Justifying the Introduction of Green Strategies and Potential of Causing Harm in Supply Chain Management

Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supply Chain Management
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Justifying the introduction of green strategies
The government laws have become strict and use of sustainable environmental practice
has become mandatory for all the organization. However, in this case study it can be seen that B
& Q, although being a retail organization has implemented green supply chain strategies because
some of their products are dependent on resources. Thus, the short-term profitability of the
organization will have a long-term impact on the corresponding environment. Thus, it is
necessary for the organizations to be a social corporate citizen and identify the products, which
are being over used and their long-term impact on the environment. Moreover, it is the
responsibility of the organization of creating social and environmental impact. It is essential for
the organization to maintain the balance in the co system and therefore, green management
strategies have to be implemented. Traceability is one of the factors in green management that
will identify methods suitable for protecting the environment and maintain the long-term
sustainability of the organization. Moreover, in order to protect the image of the organization,
they will have to identify the impact the suppliers and other associates. It is seen that the
organizations using long-term environmental policies have been able to increase their profit
margin. Moreover, it is a long chain and spreading knowledge and implementing will improve
the overall sustainability of the industry.
Potential of causing harm
Repsol is a Spanish organization and one of the global leaders of energy producers. The
organization performs various downstream and upstream activities all over the world. The
organization uses vertical integration in its operation and manages all the processes in oil and
natural gas sector. Repsol performs all the operations of oil and natural gas organizations and
causes lot of harm to the environment (Repsol.energy, 2017). The first is drilling in the ground