Antea Group Senior Consultant Pamela Gordon spoke on a recent panel at the RILA Retail Environmental Compliance Committee meeting about the scope of “beyond compliant” supply chains, the associated business benefits, and leading strategies and tools for efficiency.

1. RILA Retail Environmental Compliance Committee
September 27, 2016
Pamela J. Gordon, Antea Group
Sustainable Supply Chains
Beyond Compliance
Where Business Strategy, Retailers,
and NGOs Come Together

2. From Environmental
Regulations to
Best Practices
Pamela J. Gordon
Senior Consultant, Antea Group
Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability
31 USA Offices; 3,500 EHS consultants globally

3. Supply-Chain Progression
for Profitable Sustainability
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Meet
regulations
Get ahead with
Best Practices
SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
Drive the
Circular Economy
B u s i n e s s v a l u e p r o g r e s s i o n

4. Earth’s Mineral Resources are Finite
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SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS BEYOND COMPLIANCE
And society is learning how to leverage materials we’ve
embedded in products…profitably and responsibly.

5. Old Linear Model
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Virgin
Materials
Comp-
onents
Manu-
facturers
Brand
Owners
Consumers
Landfill (or
down-
cycling)
Material “leaks” from the Economy:
• Few product companies “design in” reuse and recycling
• Material mixtures are rarely identified
• Prices for recycled materials vacillate
• Brands and retailers lose sight of customers, after the sale

6. Essentials for Profitable Circularity
1) Executive Vision
2) Collaboration
3) Data
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Communicate identified materials (“ingredients”)
Use real-time data (availability, prices, markets) for profitable Circularity
Retailers: Take an active role
Look back into the Supply Chain and forward through customers’ multiple uses
NGOs: Focus executive attention
Retailers: Take an active role; Think creatively

7. It’s About Maximizing Value
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Retailer, San Jose, California

8. Thanks to RILA for
purchasing a book for
each member.
For more questions, contact
Pamela J. Gordon
Senior Consultant, Antea Group
+1-510-406-9460
Pamela.Gordon@AnteaGroup.com
Thank You!
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