World Business Council for Sustainable Development, ClimateWire
2 February 2010

Big companies push more suppliers to track emissions

The number of corporations pushing greenhouse gas emissions reporting and reduction strategies onto their suppliers is quickly growing and will likely triple in the next five years, according to a new survey by a U.K.-based nonprofit.

But even as major manufacturers become more interested in tackling climate change, firms further down the supply chain are still far behind and need to catch up quickly, warn analysts with the Carbon Disclosure Project. The group compiles corporate carbon emissions data and advocates for action on climate change.

Of the 1,402 suppliers asked to provide information, just 710 companies, or 51 percent, passed on data and answered questions for the project’s second annual report on emissions reductions plans and attitudes in the manufacturing supply chain. Only 27 percent of suppliers responded to last year’s survey, which the project says represents an improvement in awareness even though suppliers still lag far behind their major corporate customers in taking steps to curb their greenhouse gas output.

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