CSR is a lever for overall business performance: responsible purchasing is a catalyst for this.
📢 Testimony of Samuel Réthoré, Expert in Purchasing & CSR engineering and Director of missions at theAcadémie des achats
It is now imperative to It is imperative to integrate CSR issues into company strategies.'It is now imperative to integrate CSR issues into the purchasing strategies of companies and public organizations if we want to achieve the objectives we have set ourselves at the global level as well as at the European level and, of course, at the national level, and to do so, to comply with the regulatory obligations in force and to come...
There are many CSR issues on which companies can seek to be exemplary.
Reducing emissions of key GHGs is an environmental priority.
Capping carbon emissions from human activities, and more specifically the decarbonization of industrial, commercial and tertiary activities, is now an imperative and priority objective, as demonstrated by the increased regulatory expectations.
Thus, companies must improve their products/services to reduce their impacts, including the emission of carbon into the atmosphere, at each stage of their life cycle.
For that it will be advisable to'To do this, it will be necessary to involve suppliers upstream in order to identify possible ways of reducing material and energy consumption and, above all, to be able to measure the progress expected in order to secure it over time.
On the logistical side, the'impact of product transport must be taken into account.'In terms of logistics, the impact of product transport must be measured factually in order to be able to monitor the reduction of GHGs emitted to transport goods purchased in factories (upstream logistics) and those that are distributed after sales (downstream logistics).
Among the existing solutions to measure and manage the environmental footprint of its purchases, GCI's software platform offers direct and simplified access to internationally recognized carbon calculation protocols that are complex to implement alone.
The updates of the evolutions of these protocols by GCI's digital engineering will ensure that the data calculated and the reports that summarize it are reliable for its users over time.
Working groups can then be set up to consider, with the optional support of GCI's accredited expert partners, the various ways to reduce the emissions recorded in order to secure the reduction trajectory established following the first assessment, and to define a plan of action.'action plan, and the contributions expected from each department of the company.'s departments.
The potential progress for any company is therefore multiple and these results will be the fruit of a collaborative and interdisciplinary work mobilizing all internal expertise.
External support by specialists in the'specialists will also provide an informed external view of the issues to be prioritized after an initial audit to avoid the company being left to its own devices.'to avoid the company spreading itself too thin and exhausting its internal resources.
The follow-up of'Progress monitoring by an external partner on a regular basis (usually monthly) will allow for a better understanding of the project.'The monitoring of progress by an external partner on a regular basis (generally a monthly review) will make it possible to refine the management of the various thematic performance projects in order to secure the'to secure the achievement of the targeted resultsThis will allow us to fine-tune the management of the various thematic performance projects to ensure that the targeted results are achieved, including the measurement of decarbonization driven by purchasing, by the'responsible purchasing strategy plan.
Finally, the company will be able to communicate the progress made to its customers and external partners, and celebrate each intermediate success with the teams involved to reinforce the confidence and motivation of all to continue to contribute together to sustainable development.The user-friendliness of GCI's software solution will make it possible to easily and quickly communicate the periodic measurements of decarbonation in order to pilot the performance in the short, medium and long term...
On the same subject, see the link between CSR and the Sustainable Development Goals.
