Meeting China's Global Resource Needs Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: Palm Oil Pilot Study

The document describes a pilot study focused on palm oil to evaluate how social and environmental sustainability risks in inbound supply chains can lead to supply disruptions and damage China's international brand. It is part of a broader initiative by the International Institute for Sustainable Development to help Chinese enterprises and policy-makers manage the sustainability footprint of their global resource procurement.

• China's expanding inbound supply chains create economic benefits for exporting nations but can cause social and environmental problems that eventually create supply chain risks for China, including short-term disruptions and damage to its international brand, which may hinder access to capital, resources, markets, and talent.
• Despite the strategic importance of addressing resource scarcity and building an "ecological civilization," sustainability risks within inbound supply chains are generally poorly understood and inadequately managed by most companies operating in China.

APA

Forstater,, J. P. D. V. P. A. H. D. (2014). Meeting China's Global Resource Needs Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: Palm Oil Pilot Study. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/meeting-chinas-global-resource-needs-managing-sustainability-impacts-ensure

Chicago

Forstater,, Jason Potts,Jason Dion,Vivek Voora,Jason Potts,Gabriel A. Huppé,Jason Dion,Maya. Meeting China's Global Resource Needs Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: Palm Oil Pilot Study. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2014. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/meeting-chinas-global-resource-needs-managing-sustainability-impacts-ensure.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{forstater2014meeting, author = {Forstater,, Jason Potts,Jason Dion,Vivek Voora,Jason Potts,Gabriel A. Huppé,Jason Dion,Maya}, title = {{Meeting China's Global Resource Needs Managing Sustainability Impacts to Ensure Security of Supply: Palm Oil Pilot Study}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2014}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/meeting-chinas-global-resource-needs-managing-sustainability-impacts-ensure}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }