Supply chain News and trends

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has published its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which includes the company’s plans for advancing its sustainability agenda.
 
The company continues to strive to meet its customers’ expectations for responsibly sourced products that contribute to a healthy planet and community wellbeing. For example, WBA committed to reducing its carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared with 2019.
 
Packaging is also a large part of WBA’s sustainability agenda.

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Countering the trend for more packaging is the desire for more sustainable measures, especially as climate change becomes of greater concern to consumers.

A 2020 survey by the IBM Institute for Business Value in association with the National Retail Federation found that 57 percent of consumers are willing to change their purchasing habits to reduce negative environmental impacts.

Further, products marketed as sustainable have expanded more than seven times faster than other items, according to a 2020 report from the New York University Stern Center for Sustainable Business.

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