CDP Estimates Environmental Supply Chain Risks to Cost Companies USD 120 Billion by 2026 

March 26, 2021 EcoVadis EN


The report finds that supply chain GHG emissions are 11.4 times as high on average as operational emissions.

In 2020, suppliers cut 619 million metric tons of CO2e of GHG emissions, saving USD 33.7 billion.

Yet since only 37% of suppliers are engaging their own suppliers to cut emissions, “climate action is not yet cascading”.


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