November 1, 2021 Santa Cruz, CA GreenBiz Group recognized SupplyShift as the top solution in the Carbon category of their VERGE 21 Accelerate pitch competition. SupplyShift was named the most...
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Your Complete Guide to Supply Chain Sustainability
Today, a company’s public image can rapidly diminish if they fail to comply with the increasingly prevalent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards being put into place worldwide. One...
How Suppliers Demonstrate Best Practices to Buyers
According to Gartner’s Future of Supply Chain: Crisis Shapes the Profession report, 77% of companies say that they’re investing in deeper and more collaborative supplier relationships to build...
How Remote Assessments Can Reduce Audit Costs
Audits prove to be a heavy lift for many companies. Time is retracted from core operations due to suppliers juggling the task of repeatedly participating in them, which is a dragged-out process for...
Supplier Engagement Best Practices – Key Takeaways From Our Webinar
The need for supplier engagement has never been greater—an engaged supply chain drives impact and lays the foundation for businesses to collaborate with suppliers to address our most pressing...
Bonsucro and SupplyShift Launch Sugar Mapping Tool, a New Tech Solution Enabling Companies to Track and Ensure Sustainable Sugar Production
September 1, 2021 Santa Cruz, CA New tool helps companies track environmental, social, and supply chain sustainability performance for cane and beet sugar globally. Today SupplyShift, a sustainable...
Supplier Engagement: Empowering Suppliers to Create More Sustainable Supply Chains
From greenhouse gas emissions to forced labor, the vast majority of sustainability impact occurs outside our own four walls. The need for supplier engagement has never been higher - businesses must...
Towards A Circular Economy for Plastic: Driving Impact Through the Supply Chain
Our world is facing a plastic crisis - by 2050, there may be more plastic than fish in the ocean. Adopting a circular economy is the best way forward, and businesses are at the forefront of the...
Tackling Plastics and Packaging in Supply Chains
Plastic waste has a staggering impact on our environment. Roughly 40% of all produced plastic is for single-use plastic packaging, and 5.25 trillion plastic and microplastic pieces float around in...
Customer Success Story: Lush
Lush uses SupplyShift to support its regeneration mission. Nearly 80% of a product's environmental impact happens in the design phase. For the cosmetics industry, creating sustainable...
Best Practices for Sending Supplier Sustainability Assessments
According to Deloitte, the market for responsible supply chain tools could reach $2.7B by 2023. One pivotal type of tool is digital supplier assessments. These tools help companies achieve...
Maximizing Supplier Participation in Sustainability Reporting
Gartner predicts that by 2023, organizations that don’t optimize how they manage supplier data will have faulty information for up to half their suppliers. To prevent bad data from corroding...
Roadmap of Industry Groups – Your Complete Guide to Supply Chain Sustainability Collaboration
2021 has brought an increased drive for corporate sustainability, from mitigating GHG emissions and promoting DE&I to preventing deforestation. These measures are not only critical for the...
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Your Supply Chain
The 2020 triad of health, economic, and racial justice crises has accelerated corporate thinking about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Today, whether through internal hiring initiatives,...
How to Identify Your Supply Chain Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
In today’s climate, ESG compliance is no longer a “nice-to-have.” If you’re not taking ESG seriously, you’re simply not prepared for the future. And to take concrete action towards increasing...
The Supply Chain Sustainability Journey
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) concerns have become a top priority for consumers, investors, and regulators alike. Companies that prioritize sustainability in their business strategy...
How to Approach Multi-Tier Supplier Assessments
Organizations big and small rely heavily on hundreds—if not thousands—of different suppliers around the globe. In this type of supply chain ecosystem, companies must understand sustainability...
What is Multi-Tier and Why to Do It
Many companies focus solely on their tier one suppliers when it comes to supply chain sustainability. Yet to holistically tackle ESG performance, procurement teams must evaluate their operations at...
SupplyShift Launches InvestShift, an ESG Platform for Investors to Tackle Portfolio and Supply Chain Sustainability
June 15, 2021 Santa Cruz, CA As ESG considerations mount, InvestShift helps private equity investors measure and improve sustainable business performance across their portfolios. Today at the...
