4 questions to Corentine Berthet, Supply Chain Sustainability Coordinator (ENG)

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4 questions to Corentine Berthet, Supply Chain Sustainability Coordinator (GERMAN)

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Decarbonize MSF : a roadmap to reduce our footprint

4 questions à Corentine Berthet, coordinatrice durabilité pour la chaîne d'approvisionnement (INTER)

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4 questions à Corentine Berthet, coordinatrice durabilité pour la chaîne d'approvisionnement (FRENCH)

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Date taken / Date Recorded 28/10/2022 2:45 PM

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Additional Information / Shotlist Supply Chain Sustainability Coordinator

#1 How does the supply chain impact MSF’s carbon footprint?

It’s estimated that the supply chain represents at least 50% of the environmental footprint of the movement, as the products we use to conduct our operations require resources in their production as well as for transportation to the missions where we operate. And the vast majority of the products we buy – medical products and medical equipment – come from Europe and have to be transported to the places where we work.

#2 What actions have been taken to reduce CO2 emissions?

In terms of weight, 40% of what we buy outside of our missions is transported by plane. So we have to work to reduce that percentage. In particular, that will be done by better planning transportation and ensuring that orders are placed in time to avoid any interruptions in patient treatments involving products that need to be shipped by air.
And, as a second step, we will need to work with our suppliers to ensure that they have practices that are more respectful of the environment and also encourage them to innovate, to offer us alternatives that use fewer resources in their production.

# 3 What are the challenges for MSF?

The major difficulties we encounter in doing this work are that, firstly, we will continue to be an emergency medical organisation and, in order to respond in the first hours of an emergency, we obviously can’t send people or supplies by boat. Also, MSF operates according to a normative framework and quality standards that limit the number of alternatives in terms of products that would be less resource-intensive.

#4 How long will it take?

Nowadays, all sectors, including the humanitarian sector, are working on these issues. It’s really a collective effort that must be carried out by all the actors within the MSF organisation as well as outside, to work with our suppliers and external partners… I’m optimistic – otherwise I wouldn’t be here – but it’s going to be a long process.