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Requiring Sustainability

Posted April 24, 2011 8:27 AM by Sharkles

Procter & Gamble recently rolled out an expanded sustainability program that will rate suppliers on their environmental behavior — examining efforts in product and packaging waste generation, energy demand and other measures. Ultimately, the scorecards will impact a supplier's opportunities to do or continuing doing business with P&G. It certainly adds teeth to sustainability, but how far should companies go to encourage responsibility externally, in other companies?

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Re: Requiring Sustainability

04/25/2011 12:12 AM

The concept of sustainability has emerged in recent years as a solution for the serious environmental problems. Corporates need to play vital role to promote sustainable concept as a major agenda in their work culture so that they will be role models to others to follow it.

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