Supply Chain Emissions 2021 – Key Takeaways from our Webinar
During our supply chain emissions webinar on May 19th, industry leaders from CDP, Engie Impact, and Philip Morris International came together to explore trends in Scope 3 emissions reporting and...
Supply Chain Emissions 2021: Trends, Tools, and Strategies for Scope 3 and Beyond
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...
Why Sustainable Supply Chains?
In light of an increasingly strained global ecosystem, corporations, governments, and environmental scientists have revamped the drive for sustainability, honing in on the benefits of eco-friendly...
The Importance of Measuring Scope 3 Supply Chain Emissions and How to Get Started
The world has reached a crucial point in its effort to combat the climate crisis. Right now, businesses have a huge role to play in limiting the increase in average global temperature to below...
SupplyShift Recognized in 2021 Gartner Market Guide for Supplier Sustainability Applications
May 11, 2021 Santa Cruz, CA Companies are facing pressure to address ESG issues in the supply chain. In a 2021 report by Gartner, it is recommended that companies leverage purpose-built technologies...
Active Vs. Passive Supplier Sustainability Assessments
In 2021, measuring supply chain sustainability is crucial. Ahead of the upcoming United Nations COP26, business leaders and organizations are facing more pressure than ever before to address...
Supplier Sustainability Assessment ─ Where Do I Start?
Sustainability is one of the fastest-growing priorities in the procurement profession today. Through the pandemic, the weak points in an already fractured global supply chain, increasing ocean...
Forced Labor in Cotton Supply Chains ─ Key Takeaways From Our Webinar
On April 21st, our webinar on forced labor in cotton supply chains brought together leaders from Responsible Sourcing Network and Fashion for Good to explore how industry-wide tools and supply chain...
Forced Labor in Cotton Supply Chains
Forced labor concerns over cotton sourcing have recently skyrocketed to the center of consumer and regulatory attention. With notable fashion brands facing scrutiny over labor issues in their supply...
Three Ways Procurement Can Drive Sustainability Through the Supply Chain
SupplyShift takes a look at three ways that supply chain professionals can drive sustainability through procurement practices. In 2021 and the decade ahead, it’d be safe to assume that consumers...
Scope 3 Emissions: Empowering Suppliers to Deliver a Net-Zero Business
Supply chains account for 50-90% of a company's environmental footprint, but for many businesses this is the most challenging area for driving decarbonization. Join business leaders from...
SupplyShift Partners with Responsible Sourcing Network, Launches Tool to Screen for Forced Labor Risk in Cotton Supply Chains
March 31, 2021 Santa Cruz, CA SupplyShift announced today that their platform will host the YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced Cotton Sourcing Risk Screen, a tool built in collaboration...
Leveraging Technology to Optimize Supply Chain Sustainability
Procurement has a critical role to play in addressing sustainability issues. Research from Procurement Leaders suggests that supply chains account for 50-90% of a company's environmental footprint....
SupplyShift Announces New Tool to Help Businesses Advance Supplier Diversity in Supply Chains
11 February 2021 Santa Cruz, CA SupplyShift announced today that they are adding the Supplier Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Assessment to its network, a new tool that helps businesses understand...
Using Transparency to Build Resilient, Risk-Averse Supply Chains
The resilience to COVID-19 distributions from companies with strong CSR programs only bolstered the need for sustainability in every organization. Hear from Coupa and SupplyShift in this...
Tackling Climate Change Through Sustainable, Resilient Procurement
A one-hour interactive discussion, featuring SupplyShift COO - Jamie Barismantov, where the role of sustainable procurement in tackling climate change is explored. Hear from LVMH, The Body...
Summit 2020 On Demand
2020 brought new challenges for every business, and sustainability, procurement, and supply chain teams have had to become extremely adaptable to keep up with the ever-changing environment. As we...
How to Prepare for a Transparent Supply Chain in 2021
2020 has been a defining year for transparent supply chains. When the pandemic hit, most people expected sustainability efforts to take a back-seat role. On the contrary, companies seem to be more...
Lenovo and PMI Commit to Product Transparency, Release Sustainability Scores and Rankings Publicly
29th October 2020 Santa Cruz/Phoenix The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) and SupplyShift announce today that Lenovo and PMI Worldwide are recommitting to their corporate sustainability goals...
