challenges of the modern supply chain

We agree that we need to understand a product’s full lifecycle environmental impacts before we consider making any changes. However, this involves mapping and measuring the supply chain itself. This would have been possible over 50 years ago but as supply chains diverge and repeatedly subcontract will this be ever be truly possible? Here are some interesting articles on the difference between sourcing wood 100 years compared to now.

Sourcing Wood for Furniture, Then & Now: The Singer Sewing Machine Company