Suppliers Must Buy in to Sustainability For Companies to Reach Goals, Speakers Say

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Multinational companies trying to embed environmental and social concerns in their operations must ensure that their suppliers take a similar approach or face failure in their sustainability goals, procurement and sustainability executives told a gathering of their peers Nov. 10.rnNestle learned this lesson the hard way earlier this year when it was targeted by Greenpeace for securing palm oil and pulp and paper products from a local supplier-the Sinar Mas Group-accused of destroying rain forests in Indonesia, said Benjamin Ware, the Switzerland-based company's global supplier assessment and development manager.