The challenges and opportunities ahead as the UK races towards net zero.
Why are supply chain emissions important?
As COP26 closed with a landmark agreement by the global community to accelerate the ambition on climate change, businesses turned their heads back to focus on the net zero race. The last 18 months have seen unprecedented acceleration of the commitment rate to decarbonisation which gave rise to record-breaking mentions of supply chains in this context, and here is why:
Practically, supply chains are the largest contributors to value chain emissions of most organisations, making them an integral part of setting, and achieving a net zero state. Supply chains are therefore an unescapable and complex dilemma that needs to be tackled.
There is a very strong business case for measuring and managing emissions within supply chains, beyond saving the planet from the most devastating climate impacts to safeguarding the future of the next generations, limiting the irreversible damage to natural systems and safeguarding the human rights of those
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