by Chris Van Bergen (Author), Rebecca Van Bergen (Foreword by)
Transformative guidance for putting responsible sourcing at the heart of your supply chain strategy
In Certifiable: How Businesses Operationalize Responsible Sourcing, supply chain and corporate social responsibility expert Chris van Bergen delivers a practical and incisive discussion of how to create, implement, and audit transformative socially responsible sourcing practices that create a permanent competitive advantage for your firm. In the book, you'll find start-to-finish guidance on doing the hard work and creative problem solving required to put responsibly sourced products on store shelves.
Drawing on his own experience creating the groundbreaking Ethical Handcraft program at non-profit organization Nest, as well as many other real-world case studies, the author shows you exactly how to navigate the complex arena of global supply chains without falling victim to the common pitfalls presented by typical factory auditing systems. You'll also find:
- Expansive discussions of the impact of corporate finance, Covid-19, shifting consumer attitudes and demographics, and information sharing policies on supply chain transparency
- Interviews with recognized business leaders in a variety of industries that address the challenges you're likely to face and the solutions you need to overcome them
- Examples of contemporary businesses that have made corporate social responsibility a central plank of their company's business model and the benefits they've realized as a result
An engaging and rigorously supported exploration of the real-world implementation of supply chain transparency and corporate social responsibility, Certifiable belongs on the bookshelves of managers, executives, directors, operations and sourcing professionals, and other business leaders seeking transformative change.
Front Jacket
In Certifiable: How Businesses Operationalize Responsible Sourcing, supply chain and corporate social responsibility expert Chris van Bergen delivers a comprehensive and contextual roadmap to implementing and evaluating your company's socially responsible practices. You'll discover exactly how to go from start-to-finish when putting a responsibly sourced product on store shelves.
In the book, the author takes you through the history of supply chain transparency and modern-day thinking about corporate social responsibility, beginning with a case study of soccer ball production in the early 1990s and a resulting public relations crisis. He goes on to discuss how standards are created and how they are properly audited. He also draws on his extensive experience with his nonprofit's Ethical Handcraft program, which has revolutionized transparency in the homeworking industry.
Certifiable explores the work that goes on behind the scenes in responsible sourcing, as well as the weaknesses of auditing systems and sourcing approaches that have been exposed through specific watershed moments, using the devastating Rana Plaza factory collapse as a real-world example of when established systems go awry. It examines contemporary businesses that have successfully adopted socially responsible strategies as a central component of their business models, and the benefits they've reaped.
Along with extensive presentations of the impact of corporate finance, Covid-19, shifting consumer attitudes and demographics, and new approaches to sharing information, the book offers readers fulsome discussions of every critical piece of the corporate social responsibility and supply chain transparency puzzles.
Perfect for managers, executives, board members, and enthusiasts interested in learning more about responsibly sourced products, Certifiable will also earn a place in the libraries of business students, as well as consultants and other professionals who assist companies in their quest to protect and improve their reputations, scandal-proof their supply chains, and make corporate social responsibility concerns a central part of their firm mandate.
Back Jacket
TRANSFORM YOUR ORGANIZATION'S SUPPLY CHAIN TO EMPHASIZE RESPONSIBLE SOURCING
Certifiable: How Businesses Operationalize Responsible Sourcing is a practical and step-by-step guide to designing, implementing, and auditing comprehensive corporate social responsibility criteria in your organization. Author and supply chain expert Chris van Bergen shows you exactly how to increase transparency across complicated global supply chains and how to leverage this transparency for permanent competitive advantage.
You'll explore the history of supply chain transparency through illuminating case studies, as well as the drawbacks of common factory auditing systems that can lead to devastatingly tragic consequences, like the Rana Plaza factory collapse. You'll also find examples of modern businesses that have successfully implemented ambitious corporate social responsibility policies and practices, learn how they did it, and--most importantly--discover how to apply those lessons to your own organization.
An essential and insightful strategy guide for executives, managers, board members, and other business leaders seeking to improve the resilience of their company's reputation, scandal-proof their supply chain and sourcing practices, and increase the bottom line, Certifiable is poised to become the gold standard in corporate social responsibility implementation and supply chain transparency.
Author Biography
CHRIS VAN BERGEN is a supply chain transparency expert who is also extensively experienced in issues of corporate social responsibility. He is an Adjunct Professor at the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business and the Chief Financial and Operating Officer at Nest, Inc., a global nonprofit organization.