Developing a Supplier Sustainability Scorecard

Format: Visual Presentation $(5-10$ minutes$)$

Description: Read Case $17-2$ thoroughly. Develop an agenda for the Supplier Sustainability Advisor

Council meeting at Stewart Corporation as presented in Case $17-2.$ Create a sustainability

scorecard and plan for supplier evaluation.

Objective: Create and implement a supplier sustainability initiative.

Expectations:

$-$ Develop an agenda for the Supplier Sustainability Advisor Council meeting.

$-$ Propose measures for the supplier environmental sustainability initiative.

$-$ Determine the time frame for suppliers to participate in the program.

$-$ Integrate the sustainability scorecard into the Business Performance Assessment $($BPA$)$

process.

If you were in the position of Sara McCormick:

$-$ What is your agenda for the Supplier Sustainability Advisor Council $($SSAC$)$ meeting?

$-$ Do you think Stewart$$s suppliers will support the supplier environmental sustainability

initiative?

$-$ Should the list of measures identified in Exhibit $1$ be modified?

$-$ How should the environmental sustainability scorecard be incorporated into the BPA

process? Should it be used to award new business?

You may refer to the following questions to guide your reflection:

$-$ Why should Sara McCormick bother with the environmental sustainability scorecard?

$-$ What would your reaction be to this initiative if you were a Stewart supplier? What questions

would you have?

$-$ What would your reaction be to this initiative if you were a Stewart buyer? What questions

would you have?

$-$ Can small$-$ and medium$-$sized suppliers afford the resources to track their environmental

data?

$-$ How many similar programs are suppliers likely required to participate in from other

customers?

$-$ Can one scorecard be used across multiple industries?

$-$ Are you prepared to use the sustainability scorecard to award new business?