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Procurement Practitioners : Instilling Sustainability Through Global Supply Chains “ When the entire network — buyers and suppliers — work together like this , we ’ re able to drive positive change starting in the supply chain ”
JIM BUREAU CEO OF JAGGAER
“ Our role is to help procurement professionals look more deeply at sustainability-related topics ”, agrees Pierre- Francois Thaler , co-founder & co-CEO of EcoVadis . “ We help buyers make better decisions about which partners they want to work with instead of just browsing the same old criteria of price , quality and on-time delivery .”
Thaler co-founded EcoVadis in 2007 , with the aim of providing reliable environmental , social and ethical performance ratings of suppliers for procurement teams . More than 600 multinationals use EcoVadis ’ ratings each day to reduce risk in their purchasing decisions .
Supply chain risk in the spotlight Following the COVID-19 pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage , supply chain risks are entering a new era of prominence , not only for procurement teams , but also in the public eye . EcoVadis is working to improve sustainable supply chains by helping procurement teams with reliable indicators and engagement tools that scale globally .
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