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<p id=""><strong id="">Scope 3 emissions can represent up to 90% of a company’s total carbon footprint. </strong></p><p id="">Despite that being a huge percentage, the evaluation of scope 3 was only considered optional until recently. However, this made it difficult for any business to effectively and significantly reduce its environmental impact.</p><p id="">To solve this issue Greenly has decided to offer their customers a 100% digital solution, allowing them to evaluate their supply chain in a few clicks while quickly identifying their ways of improvement. </p><p id="">Curious? Discover our “Supplier Engagement” solution now. </p><p id="">‍</p><h2 id="">Why do you need help from your suppliers to reduce your carbon footprint?</h2><h3 id="">The supply chain, a major CO2 emission station</h3><p id="">Supply chain is responsible for a significant share of <a href="https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/company-guide/what-are-the-scope-3-emissions" id="">scope 3 emissions</a>. </p><p id="">According to a <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Business%20Functions/Sustainability/Our%20Insights/Starting%20at%20the%20source%20sustainability%20in%20the%20supply%20chain/Starting-at-the-source-Sustainability-in-supply-chains.pdf" id="">2016 McKinsey study</a>, <strong id="">supply chains of PGC companies can account for up to 90% of corporate emissions and environmental impact</strong>.</p><p id="">Conclusion? If you want to reduce your company’s carbon footprint quickly and significantly, you must focus on your suppliers.</p><blockquote id="">👉 As a reminder, scope 3 includes all indirect greenhouse gas emissions (excluding energy): purchasing, transporting goods, waste management, etc.</blockquote><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">A quality requirement up to sourcing</h3><p id="">If your company is responsible for a large amount of Scope 3 emissions, this situation could rapidly get it into trouble. 💥</p><p id="">Because of <a href="https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/ecology-news/what-is-the-climate-disclosure-rule-proposed-by-the-sec" id="">emerging regulatory obligations</a> and the emergency embodied by global warming, companies are required to be exemplary, both by their clients and their investors.</p><p id="">Environmental performance (and carbon assessments) are screened. Brands that try to free themselves of their environmental impact or venture to practice greenwashing play a dangerous game.</p><p id="">There are a lot of examples illustrating the attention now given to the companies’ supply chains: in 2020, Total had been caught by Greenpeace for its palm oil-based “agrofuels”.</p><p id="">In the same way, clothing brands belonging to the <a href="https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/ecology-news/all-you-need-to-know-about-fast-fashion" id="">fast-fashion industry</a> are regularly criticized for their supply chain.</p><p id="">‍</p><h2 id="">How to involve your suppliers in your low-carbon strategy?</h2><h3 id="">Conduct a carbon assessment for your company</h3><p id="">Before seeking the commitment of your suppliers, it is essential to measure the carbon footprint of your own company.</p><p id="">The objective is to detail the environmental impact of its activity and to identify the ways it could be improved.</p><blockquote id="">👀 Let’s face it: it would be ill-received to require efforts from your supply chain if you don’t do your part.