Green policy credentials are high on the agenda of companies looking for outsourcing partners and outsourcing vendors – and those that fail to demonstrate environmental policies risk being dumped, according to a report by outsourcing consultancy Brown-Wilson Group.
Corporations are shifting their responsibility for environmental concerns to the supply chain, said the firm in its report, "Black Book of Outsourcing: 2007 Green Outsourcer Report".
The report is based on an independent study of outsourcing industry decision makers and analysts with a survey of 20,000 outsourcing users. Almost half – 43% – of companies choosing to use a supplier for the first time included green factors in their decision making process for choosing suppliers. And more than 94% of executives from listed companies are planning to add "green" clauses in their renegotiation processes, compared with only 36% of privately owned companies.
