considered , which is the coordination of governance that goes beyond the comfort of the company .
“ We ’ re talking about sustainable procurement or sourcing ; we need to bring the discussion down to engaging the suppliers ,” says Mundim . “ It ’ s a challenge already for some organisations to work across functions within the boundaries of the organisation , but transformation means we need to engage with external stakeholders .”
In this case , for Magalini , helping companies to shape a better governance model is also an important area of work . This includes how to better integrate the
sustainability dimension for sustainable and ethical procurement , or the use of ethical products into their own operation .
“ Now companies are realising that they are not alone , and most of the benefits they could achieve cannot be achieved in isolation . They can achieve it only by working with the entire supply chain in their ecosystem .”
More and more companies are now getting the message , changing their mindsets to acknowledge that a single company decision is not enough to achieve sustainability and that such a company cannot be decoupled from its upstream and downstream suppliers . sustainabilitymag . com 63