To disseminate the notions of sustainability to the most diverse sectors that make up companies. This is the main purpose of the project. Breaking Walls, launched by the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) last Thursday (3), with the Sustainable Procurement Webinar. The initiative is from the Thematic Chamber of Communication and Education (CTCom).
CEBDS Institutional Projects Advisor Tatiana Araújo began the conversation by reinforcing the importance of companies working on sustainability in their supply and supplier chains. “This chain is responsible for around 50% to 70% of a company’s total expenses and for a large part of greenhouse gas emissions. Large companies already recognize that a sustainable supply chain is a business imperative,” she highlighted, presenting the Sustainable Purchasing Manual, prepared by CEBDS.
In her presentation, Tatiana highlighted the benefits of implementing sustainable purchasing in companies. Supplier engagement in the sustainability agenda, meeting corporate goals and building a reputation associated with sustainability are some of the advantages acquired by companies in this process.
The Boticário Group’s senior sustainability specialist, Luiz Felipe Martins Lobo, discussed the development of his company’s sustainable purchasing system. “Sustainability is part of our business. We implemented a supplier development program 20 years ago. Today, we have around R$270 million in negotiations with our partners and our goal is to significantly increase this amount, with a view to ending 2017 with R$1 billion in business through sustainable purchasing,” he said.
The webinar was moderated by the Communications Coordinator of CEBDS and CTCom, Vinicius Mansur. The debate is available on our website YouTube channel.
