Each week, it seems, there is a new initiative to regulate, oversee or create multi-stakeholder cooperation around some element of corporate supply chains. These may emerge in the wake of a specific tragedy or incident, such as Rana Plaza in Bangladesh; an ongoing crisis, like that of conflict minerals in eastern Congo; or changes in social awareness, for example regarding human trafficking. Even positive changes can result in new corporate responsibility and transparency requirements, as in the easing of sanctions in Burma.
Regardless of industry, geography or scale, every corporation can expect increasing interest in its supply chain. The questions for companies, then, are: How can they make sense of it all, and how can they plan accordingly?
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