Procurement is no longer just about cost efficiency – it is a critical driver of operational resilience, risk, compliance, and sustainability. Organizations are increasingly expected to source responsibly, manage supplier risks, and demonstrate transparency across their value chains.
With our Procurement Advisory services, Goal 17 helps you turn procurement into a strategic capability that supports your environment, social and governance (ESG) goals, regulatory requirements, operational resilience, and long-term business performance.
We support you in:
- Sustainable Procurement Strategy – Designing strategies that integrate environmental, social, and ethical principles, as well as operational resilience requirements into procurement decisions. We help you build a supply base that is aligned with your corporate goals, your sustainability commitments and external standards such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) while vigilant to cyber threats.
- Supplier Risk & Impact Assessment – Evaluating suppliers on ESG performance, human rights, and cybersecurity compliance using leading frameworks such as EcoVadis, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD), as well as NIST Cybersecurity framework or ISO 270001. This reduces risk exposure while improving accountability and transparency in your supply chain.
- EcoVadis & Certification Guidance – Guiding both corporates and suppliers through the EcoVadis process and similar certifications. We help you benchmark performance, close gaps, and achieve higher sustainability ratings that strengthen stakeholder trust.
- Governance & Policy Development – Establishing procurement policies, cybersecurity policies, supplier codes of conduct, and governance structures that embed sustainability and resilience into everyday sourcing practices and contractual agreements.
- Digital Enablement – Leveraging platforms like ServiceNow streamline supplier onboarding, automate risk tracking, and embed ESG & cyber risk metrics directly into procurement workflows for greater efficiency and insight. Digital tools play a major role in enhancing operational resilience, data protection, patching vulnerabilities and quickly responding to threats and disruptions.
- Capacity Building – Providing training, tools, and change support to empower procurement teams and suppliers. We ensure that responsible and secure sourcing becomes part of your organizational culture and everyday practice.
By combining sustainability and cybersecurity expertise with digital solutions and risk management, we enable procurement functions to create transparent, ethical, safe, and future-proof supply chains.
Want to know what Goal 17 can do for you?
Contact us at info@goal17.eco or Richard Benningshof, + 31 6 8371 6240 to learn more.