Download or read book The Role of Sub-Supplier Management to Drive Sustainability Compliance in Supply Chains written by Marco Krättli and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With evermore global and complex supply chains, multinational corporations understand the importance of devoting a greater focus on social and environmental issues rather than just concerning with making profit and growing larger. The developing process of sustainable supply chain management lead multinationals to realise that supply chain risk may lie beyond first-tier suppliers. Sub-supplier management can therefore be considered as the next step to foster sustainability compliance one step further down the supply chain. Transparency along the supply chains, engagement in international joint initiatives, capability building activities, good compliance assurance programs, and the seeking of continual improvement are among the key findings that make successful sustainable sub-supplier management possible. However, sub-supplier management cannot be separated from other tier management since it represents one initiative of an interlinked supply chain network management. The field of managing suppliers beyond first-tier is relatively new and processes are still evolving.