IBM wants to help your company to be environmentally green while making the green, and has released a tool that aims to help companies analyze and manage the climate impact of their supply chains. IBM's Research and IBM Global Business Services created the Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, a instrument that recommends best practices to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by analyzing packaging options, alternative operational processes, alternative transportation modes and energy sources, inventory policies, and sourcing policies. The tool can also count the tradeoffs between CO2 emissions reductions and other supply chain metrics including inventory levels and on-time delivery.
"To achieve a carbon efficient supply chain, companies need to assess the CO2 emissions impact of their end-to-end operations," The product was borne out of results from IBM's 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility study and separate IBM research that showed that corporate social responsibility topped the list of concerns for chief executives. According to IBM, social responsibility is quickly becoming a revenue growth platform for businesses, as clients have been increasingly vocal about transparency and accountability issues from organizations they do business with. By using the automated Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, IBM said that companies can use carbon emission results in their CSR strategy, and flaunt the findings to boost their brand.
"To achieve a carbon efficient supply chain, companies need to assess the CO2 emissions impact of their end-to-end operations," The product was borne out of results from IBM's 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility study and separate IBM research that showed that corporate social responsibility topped the list of concerns for chief executives. According to IBM, social responsibility is quickly becoming a revenue growth platform for businesses, as clients have been increasingly vocal about transparency and accountability issues from organizations they do business with. By using the automated Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, IBM said that companies can use carbon emission results in their CSR strategy, and flaunt the findings to boost their brand.
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