EcoVadis
EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings
EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Backed by a powerful technology platform and a global team of domain experts, EcoVadis’ easy-to-use and actionable sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social and ethical risks across 200 purchasing categories and 160 countries. Industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, L’Oréal, Subway, Nestlé, Salesforce, Michelin and BASF are among the more than 75,000 businesses on the EcoVadis network, all working with a single methodology to evaluate, collaborate and improve sustainability performance in order to protect their brands, foster transparency and innovation, and accelerate growth. Learn more on ecovadis.com, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Are you sustainability-ready?
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 a raft of new rules to affect much-needed change.
More stringent rules are starting to cover all sustainability topics, from carbon and climate reporting regulations, to supply chain due diligence and modern slavery laws.
Modern Slavery and Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains
No supply chain is free of risks associated with modern slavery. The forces of globalization that have created new economic opportunities are also fuelling the deplorable practices of debt bondage, exploitation and child labor. National governments and European Union institutions are setting up supply chain due diligence laws that go beyond disclosure, such as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, the French Devoir de Vigilance and the German Supply Chain Act.
Unleashing procurement's potential for change
Latest research from CIPS with support from Ecovadis, found that protecting the environment, human rights and livelihoods of workers is exceptionally important to the majority of procurement professionals.
However, many work for organisations that, despite current or anticipated regulations that require such due diligence, have under-developed sustainable procurement programmes that are currently ill-equipped to achieve these ambitions. Thus, many procurement heads and their teams may be missing out on a potential "gold mine" of motivation and engagement - as well as all the benefits of a successful SP programme.
Measuring business sustainability performance
Explore insights from global supply chain ratings based on data derived from more than 46,000 companies assessed between 2016 and 2020. What’s in the Index? As the world's most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings we appreciate the unique insight we have into the sustainability performance of businesses globally. And we believe it is right to share this insight with the global audience.
The next frontier of sustainable procurement
How leading companies can and should support mid-sized firms to deliver the latest wave of change.
This CIPS whitepaper, produced in partnership with EcoVadis, examines what progress mid-sized firms have made, the benefits and challenges, and how larger businesses can – and should – support them to make further advances for mutual benefit.