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The globalisation of supply chains is posing challenges to multinational corporations in terms of the conformance of suppliers to environmental and social standards. A responsible corporate policy responds to those challenges by integrating sustainability standards and by implementing appropriate measures in the procurement and supplier development processes. The article demonstrates the elements of a sustainability management system in the automotive industry based on Volkswagen AG.
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Mesterharm, M., Tropschuh, P. (2012). Sustainability in the Automotive Supply Chain. In: Subic, A., Wellnitz, J., Leary, M., Koopmans, L. (eds) Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24145-1_38
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