There is growing interest in understanding the impact of various supply chain decisions on a firm’s carbon emission footprint. This awareness is moving rapidly up the corporate, consumer and legislative agenda. I was pleased to see, therefore, that “green logistics” also features highly on the agenda for DIALOG 08.

On Monday February 25th (2:30 pm - 3:15 pm), Martin Brotschul from Accenture will explain the financial case for sustainability and green logistics and use case studies to assess best practices in green logistics and supply chain management.

Ahead of DIALOG 08, David Simchi-Levi, professor at MIT and co-founder of Logic Tools, the supply chain vendor that ILOG acquired in 2007, will present a webinar on Wednesday February 20th called Green & Lean: Reducing Carbon Emission in the Supply Chain in which he will review strategies that allow firms to stay “lean” while becoming more “green.”

David will also be at DIALOG 08 and with a bit of luck I’ll get him to spill the beans about some forthcoming additions to the Logic Tools network design and planning solution designed to help you make your own supply chain that much greener. Watch this space!