Strategic Focus: Building Resilience Through Supply Chain Sustainability

15 Sep, 2022

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Executive Summary

Sustainability issues in supply chains – such as modern slavery and deforestation – are hot-button topics that increasingly expose firms to legal, operational and reputational risks. As a result, organizations need to ensure a comprehensive approach to ESG matters that incorporates supply chain sustainability management as a core element of their business strategy. This report highlights the main drivers and challenges around supply chain sustainability, and provides executives in sustainability, procurement and supply chain operations roles with recommendations for achieving their supply chain ESG goals. 
Supply Chain Sustainability Is Crucial For Business Resilience
Management Of ESG Risks Is Moving Up The Corporate Agenda 
Firms Should Consider The Challenges In Managing Supply Chain ESG Risk
Three Winning Factors For Supply Chain Sustainability 
Figure 1. Main Drivers of Commitment To ESG And Sustainability Issues
Figure 2. New Wave Of Regulations Tackling Supply Chain Sustainability

About the Authors

Elisa Molero

Elisa Molero

Senior Analyst

Elisa is a Senior Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in supply chain sustainability. Her research covers 100 vendors in the supply chain sustainability market, supporting buye...

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Kim Knickle

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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