</blockquote><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">Ask for Greenly’s Supplier Engagement Solution</h3><p id="">The Supplier Engagement solution created by Greenly aims at enabling each company to develop a clear vision of its supply chain’s carbon footprint and to engage its suppliers in developing their own low-carbon strategy. </p><blockquote id="">👉 Each company is advised by its dedicated Climate Expert. </blockquote><p id="">‍</p><h2 id="">Supplier Engagement journey, step by step</h2><h3 id="">1. Listing of suppliers</h3><p id="">The company using the Supplier Engagement solution imports the list of its suppliers in .csv format, or adds them one by one. </p><p id="">Once registered, each supplier has its own information sheet.</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4c49a3a94a71752ef2_xL975Jt00Jem6RFOFCQSnGqyBsRUdrDaREsRlzD_mmT6MfXGMlolOTOUo2sEJdcdr_XBrbU4-rigRgXNdZX6_Eu3yMLlm0X_yfp5Dw1LKpP30N0HmXRYPP5P3_x3o1mGjYfBsqhe9YhNOv8qUVAkUuvqdN3v05eGRkCXLPTgI_4zsgIKPjzC-rBehw.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">2. Pooling of databases</h3><p id="">If some suppliers have already been evaluated by Greenly, we will recover their information, and their score will automatically appear on their information sheet.</p><p id="">As a reminder, Greenly’s databases are updated regularly via external sources (CDP for example).</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4d3fb3571a740242de_fuZZKoXh_prTU6dcmjglNL11dD5sibJ82J3lNJW4PxHhTkh2NaFc2f-l4y8Q0kYxKFJFV7TXY5L0TG3Di0dPehRc7cm7D25mUWaEoWeCaaMcc6Lp3EyePoMm99hZOLWzAvd7j8rsALXE1fTRnT4hr-33jo7JRalJYqMwXDjtliCPX6s8iAi0MRIYnQ.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">3. Supplier Engagement Process</h3><p id="">A questionnaire is sent by Greenly to the suppliers the company wants to evaluate, thanks to the Supplier Engagement platform. </p><p id="">The questionnaire includes declarative data to be collected (producing country, purchasing policy, etc.), as well as documents to be provided (carbon assessment - if already done - and turnover). </p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4d2b979a50958819f7_RrvAzXtG1bm2o-QLsuJjL9BCJbrCg65nnaadSytMmUZbCSvGL5q1qjyXrhXk6oFBl94S10ZfXVfNVMAsmtBaFlJi-6I_P8Ww638qkcYh0TnaDuwW9aVprIUrlhDh-2yWJduxmNjgr4iGLBpo3wTUxDO7ZAP1PrBO43TqvQlyFWQ9yeFy4bpxywQgmw.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">4. Scoring</h3><p id="">Greenly assigns a score to all suppliers which completed the questionnaire - scores ranging from A+ to E.</p><p id="">This score indicates the maturity of the carbon strategy implemented. </p><p id="">The methodology used is being continuously improved (in line with advances in scientific research). </p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4c5b972cd427bd79a7__kzuaSl5_dTD2VHN3pSydT5jPdqHxM1nd20FLQxaHWOkZfhg5zVwiFtY5TiVjcPYXFu0OojDw7HHCDPH-quqpMF-8m6uO6ofyp0_nDhrQwFuKPM5fH8UBBBt2USHf8H_GKk9m5I_MS5puvxCMRNTv_fN1Y9QTYVdtJnJldhfgARTYfF57Mx6uDUsBQ.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">5. Developing a customized dashboard</h3><p id="">The idea is to provide the company with a centralized view of its supplier portfolio. The content is customizable: response rate to the questionnaire, scores’ distribution, most emissive suppliers, missing suppliers, etc. </p><p id="">The objective is to clearly visualize all suppliers’ information, updated in real time, and to steer the progress of sustainable purchasing projects.</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4c1a5bcf59db0a47c2_48WgDouebruWfuwsH6exJyAPpdpF_qA47ZUKNDa6CAG9h4NoUgKxwNXUt5Y6ST5stpkEDN4Muy2mk3b1Dya0EnV5bJxnQg42R9nOXfUtg7zLFEGpGl-QAC1LqW7HPBKLVsU_Xjy_OOlltC91AK_FfbFuZG8InY98l6X4AOU1ucWlZFwMDooXiuGplQ.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">6. Accessing the sustainable alternatives’ index</h3><p id="">In order to optimize its supply chain, the company can access the index of our alternatives.