Best Practices to Help Create Risk-Averse, Agile, and Sustainable Value Chains
In this time of crisis and uncertainty, it is essential for Procurement to ensure that the modern supply chain meets the goals of your business. Suppliers need to meet your business’ standards in...
SupplyShift and Anthesis Announce Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Supply Chain Sustainability Action
Combining the sustainability subject matter expertise and geographical reach of Anthesis with SupplyShift’s network approach to supply chain transparency and data exchange, the alliance will…
Customer Success Study: Earthworm Foundation
Earthworm uses SupplyShift to drive responsible palm oil engagement. Palm oil is in almost everything. It's efficient, affordable, and highly productive, but its widespread use contributes to a...
Pathways to Responsible Palm Oil
As the most efficient and widely used vegetable oil on the planet, palm oil offers a range of benefits to companies using it to produce goods. Palm is a highly productive, affordable, and versatile...
SAI Platform’s Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) Now Available on SupplyShift
The new partnership adds industry-leading sustainable agriculture tool to SupplyShift’s Standard Assessment library. FSA is a comprehensive questionnaire that enables food industry partners and farmers…
Supply Chain Transparency and Resilience: Insights for Sustainable Retail
COVID-19 has presented challenges across the board for the retail industry, but it has also presented new opportunities to realign and improve strategies. Hear from The Sustainability...
The Emerging Shape of Recovery
The economic impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus were swift. As countries around the globe responded with shutdowns, demand for some goods and services plummeted and skyrocketed for others....
Shifting to COVID-19 Recovery, SupplyShift Collaborates with Moody’s Analytics and Verisk Maplecroft to Expand Impact Assessment – Extends No-Cost Access
Santa Cruz, 6/9/20 On March 17, SupplyShift launched their no-cost COVID-19 Impact Assessment to help companies identify suppliers at all levels of the supply chain and assess the impacts of...
Supply Chain Emissions – Navigating the Challenges Ahead
Corporations continue to make progress on carbon-reduction initiatives, and the supply chain has come into focus as a critical area for businesses to reduce overall emissions. At the same time,...
SISC Announces Soft Launch of New Calculator, Online Platform to Make On-Farm Sustainability Data Easy to Collect and Share
SISC announces soft launch of new calculator, online platform to make on-farm sustainability data easy to collect and share
Supply Chain Emissions: What Challenges Lie Ahead?
The supply chain is often cited as one of the areas where companies have significant challenges in managing and reducing emissions. For lots of businesses, most emissions lie within the supply...
Transparency is the First Step to Securing Global Supply Chains
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted supply chains around the globe and brought intense scrutiny to management strategies. Manufacturing industries such as apparel, auto parts and semiconductors...
SupplyShift Offers Multi-Tier Supply Chain Mapping at No Cost to Assess COVID-19 Impact
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Cruz, 3/17/2020: SupplyShift, a leading supply chain responsibility and transparency platform, has announced that they will offer a multi-tier mapping assessment...
Simplifying Supply Chain Sustainability – Collaboration and Standardization
In this 45-minute webinar, F4SS, General Mills, and SupplyShift present on the state of responsible supply chains today. Hear how standard approaches can help you get started, create insight, and...
How Standardization Advances Supply Chain Responsibility
Imagine requesting a Q1 financial report from a vendor and receiving data for September through November. “What?” the vendor asks incredulously…“That’s our Q1.” Having a common framework and...
Retail Sustainability During the Holidays
U.S retailers are proclaiming 2019 as the “apocalypse”—nearly 9,500 stores have closed their doors this year. That list includes discount stores like Family Dollar and Kmart, clothing stores like...
SupplyShift Expands Suite of Standard Assessments to Enable Efficient Responsible Supply Chain Engagement
Adds five new Essentials offerings for companies to leverage pre-built assessments designed by subject matter experts in supplier code of conduct, palm oil, soy, trade security, and more. FOR...
Customer Success Story: S&D Coffee & Tea
S&D Coffee & Tea drives sustainability at 4,500 farms using SupplyShift. Coffee suppliers and major restaurant brands have made strong commitments to sustainable coffee sourcing, but making...
