EcoVadis Index 2020 – Gain insights from Global Supply Chain ratings of more than 40,000 companies worldwide The supplier rating platform EcoVadis has published this year´s Sustainability Risk and Performance Index – The EcoVadis Index 2020. It illustrates EcoVadis ratings of over 40,000 companies worldwide which have been rated by the platform between 2015 and…
Carbon emissions in the supply chain can be fundamentally higher than those of a company’s operational carbon footprint. When discussing corporate emissions, most of us automatically start looking at electricity and other operational emission sources. But it is the Upstream Scope 3 emissions, and therewith the supply chain emissions, that often make up the largest…
Despite the recent focus on the Corona pandemic, environmental and social topics should not be neglected. The following short status of public available information from automotive OEM companies is by no means complete and might be outdated pretty soon since new requirements and information is published almost weekly by companies, NGOs or other stakeholders. But…
Das Thema Klimaschutz war das Nummer 1 Thema der vergangenen Europawahl. Und auch seitens der Kunden, Lieferanten und Investoren wächst der Druck auf Unternehmen, sich zu positionieren und nachhaltig auszurichten. Zum „Klimaschutz in der Lieferkette“ Workshop trafen sich zum Ende des vergangenen Jahres Vertreter aus Unternehmen und Umwelt- und Naturschutzorganisationen. Zentrale Themen waren dabei die…
Happy New Year! The new year barely started and it is already time for planning your acivities around reporting and disclosure of your companies environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities and data. Several external recognition and disclosure bodies have very strict deadlines – other dates can be chosen by the company itself. This article focuses…
What is the EcoVadis Sustainable Procurement Barometer? The EcoVadis Sustainable Procurement Barometer is a biennial study series, started in 2007, which showcases sustainable procurement developments and practices of companies from all sectors. The report consists of a buyer and a supplier survey, each of which is created using data from online questionnaires and in-depth interviews…
Due to increasing requirements in the pharmaceutical industry, DFGE introduces the PSCI and especially its established pharmaceutical industry principles for responsible supply chain management in the following. What is the PSCI? The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) is an initiative formed as a non-profit business membership in 2006, which is addressing challenges, such as supply…
EcoVadis is a global sustainability rating platform which aims to improve supply chain transparency between buyers and their suppliers. Over 55.000 companies across 155 countries have so far undergone the assessment to improve and integrate sustainability along their value chain. At their annual flagship event Sustain which took place in Paris in March 2019, EcoVadis…
CDP is a platform used by investors and large customers (with CDP Supply Chain) to request companies to disclose environmental data which is then rated against a dedicated methodology. CDP Supply Chain suppliers have just been invited to take part in the questionnaire. Find out more details about the Supply Chain module, the timeline and…
CDP ist eine Plattform, die von Investoren und Großkunden (CDP Supply Chain) verwendet wird, um Unternehmen dazu aufzufordern, Umweltdaten offenzulegen, die dann auf Basis einer transparenten Methodik bewertet werden. CDP Supply Chain Zulieferer wurden kürzlich dazu aufgefordert, den Fragebogen auszufüllen. Erfahren Sie mehr Details zu den Supply Chain Modulen, dem Zeitplan und weiteren Ressourcen, die…
