Supporting Sustainable Value Chains

Our Sustainable Procurement Wheel helps companies to embed sustainability across their procurement and supply chain practices.

Based on research with leading companies, we have identified key practices and curated a selection of the most relevant resources and tools to help you implement them. The inner wheel follows the procurement lifecycle and the outer wheel looks at broader practices supporting change.

Click on a pathway or practice to learn more.

Understand
Map Your Value Chain
Assess Context
Identify Impacts
Assess Suppliers
Evaluate Risk
Set Strategy
Prioritise
Commit
Align
Identify Gaps
Clarify Responsibilities
Policies & Processes
Invest in Your Team
Recruit and Onboard
Develop Talent
Provide Solutions
Support the Strategy
Support Products and Services
Strengthen the Brand
Collaborate Externally
Target Leverage Points
Support Innovation
Shape Industry Norms
Engage in Advocacy
Improve
Measure
Review
Communicate
Plan
Prepare
Explore Market
Pre-Qualify
Specify Sustainability
Select
Tender (RFx)
Evaluate & Validate
Award
Negotiate Fairly
Contract
Manage
Manage Performance (SPM)
Support Suppliers (SRM)
Manage Logistics
Steward Assets
Adapt

Description

Developed in collaboration with SPP ambassadors

Sustainable Procurement Pledge