DHL and The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific (TLI – Asia Pacific) of the National University of Singapore (NUS),  announced the establishment of the S$3 million Sustainable Supply Chain Centre of Asia Pacific (SSCCAP).  A first for the region, the initiative will be a best practice hub and intellectual property engine to drive sustainable supply chain development in the Asia Pacific region. 

Building on DHL’s global GoGreen environmental protection program, its own sustainable supply chain expertise and its global GoGreen customer solutions, the Centre will create practical business tools for the industry to establish benchmarks in areas of sustainable logistics solutions, involving research and education.

Paul Graham, CEO, DHL Supply Chain Asia Pacific, commented: “Given the projections for supply chain logistics growth in the region, there is a need for an Asian focus on sustainability. The SSCCAP will meet that need by leveraging DHL’s sustainability best practices at its foundation.”

Opening in July 2010, the SSCCAP will be hosted at TLI – Asia Pacific at the National University of Singapore. TLI – Asia Pacific has a strong reputation in the industry and has established solid industry and customer links. Partnering the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US, TLI – Asia Pacific already offers a best-in-class Logistics Double Masters and Masters in Supply Chain Management program. Whilst initially co-funded, the SSCCAP will be self-sustaining in the long term through the provision of events and practical solutions for the logistics industry.

The SSCCAP will have seven full-time employees and be steered by a tri-partite committee comprising representatives from DHL, NUS, EDB and industry partners from Accenture and Dell. As well as strengthening access to grants and extending frameworks to support sustainable supply chain innovation, its mission is to imbed sustainability in tertiary supply chain management curriculums both in Singapore and the Asia Pacific.