The HEC-EcoVadis 2009 Barometer: “Sustainable Procurement...

Since the first HEC study carried out in 2003, Sustainable Development, an emerging subject at the time, has become a key concern for Procurement Department. How are Sustainable Procurement initiatives weathering the current economic and industrial crisis? How have Procurement Directors managed to solve the implementation difficulties which they were facing in 2007?

The HEC-EcoVadis 2009 Barometer has attempted to answer these few questions in a white paper on Sustainable Procurement in line with the studies carried out within HEC for the past 6 years on “Sustainable Procurement & Development”.

Following the 2003, 2005 and 2007 surveys, a large number of European Procurement Directors responded to the same strategic and operational questions to assess the progress of intentions as well as achievements. This personalised focus, combined with the update quantitative data shed light on the new development of Sustainable Procurement, thereby explaining how to switch from a “Why?” to a “How?” approach.

Click here to read the whitepaper “Sustainable Procurement: a crucial lever to end the crisis?”

The authors of the white paper are:
Olivier Bruel, Professor of Operations Management & Information Technology at HEC Paris
Olivier Menuet, SNCF
Pierre-François Thaler, EcoVadis