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Companies also face engagement gaps between their suppliers and procurementteams.”. In fact, organizations can see an example of this in action at an Ivalua event on the 15th September. This brief event will see the winners of Ivalua’s Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup for 2022 demonstrate their “Sustainability Tracker”.
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