Today I read a post by Justin Fogarty in Supply Excellence that mentions a report from HEC Paris.
I read the entire report, and among the things that caught my eye is the list of tools and their usage at the interviewed companies that have been implemented to work in a sustainable way in procurement. Below the list and the percentage of utilization:
1.- Supplier Charter: 67%
2.- Suppliers Assessment tools: 40%
3.- Categories/Risks Analysis tools: 38%
4.- Suppliers CSR Audits: 30%
5.- Guidelines on best practices per commodity: 27%
6.- Total Cost Models: 16%
Interestingly, having a formal Supplier Charter on Sustainability is the one tool that 2/3 of the companies have already implemented. That is only the INTENT to do something. When they move to actually doing something (the rest of the list), the tool most used is the Supplier Assessment one, but only 40% of companies are using it. Furthermore, if you keep reading the report, companies are more into stating changes in their processes rather than actual results i.e. reduction of carbon footprint. Again, more words than action.
Is still along road to Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement, but at least the intent to do something is better than nothing.
Carlos Ortiz