The Sustainable CMO
Major transformations are reshaping the role, scope, sphere, and shelf life of the Chief Marketing Officer. CMOs are under increasing pressure to effect major change, with a wider sphere of...
“All-in” on Responsible Sourcing
For companies large and small, CSR is now baked into the organizational DNA. Consumers demand transparency, responsible sourcing, and sustainable business practices throughout the product…
Actionable Intelligence: Combining Data and Tools to Enhance Supply Chain Visibility
Access to data is no longer the challenge to businesses that it once was. Instead, supply chain managers are asking: “Now what?” The next hurdle is to integrate this data into a systematic...
Optimize Your Sustainability Assessment Process
Providing data on your supply chain can be a challenging task. We’ve worked with leading brands to help get them ahead of their reporting requirements and deploy supply chain assessments that...
Global Climate Strike and How to Achieve Your Science-Based Targets
The Global Climate Strike is happening. At a time when almost every nation of the world has signed the Paris Agreement, emissions are still on the rise, and the world now faces a tipping point on...
TSC Launches New Measurement Platform Unlocking Unprecedented Business Value Through Communication Between Buyers and Suppliers
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) announced today that it has selected SupplyShift as its new partner and reporting platform for The Sustainability Insight System (THESIS) Index,…
Leverage Data to Transform Your Supply Chain Across All Tiers
The majority of ESG risks and opportunities are found within the supply chain, but most large companies still do not fully engage with their supply chains beyond the primary tier. Not only does this...
Next Generation Supply Chain Management
Today, we’re operating within a complex global supply network, where the practices of your business partners have direct and profound impacts on your company’s reputation. Numerous companies have...
Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING LABOR RISK IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS Labor issues are still prominent in global supply chains, but before global businesses can root out modern slavery,...
Enhanced Engagement and Metrics for Responsible Supply Chains
Global companies are changing the way they see and share information to address risk and responsibility in their supply chain. Industry-wide measurement frameworks offer the opportunity for...
Driving Brand Performance through Supply Chain Transparency
For brands and companies with commodity supply chains, ensuring sustainable sourcing is no longer just a corporate responsibility issue – it’s one of long term security of supply. But with...
The Sustainable CMO: How sustainability is changing the role of the CMO
Sustainability is emerging as a major portal through which CMOs can achieve unprecedented business success, and among leading companies, the sustainability value proposition has become…
Customer Success Story: Wrangler
Wrangler optimizes data collection and reporting efforts using SupplyShift. Wrangler, the iconic American denim brand is part of an industry-wide push for transparency and sustainable practices in...
SupplyShift and Textile Exchange Partner to Accelerate Industry-Wide Responsible Supply Chains in Textiles and Apparel
Partnership combines expert textile industry group with leading supply chain transparency software platform 6/19/19, Santa Cruz, CA: SupplyShift, a leading responsible sourcing and supply chain...
Blockchain for Responsible Sourcing – Where Does It Fit?
Blockchain is a revolutionary technology — without a doubt. The next-level security, transparency, and efficiency of blockchain technology will redefine many...
Worker Insights to Drive Action: How to Operationalize Worker Voice Using Technology
Guidelines to consider when incorporating worker voice tech into your supply chain program.
Podcast: Data and Visibility of Labor and Human Rights Risk
Hear SupplyShift COO Jamie Barsimantov on The Consumer Goods Forum's End-to-End Value Chain Podcast. SupplyShift COO, Jamie Barsimantov, was featured on the Consumer Goods Forum's E2E Value...
SupplyShift & Ulula Connect Worker Voice to Supply Chain Visibility
1/23/2019, Santa Cruz, CA: SupplyShift, a leading supplier management, responsible sourcing and supplier engagement platform, and Ulula, a comprehensive technology solution to integrate worker voice...
Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops Partners with SupplyShift to Build New Stewardship Calculator
4/25/2019, Santa Cruz, CA: The Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops (SISC) continues to develop opportunities to support food industry collaboration towards greater natural resource management and...
When Worker Voice is Next on the Agenda
What steps can you take to encourage a culture of open dialogue and worker well-being within your supply chain?
