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P.O. Tracing
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) guidance now assumes that goods from Xinjiang were produced with forced labor. Because of this, goods can be…
Product Carbon Footprint Assessment
A social, environmental and business ethics performance assessment for your suppliers. Raise awareness, understand supplier risks, and continually improve conditions in your supply chain.
Supplier ESG Assessment
A social, environmental and business ethics performance assessment for your suppliers. Raise awareness, understand supplier risks, and continually improve conditions in your supply chain.
Human Rights Compliance Assessment
Identify the risk of forced labor and modern slavery at every level of your supply chain. Plus, comply with regional modern slavery legislation in Germany,…
Supplier Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment
In partnership with taproot ventures, SupplyShift has developed a Supplier Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment for companies to better understand and advance diversity and inclusion…
Greenhouse Gas Starter Assessment
A standard assessment to help you understand your suppliers’ greenhouse gas measurement, disclosure, and reduction efforts.
Scope 3 Emissions Calculator
A comprehensive facility-level tool to measure emissions intensity of any supplier manufacturing facility.
GHG Leadership and Reporting Assessment
A GHG emissions reporting and progress assessment for your suppliers. Understand management practices and reporting of GHGs and actively reduce emissions and climate risks.
Conflict Minerals Supplier Assessment
Assessment based on the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). For companies required to file a Conflict Minerals Report under the…
CTPAT: Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Assessment
Assess the trade security practices of your supply chain against the criteria of the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT). Identify vulnerabilities, take corrective actions,…
THESIS for Retailers
The Sustainability Insight System (THESIS), created by The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and powered by SupplyShift, is a science-based performance management system helping retailers transform the…
Facility Mapping Assessment
Quickly map your supply chain, incorporate any information requests at any tier, and drive supplier responsibility progress.
Facility Social Audit Screening Tool
Gather social audits and CAPRs in one place to track compliance history, reduce audit fatigue, and drive fair labor practices at supplier facilities.
Sugar Mapping Tool
Developed in collaboration with Bonsucro, the global sustainability platform for sugarcane. Map and assess all sources of sugar and its derivatives, including non-certified supply chains,…
Plastic Packaging Assessment
Understand your suppliers’ use of plastic in their packaging, including recyclable, reusable, and compostable materials. Use insights to work with suppliers to improve and uphold…
The Rainforest Alliance Responsible Soy, Paper, & Wood Assessments
The Rainforest Alliance has developed ethical sourcing assessments to drive sustainability progress in soy, paper, and wood-based products.
YESS Cotton Sourcing Risk Screen
Create sourcing dashboards with supplier profiles of cotton inputs and due diligence efforts. Map your cotton supply chain and use the YESS Cotton Sourcing Risk…
Certified Palm Oil Data Tracking Tool
Aligned with RSPO’s Annual Communication of Progress (ACOP) Guidelines. Track volumes and documentation of certified palm oil in your supply chain to make reporting easy.
Man-Made Cellulosic Fibers Forest Risk Assessment (MMCF)
The Man-Made Cellulosic Fibers (MMCF) Deforestation and Forest Degradation Risk Assessment enables companies to track their progress on eliminating viscose sourcing from ancient and endangered…
Textile & Apparel Supply Chain Assessment
In collaboration with Textile Exchange. Gain insight into your non-certified supply and create a sustainable apparel sourcing program at scale.
Apparel Sustainability KPI Assessment
A comprehensive facility-level assessment to measure factory sustainability performance in textile and apparel supply chains.
Manufacturing Sustainability Assessment
An open-source assessment by the General Mills Natural and Organics Division, hosted by SupplyShift. The Manufacturing Sustainability Assessment is a set of standard, quantitative, and…
CSRHub
Persefoni, Inc. is the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company’s Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory…
Reeve Consulting
Persefoni, Inc. is the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company’s Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory…
Persefoni
Persefoni, Inc. is the leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company’s Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory…
Evalue8 Sustainability
Empowering all businesses and organizations with the ability to shape the future of our planet through technology.
Keelvar
Combining science, strategy, and storytelling in partnership with motivated leaders, organizations, and industries to reimagine sustainability for positive impact.
Edge Impact
Combining science, strategy, and storytelling in partnership with motivated leaders, organizations, and industries to reimagine sustainability for positive impact.
