, operations, logistics, and procurement professionals and underscores the need for better ECO-Operation, sustainability measurement, and operations insight.
Resources

The ECO-Operation program has assembled a variety of informational resources to provide additional perspectives and insights via blogs, reports, events, organizations, and regulations that affect the overall value chain and environmental issue landscape.

Blogs
Greenopia
Greenopia is your local guide to green living. Their mission is a basic and big one: To set out to create a directory of eco-friendly retailers, services, and organizations and to conduct extensive research on those listed in the guide.


Industry News & Reports
Chemical Supply Chain Embraces Wal-Mart's Sustainability Goals
Environmental Leader

The chemical industry approves of Wal-Mart’s sustainability goal to eliminate 20 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global supply chain by the end of 2015, despite the possibility of additional costs, reports ICIS.com.




Events
Greening the Supply Chain
Sep 17 - 17, 2009 | Embassy Suites - Logan Airport | Boston, Massachusetts

This conference provides case studies and advice to help drive competitive differentiation with individual products and supply chain capability, with particular focus on consumer products and high-tech products. Featuring keynote addresses from Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, and David Walker, Director of Environmental Sustainability at PepsiCo International, this conference will bring together the top professionals and decision makers in the green supply chain market.




Organizations
EIATRACK
A service of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), EIATRACK is an online tool for quickly and cost-effectively navigating the maze of environmental regulations and legislation in every country.


Regulations
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
European Union
EU legislation restricting the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electric equipment and promoting the collection and recycling of such equipment.






GREEN: Global Renewable Energy & Environmental Network
BPI Network
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Media Quote
“The bottom line is, as always, the dividing point between what works and what doesn't. If something's not good for business it's tough to justify doing it. Environmental friendliness, it turns out, is good for business so everybody's doing it.”
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