October 24, 2019 – The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) published the annual Green Supply Chain CITI (Corporate Information Transparency Index) evaluation report in Beijing. The report details progress in environmental supply chain management during the 2018-2019 evaluation period.

The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) published the sixth annual Green Supply Chain CITI (Corporate Information Transparency Index) evaluation summary report in Beijing. The report shows how leading brands employ environmental compliance data and innovative tools such as the Blue EcoChain to advance supply chain environmental performance and contribute to industrial pollution reductions across the country.

As a global fast food giant, McDonald's has neglected the environmental performance of its supply chain. From food production to frozen food logistics and transportation, restaurant operations, packaging, and product development, both suppliers and the restaurants themselves have been found with varying degrees of environmental violations.

On March 21, 2019, a major explosion occurred at the Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Co., Ltd. Publicly available safety and environmental violation records suggest that JTC was an accident waiting to happen. IPE contacted four chemical companies who appeared from public records to be customers of JTC – DowDupont, BASF, Clariant, and Merck. However, these chemical giants are not trying to participate in the multi-stakeholder efforts; instead, they are still trying to shy away from their responsibilities.

October 25, 2018 – The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) published the fifth annual Green Supply Chain CITI (Corporate Information Transparency Index) evaluation report in Beijing. The report shows that environmental big data generates innovative solutions to help leading multinational and local brands develop green procurement on a greater scale.

In August 2018, environmental groups conducted an investigation on environmental pollution in Starbucks cup supply chains. They sent a letter to inquire as to whether Starbucks knew of the environmental violations of its straw cup and accompanying cup suppliers, and to advocate for rectification and public explanation. To date, Starbucks has yet to respond. A cup might seem the same, one that comes from clean production versus one whose production pollutes the environment, but their impact on health and the environment may be vastly different. We hope that Starbucks can make a meaningful change to provide consumers with truly green products.

The investigative report issued by IPE and Lüse Jiangnan on May 21st highlighted that Xiaomi has long avoided addressing pollution along its supply chain for the past four year. The report also drew attention to one of its suppliers Ichia, which was found with suspected violation. According to the Taiwanese media, Ichia Technologies, Inc.(Code: 2402) has been suspended for trading on June 29th following an announcement that the production of Ichia Suzhou has been put on halt.