Sustainable & Ethical Sourcing

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Sustainable and ethical sourcing refers to the practices where an organization attempts to engage in purchase and supply practices of products and raw materials for use in and outside the organization while considering needs satisfaction responsibly. In this process, the impacts of the sourcing of the products on the public are observed so that they may not negatively impact the society (Coca-cola, and Coca-cola HBC np). Organization buying behavior can affect the community, in either positive or negatively. Thus adequate prospective impacts should be pre-accessed prior embarking on the purchasing process. Also, the reliability of the source of the products to be able to satisfy the current needs is vital in the determination of the origins of organization resources.
An example of such company is the Coca-Cola Company. This company is well known for its sustainable strategies of sourcing their products (Coca-cola, and Coca-cola HBC np). It is a beverage company, and it has a sister company called Coca-cola HBC which deals with ensuring materials used and products are free from harmful impacts to the ecosystem and the human beings.
The company intends to be the most sustainable company by 2020, through the following strategies that embrace business ethics. Some of the practices that contribute to sustainable sourcing of products and raw materials are described in this study. They target to reduce the water use intensity by 30% so that it would be used for other purposes like farming and domestic uses.

The company has a vision of reducing the direct carbon emission to the environment by 50%, which is focused on reducing the harm posed by the greenhouse gases like carbon (IV) oxide (Coca-cola, and Coca-cola HBC np). Coca-cola has set a goal to use about 40% of their energy from clean sources as well use renewable sources of materials. Additional, the company intends to recover about 40% of their packaging materials for recycling thus reduces the environmental pollution which may be caused by the packaging material thus the establishment of Supplier Relationship Management between them and their customers. Lastly but not the least, the company has set strategies to certify that their agricultural raw materials are produced and sourced through strict compliance with Coca-cola System’s Sustainable Agricultural Guiding Principles. All these are oriented to ensure that the company’s purchasing habits are sustainable and ethical.
Works cited
Coca-cola, and Coca-cola HBC. “Sustainable Sourcing”. Coca-Colahellenic.Com, 2016, https://coca-colahellenic.com/media/2685/issue_brief_08_sustainable-sourcing_final_website.pdf. Accessed 29 Mar 2018.