Managing the environmental and social performance of your supply chain is becoming increasingly important in today's markets. How well are you managing yours? The complexity of today's global supply chain networks can make it challenging to understand what is happening outside your company's gates. As a result, there is a growing need for companies to collaborate directly with their suppliers in order to better understand and manage supply chain risks and identify opportunities for improvement. Currently, companies that are able to demonstrate the sustainability performance of their supply chains have a competitive advantage, but in the future, supply chain management will be a requirement of a company's ‘license to operate'.
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