통신사업자의 업스트림 공급업체 관련 배출량 개선을 위한 전략 : 벤치마킹

"No telecoms operator has yet developed a comprehensive approach to supplier decarbonisation. To make further progress, operators will need to give environmental performance greater weight in their purchasing decisions."

Telecoms operators have much to learn from one another in reducing the environmental impact of their upstream supply chains. This report provides a comprehensive view of industry activities and outlines benchmarks for best practice.

Information included in this report

• A quantitative assessment of leading European operators’ performance in reducing the environmental impact of their upstream, supplier-related emissions and the wider supply chains. The analysis identifies the leading performers, benchmarks industry-average performance and highlights the areas in which further progress is needed.
• A best-practice roadmap based on an evaluation of the strategies that operators worldwide are using to engage suppliers, apply digital tools and data, purchase low-carbon products and set supply chain environmental targets.

Questions answered in this report

• What constitutes industry best practice, which operators are leading in this area and what are the main opportunities for improvement?
• What types of partnerships are telecoms operators forming to address supplier-related upstream environmental impacts?
• How are operators reducing upstream supplier-related emissions through sustainable procurement, supplier decarbonisation, circular economy initiatives and lower-carbon sourcing of devices, equipment and infrastructure?
• What sustainability targets are operators setting to reduce upstream supplier-related impacts, and which frameworks, programmes or funding mechanisms are they using to accelerate progress in this area?

Who should read this report

• Sustainability leads and board members at operators that must understand how their sustainability strategies compare to those of their industry peers.
• Supply chain and distribution teams, marketing teams, product designers and CTOs at operators that need to benchmark their circularity progress against that of other operators.
• Vendors that want to gain visibility into operators’ current and future needs and priorities in relation to product sustainability.
• Investors seeking to put potential client performance into context.
• Industry regulators that need to evaluate national operator progress against wider industry performance.