Manufacturers’ Sustainability Scores Greatly Improved During Global Pandemic
SCOTTSDALE, AZ—The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) recently reported that its THESIS assessments of product manufacturers show a 38 percent improvement since 2016, indicating that companies continued to pursue sustainability improvements during the 2020 global pandemic.
Nearly 1,700 manufacturers representing more than $900 billion in annual consumer product sales assessed their product and supply chain sustainability using TSC’s THESIS Index. Across these years, TSC found significant improvements in carbon and climate, water use, air quality, worker health and safety, and managing biodiversity in sourcing.