As procurement re-orients to think about creating value beyond savings, we need to take an expansive point of view.
Each company has a unique relationship with local businesses, global communities, and the environment, and it often falls to procurement to nurture those relationships. Whether it means applying the principles of the circular economy to prevent waste or doing right by small and diversity-owned businesses, corporate social responsibility is far more intertwined with many of procurement’s processes and responsibilities than might be apparent at first glance.
Read and listen to the following resources for inspirational success stories, advice about actionable sustainability, and general social accountability.