According to BearingPoint’s 2008 Supply Chain Monitor, 35% of companies have already established a Green Supply Chain. The bigger the company, the greater the level of interest in Green Supply Chain: 54% of companies with turnover in excess of $700 million claim to have established a Green Supply Chain.

The main objective of a Green Supply Chain is to find the right balance between economic and ecological optimisation. In the past, optimisation was mainly driven by costs and service levels, but now the environmental impact adds a third dimension. In terms of sustainability, companies have to react to climate change and air pollution.

Green Supply Chain is usually implemented in order to:

• Comply with new regulations (reduction of greenhouse effect, carbon emission limits)
• Decrease costs through optimized organization
• Enhance the company brand image

How BearingPoint brings value

BearingPoint Green Supply Chain Management provides:

• a trustful carbon footprint for all logistics activities according to CEN/TC 320 with the Logistics Emissions Calculator (www.LogEC.net)
• comprehensive simulation tools to model the trade-off between costs, leadtime and carbon emissions for transport networks and global supply chains 
• proven methods and tools to optimise carbon footprint 
• a scalable roadmap to achieve carbon reduction goals

Example of missions we achieved:

• A reduction in carbon emissions of up to 11% by increasing utilisation of trucks by 10%
• A 20% reduction in carbon emissions by using rail instead of trucks for long distance transport