Assessing Green Strategies in Supply Chain Management & Harm Potential

This essay explores the justification for implementing green strategies in supply chain management, using B&Q as an example of a retail organization that has adopted such strategies due to its reliance on natural resources and the long-term environmental impact of its operations. It emphasizes the importance of corporate social responsibility and the need for organizations to identify and mitigate the environmental consequences of their products and processes. The essay also examines the potential harm caused by companies like Repsol, a global energy producer, highlighting the environmental risks associated with upstream and downstream activities in the oil and natural gas sector, including drilling, refining, and transportation, and emphasizes the importance of traceability and long-term environmental policies for sustainability.

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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

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and ocean for extraction of crude oil, thus pumping of oil out has adverse effect on the
environment. Moreover, refining of petroleum will lead to the emission of harmful gases in to
the environment. Thus, the release of toxin in to the environment is a harmful effect of the
processes ion the organization. The burning of gasoline will produce huge amount of CO2 and it
contributes in the development of green houses. Thus, this process will affect the overall ecology
and increase the level of global warming in the environment (Repsol.energy, 2017). Oil spill is
one of the most frequent phenomenons in oil and natural gas organizations and spilling of oil
during transportation and drilling will have a large impact on the environment.
Upstream activities in Repsol include production, exploration of natural gas, the
organization has its operations in various parts of the world, and these activities have the
potential to causing major harm to the environment (Repsol.energy, 2017). The exploration
process consists of processes such as drilling in to the ground and oceans for extraction of oil.
Thus, these upstream activities are potential threats for the long-term sustainability of the
organization.
Downstream activities include trading, marketing and distribution of products, oil spill
can occur at any time if necessary precautions are not taken (Repsol.energy, 2017). Thus, this
could be a potential threat in the downstream activities.

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References
Repsol.energy. (2017). Repsol: A global company - repsol.energy. [online] Available at:
https://www.repsol.energy/en/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2017].