Sustainability Magazine May 2025 | Page 142

SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
progress and drive long-term environmental improvements.
The European regulations, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive( CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive( CSDDD) represent a paradigm shift in sustainability reporting – one that looks set to catalyse transformational changes around how companies align on disclosure standards and improve transparency around meeting environmental and social objectives.
Both CSDDD and CSRD elevate the crucial importance of transparency and accountability in global supply chains. AI-enabled solutions allow businesses to gain visibility across every tier of the supply chain down to the raw material level and all production processes.
By implementing AI-enabled systems organisations can ensure they achieve deep visibility of the environmental impact of their supply chains, for compliance, environmental and financial advantage.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS TRYING TO BRING MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS? We are focusing on eliminating waste and driving resource efficiency, and we do this by embedding circularity into our product portfolio from the design phase. We are also looking at protecting water, biodiversity and having a positive impact on land use. Our water management solutions are actually a significant part of our business and it’ s an area that’ s growing extremely fast.
Talking about the circularity framework, there is no such thing as a greenhouse gas protocol when it
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