Making the Case for Investing in Sustainable Purchasing

The ever-growing urgency of the climate crisis, as well as raised awareness of previously unprotected people in the supply chain, is prompting governments and industry bodies to bring in new rules.

Research on Companies with Advanced EcoVadis Ratings Reveals Powerful Insights on Key Sustainability Practices, Profitability and Growth Performance

This whitepaper presents, analyses and interprets the results of that research and recommends practical steps organisations can take to ensure they have all the success factors in place.

An enterprise’s environmental and social impact has a lot of components — the raw materials it sources, how it runs operations, and how goods are packaged and delivered.

Supply Management Insider/CIPS research: As more multinationals ask their mid-sized suppliers to engage in sustainable procurement, a growing number are taking action and succeeding to create value.

This ebook outlines how EcoVadis can support your business in accurately measuring and reporting on the sustainability of your internal operations and supply chain to maximize return on investment.

This paper provides comments & recommendations on Green Deal-related policies based on our expertise from working with over 75,000 companies to improve sustainability performance in supply chains.

Top experts from Sievo, Basware, riskmethods, Supplier.io and EcoVadis explain how procurement leaders can take advantage of procurement data ecosystems.

Public sector organizations are increasingly required to integrate sustainability into purchasing decisions. Leaders are successfully confronting challenges and turning this into an opportunity.

An estimated 100 to 200 companies are likely to be impacted by the law, known as “Devoir de Vigilance” or DdV.

The UN estimates that corruption costs the world $3.6tn a year. Many companies do not have the systems and procedures in place to protect their bottom line or their reputation.

Indirect procurement can actually contain CSR risks just as harmful as those found in direct materials spend.

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.

As supply chains globalize and become more complex, so do risks and opportunities. A robust risk mapping process is essential for gaining visibility and understanding of priorities to drive your asses

A key distinguishing element of EcoVadis’ sustainability monitoring platform is the integration of external inputs to augment company-provided documentation and data sources.

At EcoVadis, we know that to get the most out of sustainability ratings, you need easy access to that data within the tools you already use.

Companies that are already reporting in line with the Sustainability Code can enhance their business profile through EcoVadis assessment and vice versa.

Practical overview embedding sustainability criteria into contracts with trading partners, with a framework covering 6 best practice areas, and feedback from 100's of suppliers and buyers.