The demand for more transparency also presents an opportunity - to go beyond compliance and leverage sustainable procurement to drive innovation and growth.

Through an EcoVadis ESG-linked loan program, banks can create innovative financing products by integrating EcoVadis Ratings into their product offering and lending decisions.

As ESG criteria are increasingly being integrated into financial decision making, an EcoVadis rating and scorecard allow you to i) get access to ESG-linked capital/financing products;

An EcoVadis ESG-linked supply chain finance program gives your organization the opportunity to manage and track your ESG performance and share it with your corporate buyers and financial institutions.

An EcoVadis ESG-linked supply chain finance program gives you the platform it needs to manage and track ESG performance in financed suppliers and to be able to offer ESG-linked incentives.

EcoVadis’s approach allows investors to obtain reliable ESG performance data on their portfolio companies and benchmark against other assessed companies.

Procurement professionals are increasingly integrating commitments to sustainability objectives into their RFPs and selecting suppliers with whom they can work in partnership.

Our methodology provides an overview of the EcoVadis reference model, seven founding principles, CSR criteria and rating process.