The automotive provide chain is a key contributor to the world’s emissions. A 2021 Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report estimates that automotive has the sixth largest carbon footprint of any trade, accounting for two% of world emissions. “Once we take into consideration the automotive provide chain’s impression on sustainability, we have to contemplate every part from materials sourcing and the way the car is produced to the next lifecycle of that car and its impression on the atmosphere after its lifetime,” says Douglas Kent, Govt Vice President of Company and Strategic Alliances on the Affiliation for Provide Chain Administration (ASCM).

The ASCM is the biggest non-profit affiliation for provide chain on this planet, boasting 45,000 particular person members and operations in 100 nations. A giant a part of Kent’s function includes aiding members with operationalising sustainability within the provide chain. That has change into all of the more difficult within the wake of the transfer in the direction of more and more linked and electrified autos.