Green Supply Chain and CSR

About Supply Chain 3.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR 
In this series, I will address the second question raised at the start of the previous blog series – “What are the benefits of supply chain 3.0?” Before answering that question, let me go over the three type of responses I generally get when I explain to people that supply chain 3.0 is real and Green Supply Chain and CSR .

Most of the McKinsey (or their clone) trained strategists ask me to show data to back up this assertion.

On the other hand, more intuitive executives (mainly from sales and marketing background, as I observe) ask me to explain the benefits of supply chain 3.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR .

Finally, the third group – those who I call the transformational leaders ask a simple question – how can we use the power of supply chain 3.0 in effecting beneficial business transformations and Green Supply Chain and CSR .

First a caveat – no benefit accrues to those who do not act. And, not just any random action will suffice (though, in most cases, any action is better than no action); you need action based on cohesive, strategic thinking.

The History of SUPPLY CHAIN 3.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR 
That is the reason for the word “can” in the title of this post – all benefits are just potential energy till converted into reality by your kinetic energy.

Of course, I have not yet talked about how supply chain 3.0 differs from its previous version – supply chain 2.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR .

While the full detail of that is a subject for a future blog post, it will be necessary for us to know that these are different, and that supply chain 3.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR  is a step change above supply chain 2.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR .

So, we will briefly delve into various avatars of supply chains as we look at the benefits of supply chain 3.0, Green Supply Chain and CSR …