Transitions and Supplier Management
Once onboarded, suppliers must be actively managed to ensure they meet their contractual and promised ESG goals and standards.
Managing existing suppliers
To fully manage sustainability risks and opportunities throughout CBRE’s supply chains, procurement managers need to actively engage with our suppliers.
This involves pre-emptively discussing ESG risks/opportunities and helping set up initiatives that go beyond contractual requirements, such as longer-term
programs designed to address emerging risks or opportunities.
To that extent, procurement/supplier managers must, at minimum conduct the following check list with their suppliers:
What to communicate to your supplier
Procurement managers are encouraged to actively engage and communicate with their suppliers. Particularly, when having a review of your suppliers, make
sure you are relaying the following message:
If you [supplier] provide high quality services and/or products and collaborate to achieve our ESG goals and ambitions, by hitting your ESG KPIs, you will
improve the likelihood of building a long term preferred or strategic partnership. As a result, CBRE would assist you in growing your business with clients
who are also ESG focused. We would do this by:
- Providing you access to our procurement and ESG tools and resources
- Promoting your products/services internally with budget holders, and with clients
- Assisting you in gaining competitive opportunities to grow your business to offset the potential increase in costs and efforts associated with ESG related activities.
EcoVadis Assessments:
CBRE uses EcoVadis to assess and manage the ESG credentials and capability of its most valuable, strategic and high-risk suppliers. All suppliers
delivering significant work for CBRE should be encouraged to join EcoVadis and share their scorecard with CBRE. You can gain access to the platform and invite your
suppliers to join through your personalized portal. Request access by contacting robin.burton@cbre.com or alexandra.deval@cbre.com
It is your responsibility as a purchaser of goods or services to encourage your suppliers onto the platform. There is a small fee to join as a supplier, however
these are scaled up or down depending on the size and location of the supplier. If you need help or are unsure how to proceed, please contact Robin or
Alexandra for more information and access to training resources.