Leading companies will gather in London on 22-23rd October to share best practice on how to manage sourcing risk and improve supplier resilience, during Ethical Corporation's 7th Annual Supply Chain Summit.

 London, 12/07/2012

Over recent years supply chain sustainability has moved beyond simple compliance, to proactive actions, programmes and initiatives. There is now a solid business case not just for compliance, but competitive advantage.

This year's summit will focus on how to turn social and environmental supply chain risk into opportunity. 

Some of the leaders in the field, including Marks & Spencer, Nike, Timberland and Akzonobel will be contributing to the London discussions taking place on October 22-23rd.

Topics to be covered include: how to select suppliers based on sustainability criteria, how to work directly with suppliers to improve management and ethical performance, business and human rights, sustainability collaboration, sustainability partnership with NGOs for supply chain improvements and more.

The speakers are coming from both sustainability and procurement functions to ensure an in-depth approach to supply chain issues.

For more information about the event, visit http://events.ethicalcorp.com/supplychain