When Worker Voice is Only a Whisper
To engage with the most vulnerable in your supply chain, start by evolving your company's culture. There are a number of organizations doing great work to uncover slavery and engage workers within...
How Businesses Can Address Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
In 2015, the UK became the first major world economic power to pass legislation targeting modern slavery. The UK Modern Slavery Act requires companies with revenues greater than £36 million to issue...
The Sustainable CMO: 3 Values for Marketing Leadership
This article is an excerpt from our white paper, The Sustainable CMO: How sustainability is transforming the role of the CMO, written in collaboration with RF| BINDER and Possible. Click...
Good News for Holiday Coffee Lovers — More Investment in Responsible Coffee Supply Chains
The holiday coffee-drinking season is upon us! On November 1, Starbucks locations in the US and Canada unveiled four new versions of the company’s much-anticipated festive holiday cups ready to be...
You Can’t ‘Contract Away’ Supply Chain Problems
There are many compelling reasons for international businesses to ensure that their global supply chains are free from ethically or environmentally questionable practices. Any company that's serious...
SupplyShift Raises Series A Funding to Accelerate Growth
Investment further drives efficiency and responsibility in global supply chains
SupplyShift Delivers Mobile Support for Remote Supplier Data Collection
On-site Supplier Data Collection Shown to Enhance Responsible Sourcing 10/30/2018, Santa Cruz, CA: SupplyShift has released their mobile application, extending the platform’s ability to...
Is Your Halloween Candy Responsibly Sourced?
There’s nothing remotely “responsible” about how most Americans celebrate Halloween, starting with the grossly irresponsible amounts of candy we ingest on October 31st with the flimsy excuse that...
SupplyShift and Verisk Maplecroft Form Strategic Alliance
SupplyShift, a leading supplier management, responsible sourcing, and supplier engagement platform, and Verisk Maplecroft, the global risk analytics and research company, have sealed a strategic...
Supply Chain Mapping Essentials Available Now
Map view of suppliers provides supply chain insights Santa Cruz, CA: SupplyShift has unveiled their newest Essentials product offering: Supply Chain Mapping Essentials. Mapping Essentials is a short...
Expanded SupplyShift Essentials™ Solutions Delivered
Pre-built assessments and analytics for transparent, responsible supply chains Santa Cruz, CA: SupplyShift recently released their SupplyShift Essentials solutions that allow companies to quickly...
Webinar: IT Ecosystem Project Update with SupplyShift and TSC
Last week, we co-hosted a webinar with The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) to get into the details of our collaborative undertaking. We've been working to bring simplified supply chain KPI reporting...
Podcast: Supply Chain Best Practice Trends with Innovation Forum
Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh caught up with SupplyShift COO Jamie Barsimantov on current supply chain best-practice trends. Listen in to hear their thoughts on getting started, standardizing...
Moving Beyond Spreadsheets for Responsible Supply Chains
I love Excel. There, I said it. It is an incredibly powerful, versatile tool that I’ve used for everything from finance to carbon modelling. With such a powerful tool, there is a temptation to use...
Effective Traceability for Responsible Pulp, Paper, & Packaging
Paper and packaging is, in some ways, a unique commodity. Unlike other commodities, paper, pulp, and packaging are critical for every industry, from coffee to furniture. Coincidentally, paper...
4 Elements of a Successful Supply Chain Transparency Strategy
As corporate priorities evolve, large enterprises have realized that supply chain transparency is not only a critical aspect of brand image, but is also of paramount importance for the bottom line....
From the Farmer to the Foil: The Cacao Supply Chain Challenge
Chocolate is undoubtedly a world favorite in the realm of sweets. Each year, more than 3 million tons of cocoa beans are used to produce the treats we find on store shelves. The chocolate we...
Responsible Sourcing as Part of Corporate Governance
Hello, my name is Alex, I’m the CEO of SupplyShift. Although we typically focus on supply-chain specific items of interest, I wanted to start this year with a broader look at the business...
What’s in a Box: Creating More Responsible Holidays
Nothing says the Holidays like gift-laden delivery trucks rushing to fill all of our last minute orders. And with every delivery comes a box, or two, or three, all of which arrive on our doorsteps...