How Procurement Can Catalyze ESG

As the climate crisis continues to impact consumer trends, investor demands and government regulations, increasing sustainability and ESG has become a top priority for businesses. And while procurement is ideally positioned to act as a catalyst for this vital transition, the function can’t succeed on its own. In this timely podcast, GEP senior sourcing lead Céline Pieren and consulting manager Scott Goodfellow examine the challenges facing procurement in enabling more sustainable decision-making across the organization — and why it needs leadership’s help in order to realize measurable, valuable change. What You’ll Hear: The difference between sustainability goals and ESG goals How a more holistic framework can reduce an organization’s ecological footprint and increase its social equity Merging sustainability and ESG with cost-effective procurement solutions Ways to ensure successful tracking of progress against company targets