'Greening' the Supply Chain: From Linear to Circular - February 2012

Many companies are still missing out on big savings from reducing carbon use and other resource efficiencies, particularly those in the supply chain for larger companies.

This article by David Thorpe, News Editor of Energy & Environmental Management magazine, reports on two high-level studies involving companies as diverse as Renault, L'Oreal, PepsiCo, B&Q, BT, National Grid and Walmart; the results of which indicate that we are at the beginning of a transformation from a linear to a circular economy, where today's pioneering corporations will be tomorrow's successful giants.