Slides from Suzanne Greene, Program Manager MIT Sustainable Supply Chains, MIT, presented at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council’s 2019 Summit in Portland, OR.

1. The Journey to Transparency
Suzanne Greene

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Methods to Enable Carbon as a KPI

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Tracing commodity supply chains

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Tracing commodity supply chains
COBALT IRON ORE LITHIUM COPPER INDIUM

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World Bank’s Climate Smart Mining

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Change in demand by 2050
From World Bank. The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future. 2017.

7. Supply chain carbon emissions are hard to find
0 50 100 150 200
Voestalpine AG
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Tata Steel
SSAB
POSCO
Novelis Inc.
Norsk Hydro
Mitsubishi Materials…
Constellium
Aurubis AG
ArcelorMittal
Alcoa Corp.
Million tonnes CO2
2017
public data
Scope 2: Electricity
Scope 3: Supply Chain
Scope 1: OperaMons

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Where are supply chain emissions?
From Greene, S. What are we missing? Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accoun4ng in the Metals and Minerals Industry. Matériaux & Techniques 105, 503. 2017.

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Freight transport emissions are significant

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Tracking progress to climate goals
From the INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
ORMEASURE ESTIMATE

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Commodi&es
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Conclusion of pilot:
[Blockchain] hasn’t reached the
point of maturity where we
think it applies to us.

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Ask suppliers for
CO2 emissions
Use carbon as a KPI
Make it Science-Based

14. Thank you for
your ,me!
suzanne.mit.edu
greene@mit.edu
@MITSustainChain