Green issues largely ignored

South African companies have not yet started to factor in the rapidly increasing cost of electrical power and ongoing shortages, according to the Supply Chain Intelligence Report (SCIR) 2009 conducted by Terranova Research A “significant 41% of the companies that took part did not have, or had no plans to incorporate metrics to measure their impact on the environment,” according to Graham Terry, head of the office of the executive president at the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and author of the recently published book Green – why corporate leaders need to embrace sustainability to ensure future profitability.