1 July 2014 \/ India,Brazil,China – China, India and Brazil are attracting the interest of a chemical industry sustainable supply chain initiative. Together for Sustainability (TfS), which aims to implement a global supplier engagement programme covering ecological and social aspects, says such countries might face higher risks as they expand quickly.<\/p>\n
The programme involves assessments and audits of suppliers by independent experts, with the results shared among TfS members. During its development, 2,000 assessments and audits were carried out, says Karl-Heinz Ott, global sustainability manager for participating company Henkel. Now the initiative plans to expand into more countries through a programme of “witnessed audits”. Under the system, TfS members will send experienced sustainability auditors to assess the performance of the third party auditors in high-growth countries in order to establish their reliability.<\/p>\n
Companies participating in the scheme are AkzoNobel, BASF, Bayer, Clariant, Evonik Industries, Henkel, Lanxess and Solvay.<\/p>\n
Mr Ott says, \u201cThe vision is to implement this as an industry standard in the next couple of years. We need to contact other chemical industry organisations globally to establish a dialogue to become a global standard,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
Henkel, which revised its global responsible sourcing programme two years ago, aims to cover 90% of its supply by 2015. \u201cWe have made substantial progress, especially with the help of this initiative, and are confident of achieving our ambitious target,\u201d says Mr Ott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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