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  • A More Sustainable Approach to a Buyer-Supplier Relationship

    A More Sustainable Approach to a Buyer-Supplier Relationship

    Sustainability can’t be achieved one-sidedly. It requires a more collaborative approach. It also calls for performance-based targets to track progress and incentivize improvement.

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  • Why Companies Must #EmbraceEquity to Advance Women in Global Supply Chains

    Why Companies Must #EmbraceEquity to Advance Women in Global Supply Chains

    Responding to this year’s IWD theme, we share a perspective on best practices for achieving gender equity across supply chains, emphasizing the need for quantifiable, gender-specific data.

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  • SMEs Regional Sustainability Leadership Award Winners, Sustain 2023

    SMEs Regional Sustainability Leadership Award Winners, Sustain 2023

    EcoVadis is excited to announce the winners of the 7th Sustainability Leadership Awards, recognizing companies leading the charge in sustainability performance around the globe.

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  • Insights from the World Economic Forum

    Insights from the World Economic Forum

    We talked to Nancy Gillis, Program Head Climate Action at the World Economic Forum and also leads the First Movers Coalition

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: How Schneider Electric Uses Targets to Decarbonize Its Value Chain

    Lessons from a Practitioner: How Schneider Electric Uses Targets to Decarbonize Its Value Chain

    Fergal Byrne talks to Vanessa Miler-Fels, VP of Climate and Environment at Schneider Electric, about tackling upstream and downstream value chain emissions and the vital role of partnerships.

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  • ESG Ratings: A Way to Quantify Sustainability Potential and Nurture Improvement Culture

    ESG Ratings: A Way to Quantify Sustainability Potential and Nurture Improvement Culture

    In an age where sustainability matters, companies with good ESG performance realize immense value. Choose an ESG rating that adds to your credibility but also guides and demonstrates improvement.

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  • What Our Index Report Reveals About Sustainability Leaders in the EcoVadis Network

    What Our Index Report Reveals About Sustainability Leaders in the EcoVadis Network

    Our Index Report finds 10% of the EcoVadis network are “advanced” sustainability performers. What does the data reveal about these companies? How are they benefiting? What next steps to leadership?

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: Carlsberg's Tactical Approach to Tackling Supply Chain Emissions

    Lessons from a Practitioner: Carlsberg's Tactical Approach to Tackling Supply Chain Emissions

    Simon Boas Hoffmmeyer, Group Sustainability and ESG Senior Director at Carlsberg sits down with Fergal Byrne to discuss the importance of Science Based Targets, emissions-related KPIs and...

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  • Five Key Sustainability Trends from the Latest EcoVadis Index Benchmark Report

    Five Key Sustainability Trends from the Latest EcoVadis Index Benchmark Report

    Our latest Index benchmark report is in. We’ve condensed five years’ worth of data into some key takeaways on the state of the sustainability performance of companies around the world.

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  • The Role of Procurement in Decarbonization

    The Role of Procurement in Decarbonization

    We sit down with Bertrand Conqueret, CPO at Henkel and a co-founder of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge, who is adamant that procurement is more than a role -- it's a responsibility.

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  • EcoVadis Adds New Investors in a Secondary Transaction to its Series C Funding

    EcoVadis Adds New Investors in a Secondary Transaction to its Series C Funding

    EcoVadis is pleased to announce a secondary transaction following its recent Series C fundraising.

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  • Premium on Sustainability: ESG Framework as a Driver of Investment

    Premium on Sustainability: ESG Framework as a Driver of Investment

    As a major player in the world economy, private equity can make a lasting impact on ESG matters. And while sustainability has been on the PE radar from the outset, now it becomes a game changer.

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  • EcoVadis Index: Sustainability Performance Accelerates as More Companies Build on Foundations to Advance Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

    EcoVadis Index: Sustainability Performance Accelerates as More Companies Build on Foundations to Advance Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

    More Than 65% of Companies Scored in the Good Range or Better; Labor & Human Rights Remains Strong While Sustainable Procurement Theme Reverses a Declining Trend

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  • Empowering SMEs to Drive the Decarbonization of Global Supply Chains

    Empowering SMEs to Drive the Decarbonization of Global Supply Chains

    SMEs, which comprise the bulk of global supply chains, are key to achieving decarbonization at scale. Learn more about how they are performing on carbon and what can be done to accelerate their action

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  • EcoVadis Scope 3 Podcast: Decarbonizing Supply Chains: Setting the Scope 3 Frame and the Role of Standards

    EcoVadis Scope 3 Podcast: Decarbonizing Supply Chains: Setting the Scope 3 Frame and the Role of Standards

    In this episode, we talk with Pankaj Bhatia, Director of GHG Protocol and the Acting Director of WRI’s Climate Program. Tune in to learn why it's so important to decarbonize supply chains.

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  • How Sustainability Ratings are Creating ROI Through Valuation and Reduced Cost of Capital

    How Sustainability Ratings are Creating ROI Through Valuation and Reduced Cost of Capital

    Sustainability builds value for any company – even if they are not listed on a stock exchange or part of a PE portfolio. How can ESG performance boost ROI across the business and value chain?

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  • Lessons from a Practitioner: Overcoming Key Challenges and Ørsted's Net Zero Journey

    Lessons from a Practitioner: Overcoming Key Challenges and Ørsted's Net Zero Journey

    A transformation from the most coal-intensive energy companies in Europe to one of the most sustainable ones in the energy sector Ørsted. The company has embarked on a journey toward net zero by 2040.

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  • Driving Private Equity Toward ESG: How to Manage Change that Isn’t Optional?

    Driving Private Equity Toward ESG: How to Manage Change that Isn’t Optional?

    On July 12, 2022, Private Equity Wire & Ecovadis co-hosted a webinar — Building ESG Performance with your Portfolio Companies. Speakers: Sophie Bertreau, Tulsi Byrne, Otto Kern and Deike Diers.

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  • Oxiteno's Wins and Challenges: A Brazilian Company's Journey Toward a More Sustainable Supply Chain

    Oxiteno's Wins and Challenges: A Brazilian Company's Journey Toward a More Sustainable Supply Chain

    Rafael Bica de Freitas, Head of Global Procurement at Oxiteno, talks to us about the company’s sustainability journey, the wins and challenges along the way, and ambitions for the next five years.

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  • EcoVadis named a "Leader" in The Forrester New Wave™: ESG Ratings, Data, And Analytics, Q3 2022 report

    EcoVadis named a "Leader" in The Forrester New Wave™: ESG Ratings, Data, And Analytics, Q3 2022 report

    Independent research firm found EcoVadis to be the best fit for companies that want to track and improve their suppliers’ ESG improvement programs

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