How to Manage Supplier Social & Environmental Performance

A practical 2 day conference on how to engage and sustain supplier performance on Social, Environmental, other Sustainability issues

• Secure commitment from procurement teams through improved internal alignment and effective training
• Overcome challenges at implementation stage and avoid supplier push-back and non-compliance
• Measure supplier progress to see how compliant suppliers are to your code of conduct
• Implement corrective action plans for lagging strategic suppliers
• Business-critical human rights issues - how and why they matter to EU companies

The question is no longer: WHY create a sustainable supply chain?

You need to ask yourself: HOW do we get our suppliers to help us create one?

And HOW to ensure they stay committed?

Ensure your suppliers co-operate and commit – instead of just paying lip service

At this top-level event, leading practitioners will take you step-by-step from Preparation to Implementation. Hear about where to focus your efforts, what reward structure to put in place, how to develop better scorecards and questionnaires, and much more.

Equip procurement team with crucial business tools and processes

Procurement teams used to base their decisions primarily on price, quality and time. So what about the practical and operational challenges that emerge when social and environmental priorities are factored in? The Conference will spell out how to integrate sustainability to meet overall purchasing targets, what incentives to put in place and much more besides.

For an in-depth insight about our workshops, plenary sessions and discussion have a look at the agenda.

The How to Sustain Supplier Social & Environmental Conference will not waste your time talking about what carbon footprint is or discussing theories of what a sustainable supply chain means.

No fluff, no pitches, just the concrete HOW-TOs

As always, we have the best speakers, whose sustainability and procurement backgrounds which match the practical emphasis of this event. This is your chance to pick the brains of senior, hands-on executives from corporate sustainability leaders including InterfaceFlor, HP, Alcatel-Lucent, BBC, ArcelorMittal, BSCI, SCA, Reed Elsevier, Telenor Group, Nokia, Ericsson, BT, Intersport and others..

Our events have a proven track record, with 900+ executives attending our previous supply chain conferences – a clear measure of how business-critical they are. This event sold out last year: Reserve your ticket immediately to avoid ending up on the waiting list.

This event is aimed at both CSR/Sustainability and Procurement teams – make sure you bring your colleague along to ensure a unified and holistic approach across both business functions.

I look forward to seeing you in London on 28-29 November 2011. To reserve your spot or get more information on the Conference Agenda, rates and lodging, email steven.wilding@ethicalcorp.com or call 0044 (0) 207 375 7575 today.

Steven Wilding
Conference Director
Ethical Corporation
T: +44 (0) 207 375 7226 / (US Toll Free) 1800 814 3459 ext 7226
E: steven.wilding@ethicalcorp.com