Global Corporate Survey 2025: Supply Chain Sustainability Analysis
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Executive Summary
This report helps supply chain and sustainability decision-makers benchmark their firms’ budgets, investment priorities and technology preferences relative to their global peer group. The report is also a valuable tool to support strategic decision-making and business planning by executives at supply chain sustainability technology and service providers. The 2025 version of the Verdantix supply chain sustainability global corporate survey spans 32 countries and 10 industries. Respondents are senior executives responsible for supply chain sustainability initiatives, representing firms with revenues of at least $500 million. Respondent data reveal intensified investment in supply chain sustainability initiatives, driven by a stronger consideration of ESG and sustainability as a risk mitigation strategy for supply chains.
Table of contents
Summary for decision-makersGlobal survey reveals how risk and regulatory complexities shape firms’ approaches to supply chain sustainability
Global survey features 250 supply chain executives across 10 industries
Supply chain regulatory and risk management complexities drive investment in supply chain sustainability
Limited skills and resources are top challenges for supply chain sustainability
Further integration of granular ESG data is crucial for the success of supply chain sustainability initiatives
Table of figures
Figure 1. Survey respondents: geographical breakdownFigure 2. Survey respondents: industry breakdown
Figure 3. Expected spend on supply chain sustainability
Figure 4. Drivers of investment in supply chain sustainability
Figure 5. Attitudes towards suppliers' sustainability performance
Figure 6. Expected impact of ESG-related rules and frameworks on spend on supply chain sustainability
Figure 7. Supply chain sustainability challenges
Figure 8. Perception of supply chain sustainability as critical for business decision-making
Figure 9. Priorities to lower ESG and sustainability risks in the supply chain
Figure 10. Prioritized capabilities during software selection
Figure 11. Technology and services approaches to manage supply chain sustainability use cases
Organisations mentioned
BMW, CDP, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), IntegrityNext, Jaguar Land Rover, LRQA, QIMA, Sedex, US Senate, WorldfavorAbout the authors
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