Information Technology in Supply Chain Management

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Information technology in supply chain management
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Introduction:
McDonald is aware of the challenges and has announced various environmental
initiatives to improve the environmental impacts of the company. Environmental
management system, is putting efforts in order to reduce its impact on deforestation and
carbon emission. McDonald has taken the initiatives to avoid buying soya that are grown in
the rainforest of Amazon. Deforestation for cattle ranching and farming has caused major
harm to the environment (Ross 2016). The initiatives of McDonald have reduced the
destruction of the rainforest, thereby uplifting the environmental conditions. In order to
reduce the carbon footprint, McDonald has improved the efficiency of use of carbon by
utilizing equipments that are energy efficient and lights with low-energy in all its restaurants.
Mitigation in using energy is essential as it affects the agriculture and cause deforestation,
which results in affecting the environment through emission of green house gas (Ross 2016).
McDonald had tied up with E-CO2 project for measuring the methane emission of the cattle.
This in turn is decreasing the level of methane and green gas level in the environment.
Livestock production accounts for 14.5% of the emission of green house gas (Kshetri 2018).
McDonald is introducing different techniques of farming to mitigate this issue. McDonald is
also buying verified sustainable beef for mitigating the emission of green house gases.
McDonald has also taken initiative to control waste. They have introduced sustainable and
recyclable materials in order to eliminate the issue. In the restaurants in US, McDonald has
stopped using coffee cups that are polystyrene famed. The paper cups have taken over these
cups. Polystyrene cups affect the lives of marine animals and also leads to death. Paper cups
although wastes energy and chemicals for its production. McDonald has also introduced
recycling programs. The restaurants in the UK are turning the waste into electricity (Hugos
2018). McDonald also works with the Environmental Defense Fund for re-using and

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recycling packaging. Thus, the impact on the environment by the activities of McDonald
should be mitigated immediately in order to reduce the affect of the company on
environment.
One of the significant problems that are faced as a result of such changes s that of climate
change. Climate change affects the human civilization in important ways. It leads to the harm
of the human health where by it can be seen that the time when they consume a lot of carbon
dioxide, it interrupts their breathing process in a negative manner. Furthermore, it can be seen
that the other changes of climate that affects the human population occurs in the form of air
pollution. The main component of air pollution is that of water vapor. The water vapor that is
present in the air interferes with the visibility aspect of the human eye. Thus, they become
vulnerable to the element of visibility. Human beings are unable to see and thus, accidents
occur. The main reason for so much of climate change is that of waste disposal. From this it
can be understood that if waste is not properly disposed of, then it would adversely impact
the human population of the earth. In this sense, there is a need to properly dispose of waste
that is produced by the human beings.
One of the important ways in which waste is produced is that of the process of
industrialization. This process of industrialization began in the end of the eighteenth century.
During this time, the scale in which industries were established was too small. However, with
the changes in the human population and as time evolved, many industries were set up. Such
industries affected the human lives in significant ways. One of the ways in which industries
contributed to the growth and development of the society was that it helped to increase the
economic production of the society. However, industrialization also led to the generation of a
lot of waste.

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Outlook of McDonald in protecting the environment:
McDonald is switching to environmentally friendly company. They are changing their
packaging material and in turn offering recycling in all the restaurants worldwide. They are
responsibly using their scale for the betterment of the environment and have an immense
impact on the environment across the globe (Talwar 2018). They are planning to run the
biggest chain of restaurants by achieving 100 percent of the packaging from recycled and
renewable sources by the end of 2025, which will ensure the reforestation. Currently,
McDonald is using 64% of fiber-based packaging. It is also planning to eliminate foamed
packaging from the global supply chain. McDonald works with the experts in the industry,
environmental groups and local governments for improving their infrastructure, redesigning
the packaging and organizing recycling programs (Chen, Preston and Swink 2015). They are
also planning to educate and train the employees and the customers for a sustainable
environment. McDonald being the global company has the scope to be transformational. The
waste management of McDonald has saved an estimate of dollar 6 million a year giving rise
to environmental benefits. McDonald has also fought the rise of the fatal, dangerous
antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs by utilizing its global reach. The company
has eliminated the use of the drugs in the U.S market by maintaining standard of meat
gathered from the supply chain (Allen and Carlson 2018).
The role of environmental management systems in company performance:
An environmental Management system should be incorporated in every company’s
management system, which will include planning activities, organizational structure,
practices, responsibilities, processes, procedures, implementing, resources in order to
develop, achieving and maintaining the environmental policy of the company (Shamah et al.
2018). The development of the environmental policy helps the company to maintain the
company’s commitment to the environmental improvements. Environmental management