SUSTAINABILITY
Annual Global Supply Chain Report , which surveyed 900 senior decision-makers across the US and EU , large companies are losing an average of US $ 184mn per year due to supply chain disruption , with 83 % having suffered reputational damage because of those problems . Yet 66 % are still not assessing their global supply chain on a continuous basis .”
“ There are a lot of hurdles that impact a procurement team ’ s sustainability efforts . For example , if you ’ re a procurement manager , it ’ s within your remit to ensure your value chain operations are not contributing to negative environmental impacts including
“ The pandemic has accelerated the growing emphasis on ESG-risk , as well as the need to optimise on longerterm resiliency ”
JENNIFER BISCEGLIE CEO AND FOUNDER , INTEROS procurementmag . com 119