Global supply chain sustainability specialist Ecodesk has teamed up with carbon footprinting and lifecycle analysts at Carbon River to deliver a total sustainability solution to businesses seeking to reduce supply chain risk and improve business continuity.

E-Chain is a two-phased solution that highlights the potential risks and continuity issues in supply chains by analysing the sustainability performance of suppliers. Using carbon, energy, water and waste as key metrics, E-Chain can quickly build a comprehensive picture of supply chain sustainability through supplier profiling and benchmarking, identifying hotspots and risks.

Designed to present a complete picture of supply chain sustainability, E-Chain provides an on-going, targeted assessment of suppliers through a live data cloud-based platform. This ensures that businesses always have a live picture of their supply chain’s sustainability performance.

“Understanding supply chain sustainability is a great benefit to businesses that want to identify potential efficiencies, reduce reputational risk and ensure continuity of supply,” said Mark Plant, CEO, Ecodesk. “With increasing pressure from governments, as well as the EU and the UN, the landscape is changing. Being a responsible business is not just about being kind to the environment, it’s about economic value and working with the supply chain to increase efficiency and accountability.

“E-Chain will provide organisations with a powerful tool to understand supplier sustainability performance and react to hotspot analysis and indicators, helping procurement teams identify potential risks and opportunities.”

Dan Girdler, co-founder and director, Carbon River said: “This is an exciting partnership because it complements our areas of expertise and technology capability. E-Chain is a powerful offering and we are pleased to be an integral part of this important solution. By delivering a detailed analysis of suppliers’ key environmental and social impacts through an intensive screening process using CEDA’s comprehensive products and services database, we are helping to push the boundaries of sustainability by reaching out and mapping complete supply chains.”

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