In this report, Criticaleye partner Workday (in collaboration with Procurement Leaders), explores ways to operationalise ESG, as well as address the issue of ‘greenwashing’.

Key takeaways in the report include:

• Emissions in the supply chain can make up as much as 95 percent of a business’s overall emissions footprint.
   
• Investing in systems to gather, store and use ESG data to inform decision-making is crucial if procurement teams are to deliver on sustainability goals.
   
• The need to move away from ‘greenwashing’ and use fact-based decision-making is crucial if procurement teams are to deliver on sustainability goals.? 
   
• A key requirement of any new system to measure ESG data is flexibility and configurability.