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Sustainability & Circular Economy
Green Growth
05.09.2025 | Strategy Paper

Supply Chain Decarbonisation

Transforming Challenges into Value

Explore actionable strategies to tackle Scope 3 emissions, enhance supplier engagement, and unlock climate value for your organization.

Carbon pricing, stricter regulations like EU-ETS and CBAM, and growing customer expectations are reshaping the business landscape. By 2030, more than a third of corporate revenues will be tied to the climate transition — yet many companies are falling behind, especially on upstream Scope 3 emissions.

This paper offers a practical approach to overcoming key barriers: limited low-carbon options, high costs, complex supplier coordination, and lack of actionable emissions data. It presents proven frameworks for supplier engagement, emissions measurement, and targeted reduction strategies — tailored to maturity levels and relationship dynamics — helping procurement leaders, sustainability managers, and C-suite executives turn ambition into measurable results with both environmental impact and a positive business case.

What's Inside
  • Roadmap to cut Scope 3 emissions
  • Solutions to common decarbonisation barriers
  • Framework for supplier engagement
  • Guidance for climate impact & ROI
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