THESIS for Suppliers
THESIS is a science-based platform that helps you comprehensively understand the sustainability performance of the products you sell. Gain the insight you need to identify…
Understanding the EUDR: The Latest Updates from EU Regulators
The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is just twelve months away from enforcement, compelling companies to put systems in place that ensure they comply with the law. The consequences for...
COP28: Seven Takeaways for Procurement and Sustainability Teams
The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) has ushered in a new era in environmental accountability with transformative implications for the world of business, especially for procurement and...
Reflecting on Sustainability: Key Trends That Shaped 2023
As 2023 winds down, let's take a moment to reflect on the transformative trends in sustainability that have reshaped our approach to business and environmental stewardship. This past year has been a...
Navigating the Sustainable Future: Understanding the Impact of Climate Legislation on SMEs
In an era where climate change is at the forefront of global initiatives, evolving climate legislation is echoing through the business world. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),...
The Real ROI of Sustainability: Unveiling the Business Case
In a rapidly changing global landscape, companies can no longer afford to dismiss sustainability as just another trend. The growing focus on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), covering all...
Navigating the Alphabet Soup of Sustainability Reporting: The IFRS S1 & S2, and ESRS
The landscape of sustainability reporting has long been a complex and confusing web of overlapping frameworks and disclosure requirements. Companies have often found themselves navigating an...
Sustainability Sync: The Key to Success
Sustainability: It's more than a trending catchphrase or a box to tick on a corporate checklist. It's the cornerstone of long-lasting organizational success, an essential pillar supporting an...
Looking Beyond Direct Suppliers: Why Sustainability Matters in Your Company’s Indirect Spend
Indirect Spend Sustainability focuses on reducing the environmental, social, and economic impact of a company’s indirect spend activities, including logistics, office supplies, utilities, facilities...
Charting a Sustainable Path Together: Nine Tips for Engaging Procurement Teams in Your Sustainability Journey
Sustainability and responsible sourcing professionals often face the challenge of engaging their procurement teams in sustainability initiatives. With procurement professionals managing a...
Gain Supplier Insights for THESIS and Beyond
Assess your suppliers, gain insight into their sustainability performance, and use their data to complete your THESIS submission – all in one platform.
Unwrapping the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive: Embracing Sustainable Packaging in a Circular Economy
World Environment Day this year, under the theme "Beat Plastic Pollution," emphasizes the urgent need for businesses to critically examine their environmental footprint. With a particular focus on...
Rethinking Indirect Spend for a Greener Tomorrow
Indirect Spend Sustainability focuses on reducing the environmental, social, and economic impact of a company’s indirect spend activities, including logistics, office supplies, utilities, facilities...
The Essential Guide to Supplier Data for ISSB IFRS S2 Reporting Requirements
Navigating the new standards of sustainability reporting is crucial for businesses committed to climate responsibility. In June 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)...
Beginning with Scope 3
As the world intensifies its journey toward a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future, businesses play an increasingly critical role in this transition. Effectively calculating and...
Speaking Procurement’s Language
As a sustainability professional, do you find engaging your procurement teams in sustainability initiatives to be challenging? With procurement professionals managing a significant portion of...
Confronting Biodiversity Loss: Assessing the Impact on Biodiversity in Modern Supply Chains
Conducting global operations across multi-tier or even single-tier supply chains presents numerous sustainability-related risks and opportunities. Biodiversity loss, in particular, has far-reaching...
Sourcing for Tomorrow: The Imperative of Responsible Procurement and the Costs of Inaction
In an ever-evolving business landscape, mastering the art of sustainable procurement is not just an option but a necessity. SupplyShift, in collaboration with Keelvar, invites you to delve into the...
Key Tools and Strategies for Measuring Scope 3 Emissions
For many businesses, Scope 3 emissions account for more than 70% of their carbon footprint. These emissions encompass the entirety of a company's value chain—from raw material acquisition to the end...
The Butterfly Effect: Navigating Biodiversity Impact in Supply Chains and the Key Role of Stakeholder Engagement
In an era where the health of our planet's biodiversity is at a crucial tipping point, businesses play a pivotal role in shaping the future. The modern supply chain, with its vast networks and...
Addressing Human Rights Risks in Corporate Supply Chains
Over 1.1 million people in the United States are estimated to be living in Modern Slavery — and that's only 2.2% of the global total. Addressing human rights risks in global supply chains is a...
Engage Your Supply Chain for Scope 3 Decarbonization
Addressing climate-related risks and business vulnerabilities, companies are currently adopting bold decarbonization strategies that extend past their primary operations to encapsulate emissions...
