The end of supply chains and the start of "supply loops"

James S Murray
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BT's Niall Dunne argues sustainability teams have a key role to play in greening the world's sprawling supply chains

The world is facing a new industrial revolution, one which is resourced based. What's for certain is that the "Take-Make-Waste" model is no longer feasible when we have a world population of seven billion...

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