In the world's largest CEO study on sustainability to date, more than 1,000 top executives from 27 industries across 103 countries assess the past, present and future of sustainable business;...
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Unemployment, resource scarcity, climate change, food insecurity and inequity all signal the need for radical change in our societies. To bring this change, the entire UN system must meet the...
More and more companies are extending their commitment to responsible business practices to their value chains, from subsidiaries to suppliers. They do so not only because of the inherent social...
This 2015 edition of the SD in Action Report reviews a numbers of action networks and multi-stakeholder partnerships with a particular focus on how knowledge and expertise is aggregated, managed...
Recent statistics show that companies with existing supplier diversity programs report increased profitability – sometimes as high as a 133% return on procurement investments. The respected track...
The Request for Proposal process is an integral component to modern day sourcing. However, the RFP framework was created over a century ago, limited by paper communication. Despite technological...
Original Source: United Nations
"Monitoring is the systematic process of collecting, analyzing and using information to track a programme’s progress toward reaching its objectives and to...
Just like running an employee background check, mitigating supplier risk requires proactive and intentional vetting. The same concept applies for even more complex, multi-tiered supply chains....
Though many organizations are aware of and will mitigate business risks, procurement as a risk control function is often overlooked. Specifically, SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) is a key...
In the global supply chain landscape, threats to cyber-security are increasing exponentially. Fortune 500 companies have had sensitive information leaked because hackers have targeted...