</p><p id="">Each of the listed companies has been rated by Greenly and compared to similar entities in order to facilitate decision-making. </p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4db1344c7eead1887e_67awrCpJizFUH7MzXPLDCmfOiG9VIArJt1mVqo9srBhbespGm5cgNu1jsYQQWZaAC39P2hrR4CBNVR2MeFCgEtFnRV0uJmZepq_jslBuqB22oWCeZ--Tpa5hFJPtkeOFKScsVxe7P-jpwP1_DJoJWehZTtX5K-Gh-BHsR3lG_xDVfLGhnxLJLog7JQ.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">7. Refining Life Cycle Analysis</h3><p id="">If the company has made a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of one of its products with Greenly, it can be refined using data retrieved from the responding suppliers.</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4d21dc95256d974fbd_VVusaNmCTZxTEkdLc0aQEcS3DHYkgEjjaqWS4rwwF6kfhPueB5jeHAyScBDidtzdL8r86RgtMoUS8HdCeLSgx3SlcMHFrXOgzxzSt7rUioWf_P4NRmkmDi5SNCcvgjHpCj54U922I6PwA8oH4D155pWGV4ju9Cc9LWgGrvPzd2x90Eu-9YQ8gd7QkQ.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">8. Receive a more accurate carbon assessment, including Scope 3</h3><p id="">Like the LCA, the company’s carbon footprint can also be refined with the responses provided by all of its suppliers. </p><p id="">The main advantage lies in the accuracy of the scope 3 data.</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4d5b972c2512bd79e9_NfZS-uasSV-L3urmOKFOZtunxqT8cAcToBGQ6xNmZx4WMqqAb0xChV14nW4il_Pq19DBgPYqWEOG0cucSX1mmh8MTAdRs5xJg7l0KHbY5b_UMqtmsmILGGBc5uUu_X-9PeNtrVfy-FLkyNicM4vUyTsUEGCMsChfFcYYwqPQ8QXxVHxmfLk21n2UuQ.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">9. Integration with the company’s tools</h3><p id="">Our solution can be easily integrated to the software and systems used by the company to track suppliers.</p><p id="">One goal: not multiplying the platforms used by employees.</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4ca821603949bce88f_E17rcc25QqyvCn2dBb_KsHH4qbQHMPC8q-AqnWAYFk_hiZ3fI665B332ykn1jFFyRdYD_bx85Enu8juGN1LX-fvoDSYjJu6gmUX7kNz3JuvZ0XEs3Ra07iTGuGQnWYHKmj3yXdhNUGD8mOusxz9Nngspildbq2dnWwylDkCpUbjypFTLAabHGVLB7Q.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h3 id="">10. Updating and continuous improvement</h3><p id="">Throughout the year, the company can track and update information about its suppliers.</p><p id="">In addition, our team of climate experts is available to support the reflection and continuous improvement of our customers' purchasing strategies towards sustainable schemes.</p><p id="">‍</p><figure id="" class="w-richtext-figure-type-image w-richtext-align-center" data-rt-type="image" data-rt-align="center"><div id=""><img src="https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/6232f79b68d15d3d9b69c096/63453c4d49a3a940fe752ef3_zTIm4ROnNtWxA-1qTg_Eg3bzWd19xuheumaaD4On_sp_C5oIxwx-lSIMS8R6DdWK6koA3IhKi8SpDtoPjJEHZhAx4g9HBaQbrbQM2qArak8O14cW_-XAN2ky6Zo8sfDz7XY41Ix_41vSEb8EbkFWlW9a5I61Wvtew4z-_g9_YBeK6Y-B8gqraiMgwA.png" id="" width="auto" height="auto" loading="auto"></div></figure><p id="">‍</p><h2 id="">Why should you choose Greenly Supplier Engagement?</h2><blockquote id="">👉 Greenly’s Supplier Engagement solution is an all-in-one solution that allows each company to analyze, track, drive and improve its supply chain to reduce CO2 emissions.</blockquote><p id="">In addition to being practical, this tool is also a competitive asset for the company’s long-term strategy.</p><p id="">Clients, investors, employees, legislation, etc. The environmental requirements are now growing - as illustrated by the greenwashing scandals that occurred this year (<a href="https://greenly.earth/en-gb/blog/ecology-news/greenwashing-what-mistake-did-deutsche-bank-make" id="">Deutsche Bank</a>, Adidas and New Balance, for example).</p><p id="">Starting to reduce your scope 3 emissions means really committing to reducing your greenhouse gas emissions, aligning with the expectations and requirements of your stakeholders, but also simply to stand out from the competition.

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