Environmental Leader - IBM has a new program to address sustainability and environmental aspects of its nearly 30,000-member-strong supply chain. The program covers suppliers in 90 nations, according to IBM’s Smarter Planet blog. Starting this year, IBM is asking each of its suppliers to define an environmental management system suitable to their particular business operations, said Wayne Balta, IBM’s vice president of corporate environmental affairs and product safety. “We’re asking them to establish voluntary environmental goals and measure performance for at least three topics applicable to virtually all businesses: energy conservation, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste management/recycling,” Balta said. “In addition, we’re asking them to publicly disclose their results.”
IBM also will ask suppliers that the requirements be “cascaded down” to any of their suppliers who perform work that is “material to what is ultimately supplied to IBM.” There will not be a blanket, one-size-fits-all requirement, however, and suppliers will not be publicly graded. IBM is seeking for chemicals to be properly managed from inception through final use and disposal. IBM also seeks for products and components to be designed to maximize life-cycle efficiency.
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