Activities in the work towards sustainability in value chains

All parts of the value chain have an impact on the sustainability of products that are produced by a company; from the extraction of resources needed, through the production of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, use and end of life of the product.

Consider your value chain

To work with sustainability in your value chain, you need to consider the different parts included.

Internal actions

The different actors along the value chain all have a responsibility in improving the sustainability performance. Internally in the company you need to:

In the following pages you will find descriptions of experiences from AkzoNobel and SCA for each actvitity, in terms of for example how the work is organised, which tools that are used, and how different functions cooperate.