ESG & sustainability
Environmental and social goals, measured on the spend that causes them.
ESG reporting fails when it is a separate exercise run once a year on data nobody trusts. These figures come from the same suppliers, categories and orders as everything else — and say plainly what is an estimate.
The measures
Four measures, computed from spend, honest about their method.
The screen states its own method. A spend-based Scope 3 estimate is the standard first-pass approach, and it is described as an estimate — not an audited figure.
- DiversityDiverse and local supplier spend as a share of the whole, by classification
- CertifiedESG-certified supplier spend, from the certifications suppliers hold on their own record
- CarbonEstimated Scope 3 by category — category spend times an emission factor, the standard spend-based method
- ConfigurableEmission factors and diversity classifications are configuration, so they can be aligned to your own reporting framework
Sustainability, ESG & diversityDiverse spend, certified spend, and estimated Scope 3 by category.
For the buyer
Make it a criterion, not a preference.
Sustainability aims change nothing unless they are weighted in the evaluation everyone can see before the box closes.
- SimpleWeight ESG and local content as published criteria on the competition
- ThenEvaluators score them against a rubric like any other criterion
- ThenThe result feeds the award decision, on the record
- ComplexCertifications claimed by a supplier are held as documents with expiry dates, so a claim can be checked rather than taken
EvaluationWhere sustainability criteria are actually scored.
For the supplier
They provide the evidence, and keep it current.
The certifications and classifications behind these numbers are the supplier's to maintain, in their own portal.
- SimpleRecord classifications — women-owned, Indigenous-owned, local, SME, social enterprise
- ThenUpload certifications with their expiry dates
- ThenBe chased before they lapse rather than after
- EffectThe buying organisation's reported figures rest on documents somebody has actually supplied
Supplier portalWhere the certifications and classifications come from.
For a CPO
A defensible answer to a question that is getting sharper.
The question is no longer whether there is a policy. It is what the number is, where it came from, and who checked it.
- SeesThe measures against total spend, not against a selected sample
- SeesThe method stated on the screen, including that estimates are estimates
- DoesAligns factors and classifications to the framework the organisation actually reports under
- ProofEach figure traces to suppliers, categories and orders that exist
Responsible procurementThe measures, and the method printed underneath them.