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Supply Chain Compliance - Library

White Paper

Improving Social and Ethical Compliance
in the Supply Chain

Download a copy of our White Paper on The Benefits of Using Web-based Solutions to Improve Social and Ethical Compliance in the Supply Chain (0.4 MB).

Abstract
In recent years, competitive pressures, globalization and increasingly discerning consumers have forced retail corporations to increase the number of suppliers they work with and the regions globally from which they source products. As a business diversifies and deepens its sources of supply it simultaneously increases its exposure to a greater number of material social and ethical risks in that supply chain. Given the number of suppliers typically involved and given the growing social conscience of consumers and an increasing use of the internet, the likelihood of actual brand and reputational harm as a result of poor social and ethical performance in the supply chain is greater than ever before.

As a result, most big brand retailers have not only accepted the need to take responsibility for the social and ethical performance of their suppliers but are increasingly recognizing the benefits of a proactive approach to improving supplier performance. Furthermore, they are recognizing the benefits of using web-based, purpose-built solutions to provide suppliers with the right tools and information to constantly monitor and improve supplier performance over time.

Along with discussing the increasing risk exposure and associated costs in an expanding supply chain, the significant benefits inherent in an integrated, web-based and purpose-built software solution are also discussed in this white paper.

The Entropy System™ provides you with cost-effective, intuitive, and flexible Supply Chain Compliance Management System software. If you would like to learn more about how the Entropy System can help your supply chain compliance management initiatives, please let us know your contact details.

Available from BSI Standards & Publications:

Taking the Temperature. Ethical Supply Chain Management

by Louise Jamison and Hilary Murdoch (Impactt Limited)

This publication assesses the way companies are developing ethical trading practices and explores the issues of ethical supply chain management. It provides companies with practical guidance on how to tackle this complex subject.

This publication explores the issues of ethical supply chain management, identifies emerging best practice, and highlights examples from a range of companies and countries.