Mastering Scope 3 on the Way to Net Zero
Reducing supply chain emissions continues to grow as a priority for organizations with climate targets. However, it can be hard to fully grasp Scope 3 and engage suppliers in your efforts. In this...
How Procurement Professionals Can Lead Sustainability
Take the lead on sustainability using better insights and collaboration with peers and suppliers As a procurement professional, you’re probably not an expert on sustainability. Join us to discover...
Managing Progress on Deforestation Goals
Due Diligence Towards Deforestation Simply setting deforestation commitments isn’t enough. You must ask yourself how your organization is tracking progress and what is being done to understand its...
Building your supply chain sustainability program with technology
Learn about the latest updates to the SupplyShift platform, and learn how they benefit you.
Collaborating to Reduce Supply Chain Emissions
Engaging suppliers for product carbon footprint to drive real, trackable supply chain emission reduction Most of your suppliers haven’t measured their own Scope 1 or 2 emissions, let alone...
Delivering the Future of Responsible Sourcing
Scaling actionable insights through collaboration The future of responsible sourcing will require collaboration, fewer pilots/more scaling, and actionable insights - not just data. You need to know...
Sustainability Collaboration for the Global Retailer
Drive real, trackable supply chain emission reduction You need to streamline engagement for a large range of suppliers while also being mindful of supplier fatigue.All suppliers are different, and...
Indirect Spend & GNFR Sustainability
How collaboration can tackle spend categories with hidden human rights risks and emission reduction opportunities Indirect spend is challenging to address because these suppliers generally aren't...
The Supplier Perspective on Sustainable Procurement
What do your suppliers really think of your sustainable supply chain program? Insights from our SupplyShift’s recent survey of supplier users Credible, quality, comprehensive insights into your...
How much do you know about your upstream supply chain?
OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector Side Session New legislation, especially UFLPA, and market pressures are pushing companies to get more upstream transparency in their...
How Human Rights Due Diligence legislation affects your procurement teams and more.
Compliance with Human Rights Due Diligence laws requires the right processes and supplier information. So how do supplier data and proactive supplier engagement play a role? A renewed focus...
Supply Chain Responsibility: Where to Start?
A beginner’s guide Don't know where to start understanding how risky your suppliers are or what to do about it? You need visibility into risk and supplier practices to create a baseline of...
Starting on Scope 3 Emissions Reduction
A beginner’s guide Your organization’s success in sustainable procurement hinges on your ability to work with suppliers to actively reduce emissions and climate risks. You need to understand...
Speaking Procurement’s Language
How Sustainability professionals can engage & collaborate with Procurement to drive real impact and value Sustainability is complex and may not be top-of-mind for procurement professionals. As a...
Talking Indirect Spend Management with Procurement Foundry
Innovative Approaches to Indirect Spend Management: Lessons from Leading Companies Today's organizations are more committed than ever to incorporating sustainability into their indirect spend...
Turning Over a New Leaf: EU’s Bold Move Against Deforestation and the Path to Compliance
On April 19th, 2023, the European Parliament adopted the new EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), clearing the way for it to move forward. Next, the law will be formally endorsed by the Council of...
CSDDD and CSRD – What’s the difference?
What is the difference between the CSDDD and CSRD, and how should you focus your efforts? The EU’s recent Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due...
CSDDD – How will it impact your organization?
Preparing for Compliance: How Will CSDDD Impact Your Organization? The European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) was published on February 23, 2022. This legislation...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Collaborating to help you build lasting supplier partnerships and tackle today’s biggest supply chain sustainability challenges.
Canopy
Track your viscose commitment on deforestation and forest degradation and root out at-risk forest sourcing.
ENGIE Impact
Accelerating supply chain decarbonization.
SASB
Use the SASB Materiality Map® to assess and report your ESG performance.
Responsible Sourcing Network
Collaborating to create due diligence systems that identify risks of forced labor in cotton supply chains with Responsible Sourcing Network.
Coupa
Integrate with Coupa’s leading ESG and diversity data to infuse sustainability within your sourcing and procurement teams.
SAI Platform
Bringing together over 100 member companies and organizations leading the way in sustainable agriculture worldwide.
South Pole
South Pole is a leading provider of global carbon and climate management solutions.
SCS Global Services
Expert third-party certification, validation, and verification services.
Earthworm
Transforming supply chains to improve relationships between business, climate, habitats, and people.
