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What can retail procurement professionals do to ensure their suppliers are helping to reduce carbon pollution in support of their CSR initiatives?

By RSouthard on 5/29/2009 6:00 AM

Even with substantial increases in the use of renewable energy, world energy consumption will rise by 44% over the next twenty years according to the Energy Information Administration.

When you sit down to have a roast for dinner, does it ever eat at you what you might be eating and how it got to your table?

By RSouthard on 5/28/2009 6:00 AM

The easiest thing in the world to do, is to walk up to a meat counter and ask for a cut of meat. There are a number of ways that buyers can insure that the procurement of meat products is humane and supports their companies CSR initiatives.

There’s more data required now when offshoring from new sources of supply.

By RSouthard on 5/27/2009 6:00 AM

How you import products from abroad now requires Importer Security Filing (ISF) which is also known as 10+2 because 10 additional data elements will be required from U.S. importers and 2 additional data set items will be required from carriers.

A timely repost on getting started with environmental procurement processes.

By RSouthard on 5/26/2009 6:00 AM

How might retailers begin to support environmentally focused e-procurement.

Thank you to all of our armed forces troops past and present for the sacrifices you have made on behalf of our country

By RSouthard on 5/24/2009 7:12 PM

WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.

What lessons can be learned from yesterday’s post where we posited that “Something may be rotten in drywall from China”?

By RSouthard on 5/22/2009 6:00 AM

There may be better ways to source safer products from China. It all begins with the quality of your supplier data.

In Hamlet, Marcellus said “Something's rotten in Denmark"

By RSouthard on 5/21/2009 6:00 AM

Many people misquote this by saying “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”. In this case, “Something may be rotten in drywall from China”.

What steps can companies take to include green strategies into their procurement process?

By RSouthard on 5/20/2009 6:00 AM

Although many e-negotiation solution providers claim to have processes in place to support green sourcing, how much of that is just green wash?

Just what can’t company’s source using reverse auctions?

By RSouthard on 5/19/2009 6:00 AM

The answer might surprise you. Absolutely nothing.

Do retail industry procurement professionals really know which products they buy contain BPA?

By RSouthard on 5/18/2009 6:00 AM

While we applaud the city of Chicago and the State of Minnesota for recently voting to ban the sale of sippy cups and baby bottles that contain BPA. This is an action that the federal government should be undertaking relative to a wider range of products now much the same as Canada has already done.

Author:	RSouthard	Created:	3/17/2008 9:03 AM
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