Green Technology

Boeing focuses its supply chain environmental improvement on educating the supplier base and collaborating through the supply chain to reduce the overall carbon footprint.  …

…   “Our life cycle approach to the environment starts with our global supply chain. In 2010, Boeing employees will lead more than 400 workshops educating suppliers about ways to reduce emissions and cut back on the amount of materials sent to landfills.  Later this year, we will introduce new contracting provisions establishing suppliers’ environmental initiatives as a key factor in doing business with Boeing. The next step is to work with other major aerospace companies to establish a recognized environmental standard for our global supply base. We have begun these discussions and hope to report meaningful progress in the coming year. ”   …

Via Boeing: 2010 Environmental Report (PDF).