Indirect Spend Alliance – Pharmaceuticals
A discussion for everyone working on pharmaceutical supply chain sustainability. Connect and catch up on activity, progress, and tools from several projects and working groups in this space....
The Shift 23
Sustainable procurement can be challenging. That's why SupplyShift held The Shift 23, a series of 1-hour virtual sessions throughout February 2023. We had over 1,000 people participate in the live...
Demystifying the Human Rights Journey
As human rights due diligence legislation evolves globally, companies are expected to up their game and do more to identify, understand, remediate, and report on their supply chains. For years...
CSRD & Supply Chain Sustainability: What You Need to Know
What is the CSRD? The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is new legislation in the European Union that requires, elevates, and standardizes ESG reporting like never before. It...
Addressing Scope 3 by Category
As companies start to take Scope 3 seriously, they need better approaches to engage suppliers, measure emissions, and reduce them. At SupplyShift, we’ve been helping customers gather Scope 3 data...
How Can Supply Chains Become Sustainable and Transparent?
Sustainability and transparency are different things, but they go hand in hand, says Jamie Barsimantov, chief strategy officer at SupplyShift. Transparency is knowing your supply chain and your...
How Should Supply Chain Managers be Thinking About Circularity?
Circular value chains have been a topic of growing interest in recent years. With new legislation across the globe, companies need to start thinking about where materials come from and where they go...
Demystifying The Human Rights Due Diligence Journey
As human rights due diligence legislation and reporting requirements evolve, companies are expected to align with global standards. For those that are newer to this journey, it might not be clear...
Customer Success Story: Potter & Moore
Potter & Moore Uses THESIS to Showcase its Sustainability to Buyers! Potter & Moore is a supplier to an integrated healthcare, pharmacy, and retail buyer that drives tremendous impact across...
Customer Success Story: Simple Mills
Simple Mills Uses SupplyShift to Support Its Regeneration Mission! Since its founding in 2012, Simple Mills has been on a mission to enrich lives and bodies through simple, delicious, whole...
The ABC’s of Supply Chain ESG: Best Practices and Tools for Supply Chain Sustainability
Companies at the forefront of sustainability have discovered that a proactive approach to sustainability is enhancing their triple bottom line, protecting their profits, people, and the planet. For...
2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Supplier Sustainability Applications
SupplyShift has been named a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Market Guide for Supplier Sustainability Applications. Learn more about Supplier Sustainability...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Tackling Your Scope 3 Challenges
Consumers, regulators, and investors care more about climate issues than ever before, and the pressure on businesses to mitigate their climate impact will only keep increasing. To address this, and...
Human Rights Due Diligence – The Time to Act is Now
Mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) laws in the EU provide the need for action required alongside the international standards in business and human rights. The upcoming German Supply Chain...
What Does Supplier Collaboration Mean for Sustainability?
Today’s sustainability goals are significant; there’s no denying it. With governments worldwide coming together to combine forces and keep the rate of global warming below 1.5℃, all efforts turn to...
Tackling Deforestation in Supply Chains: Data, Technology & Collaboration
Deforestation is a major driver of social and ecological issues, from biodiversity loss and soil degradation to climate change and impacts on indigenous populations. While corporate focus is...
Addressing Deforestation in the Supply Chain
Currently, companies are setting net-zero goals left, right, and center, with clean energy often synonymous with tackling emissions. Yet, impact of deforestation on net-zero progress is sometimes...
What To Do About Low Sustainability Performers
Globally, businesses are beginning to realize that there is an urgent need for quick, decisive, and meaningful corporate action when faced with the issue of sustainability. As companies act upon...
Addressing Labor Issues in the Supply Chain
The concept of forced labor is not new. It’s been newsworthy since at least the mid-’90s when reports of sweatshops in apparel became commonplace. Forced labor in industries such as agriculture and...
SupplyShift Ascends to Data Security Excellence with ISO27001:2022 Certification
SANTA CRUZ, November 21, 2023 – In a notable achievement for data security within the supply chain sustainability sector, SupplyShift has proudly secured the ISO27001:2022 Certification. As of...
SupplyShift and Persefoni Announce Strategic Partnership for Comprehensive Carbon Emissions Tracking and Improvement
SANTA CRUZ, CA AND TEMPE, AZ, September 25, 2023 — SupplyShift, a premier provider of supply chain transparency software and sustainable procurement solutions, is pleased to announce a strategic...