Global Corporate ESG Survey 2021: Supply Chain Sustainability Spotlight
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Executive Summary
This report, based on a global survey of 400 respondents, provides additional information on sustainability investments in two funding priorities related to the supply chain – improving supply chain sustainability metrics and procuring professional services for supply chain and product sustainability risk assessments. The data in the 2021 Verdantix Global ESG and Sustainability Governance, Budgets and Priorities Survey provide ESG and sustainability software suppliers and service providers with insights into market priorities. Our findings underscore the fact that supply chain information gaps are increasingly unacceptable, and companies are investing in initiatives to make genuine progress in all areas of their ESG and sustainability supply chain performance.The Top Funding Priority Is Improving Supply Chain Sustainability Metrics
Spending On Professional Services For Supply Chain And Product Sustainability Risk Assessments Continues To Increase
Figure 2. Priority Of Funding ‘Improved Supply Chain Sustainability Metrics’ As A Sustainability Initiative Over The Next Two Years By Region
Figure 3. Priority Of Funding ‘Improving Supply Chain Sustainability Metrics’ As A Sustainability Initiative Over The Next Two Years By Industry
Figure 4. Projected Spend Change On Professional Services Projects In 2022
Figure 5. Mean Projected Spend Change On Professional Services Projects For ‘Supply Chain And Product Sustainability Risk Assessments’ In 2022 By Region
Figure 6. Mean Projected Spend Change On Professional Services Projects For ‘Supply Chain And Product Sustainability Risk Assessments’ In 2022 By Industry
About the Authors
Rodolphe d’Arjuzon
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder
Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...
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Kim Knickle
Research Director
Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a...
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