A Pharma Giant Looks for Help in Pushing Suppliers to Slash Carbon Emissions

摘要

By definition, a global supply chain consists of many independent partners. So it makes sense that any efforts to boost environmental sustainability would require the cooperation of multiple entities, both inside and outside the organization. GlaxoSmithKline plc is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. It has long focused on enrolling suppliers in efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Three years ago, with that specific goal in mind, it formed the GSK Supplier Exchange. The online peer-to-peer platform was set up to share best practices, with the aim of reducing GSK's carbon footprint by 25 percent by the year 2020, and creating a carbon-neutral supply chain by 2050.