The Unseen Sustainability Risk: Indirect Spend

April 11, 2022 EcoVadis EN

The fast-evolving role of sustainable practices across a turbulent, global economic and political landscape over the last 20 years has shown us multiple examples of sustainability risks in day-to-day practices, and these problems are rising. Environmental, human rights or ethical disasters can happen in any industry, anywhere, including developed countries. Demands for sustainable business practices are rising, and stakeholders are putting immense pressure on businesses to be more transparent and high-performing.

In this session at Sustain 2022 Auchan and JPMorgan Chase explain how outsourcing and use of contract resources drive spent into indirect service categories and increase risk, particularly for sustainability.
 
 

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