Supply Chain Sustainability

Over the course of the year, CA buys a significant amount of supplies and commodities to run its operations. CA will start reviewing its vendors and suppliers to ensure that they provide environmentally friendly products. If CA is going to talk the talk, it has to walk the walk. Completing work assignments with the environment in mind is a good step, but buying products that don’t meet the same environmental measures misses the point.

Primary Focus Points:

• Develop logistics to determine the best overall prices for commodities that include savings of dollars as well as savings to the environment
• Whenever possible, develop partnerships with other agencies and entities in Howard County to purchase products in bulk numbers.

The chart on page 37 indicates all of the elements that comprise the four platforms of sustainability. The budget will be based on making sure that all of those elements will be used to build a blueprint for the future and to show that CA is doing its part to enhance the environment and to help keep Columbia in the forefront of sustainable measures that improve our quality of life and add value to life and property.