_________________________________________________________________________________ Sustainable Supply Chain
Those hot spots could vary within the same industry depending on where in the supply chain a supplier sits . The same sector also faces different emissions challenges in different regions . For example , for the Chinese high-tech industry , 79 percent of the upstream emissions across multi-tier suppliers are generated within China . That figure drops to 59 percent and 46 percent for Japan and the US and UK hightech industries , respectively .
Based on the insights from our research , we ’ ve identified five key actions companies need to focus on to begin making an impact :
Action 1 : Set effective targets
Conduct a detailed , multi-tier emissions hot spot analysis to determine the largest sources of emissions . A global pharmaceutical company combined their Tier 1 purchasing data with industry and country-level data to identify their Tier 2 and 3 emission sources . These hot spots were then traced back to their Tier 1 suppliers . With this data-driven analysis , the company ’ s supply chain team could initiate conversations with their suppliers about concrete actions to reduce emissions . scw-mag . com 17