Guidance Material

Supply Chain Sustainability – A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement

Illustrates how Global Compact signatories can implement the ten principles throughout their supply chains and integrate sustainability into procurement strategies. Includes examples of good corporate practices (UNGC/BSR, 2010).

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A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement for Small and Medium Enterprises

This two-page guide offers baseline definitions and practical steps that SMEs can take toward effective management of the social, environmental and economic impacts of supply chains. (UNGC/BSR, 2011)

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Sustainable Supply Chains: Resources and Practices

This new website provides information on initiatives, resources and tools to assist companies in developing more sustainable supply chains, as well as case examples of company practices (UNGC/CSR Europe, 2010).

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Fighting Corruption in the Supply Chain: A Guide for Customers and Suppliers

Practical guidance and tools for both customers and suppliers to engage in the fight against corruption. A product of the UN Global Compact 10th Principle Working Group (2010).

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Unchaining Value – Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Supply

This report explores how supply chains function in order to identify new approaches to building sustainability capacity at the local supplier level, as well as identifying initiatives that will encourage and enable consumer demand for more sustainable solutions. The analysis also considers the challenges facing supply chains when it comes to making responsible choices in the face of competition for limited natural resources. (SustainAbility/UNEP/UNGC, 2007)

>> Unchaining Value (pdf)