Download Competitive advantage and the *Three Cs

The triple bottom line: planet, people, profit
Environmental (planet)
• Climate change
• Energy use
• Water
• Biodiversity
• Chemicals, toxins
• Air pollution
• Water management
• Ozone depletion
• Oceans and fish
stock
Social (people)
• Human rights
• Education
• Labour standards
• Access products and
services
• Health
• Community impact
• Diversity
Economic (profit)
• GDP
• Return on investment
• Tax
• Corruption
• Poverty alleviation
• Employment and wages
• Corporate ethic
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Supply chain decisions impact the resource footprint
Design
Source
•The choice of
materials for
both the
product and
the
packaging.
•Location of
suppliers can
impact
differentially
on a resource
footprint.
•The physical
characteristic
s of the
product.
•Environmental
implications
of supply
source, e.g.
‘food miles’.
•Focus on
opportunities
for re-use
and recycling.
Make
Deliver
•Improve
energy
efficiency.
•Optimise
network
configuration.
•Reducing
waste, rework and
scrappage.
•Minimise
transport
intensity.
•Reduce/
eliminate
pollution and
emissions.
•Reconsider
transport
modes.
Return
•Develop
‘reverse
logistics’
capabilities.
•Manage
products endof-life.
•Create
‘closed-loop’
supply
chains.
•Societal and
ethical
issues.
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