2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer shows that sustainability awareness is growing among buying and supplying organizations, but challenges persist.
From the top down, more businesses are recognizing the importance of sustainability practices, especially when it comes to procurement, according to the 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer, released this week by sustainability firm EcoVadis and the New York University Stern Center for Sustainable Business.
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Insights into procurement priorities reveal sustainability awareness is growing, but also shows a risky compliance trap for many organizations.
While most procurement leaders focus their risk and CSR monitoring efforts on direct spend categories where their expertise, control and visibility are higher, indirect spend is a growing risk.
Indirect procurement can actually contain CSR risks just as harmful as those found in direct materials spend.
