Most companies find that 80 to 90 percent of the environmental impact from their products occurs upstream in their supply chain or, in some cases, during consumer use or end-of-life. To accelerate supply chain improvements, companies must first understand the materials, processes, use, and labor practices of a potentially dizzying number of ingredients and products sourced across the globe. Many sectors such as food, apparel, and toys face significant hurdles in gaining visibility back to the farm or raw material extraction stages of their supply chains.

Pure Strategies assists companies in communicating their expectations about environmental and social performance to their suppliers, collecting critical supplier information and promoting supplier engagement. Gaining supply chain insights allows companies to pinpoint risks and opportunities and target tools and strategies effectively to drive change. Examples of our work include:

• Developing supplier scorecards to drive product improvement for a large retailer, a food company and others
• Creating corporate chemicals of concern standards
• Establishing a supplier engagement and mentoring platform for a household products company