ivalua

JANUARY 31, 2023

By integrating the EIC’s functionalities in their procurement practices, organizations can dramatically accelerate sustainability agendas with reliable emissions data for all the direct and indirect products and services they acquire, and establish transparent reporting standards.

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Supply Chain Innovation Supplier Sustainability 98

Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Around the world, governments are embracing “green procurement” – environmentally sustainable strategies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution. government in April 2024 issued a final rule calling for contracting officials to plan to procure sustainable and services “to the maximum extent practicable.”

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Procurement Procurement Strategies E-procurement Bidder 147

ivalua

JULY 15, 2020

Following the global climate protests that swept the world in 2019, sustainability rose to become a business priority. In our latest study of UK-based procurement, supply chain and finance professionals, we found that 60% of UK businesses have decreased investment in sustainability initiatives as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Sustainability Supply Chain Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Future of Supplier Management is Here, and it’s Holistic. Leading, high-performing procurement organizations share one common trait–they consistently prioritize a holistic and integrated approach to Supplier Management. In fact, they go beyond simply supplier management, what they do is Supplier Engagement.

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Supplier Management Supply Chain Sustainability 52

ivalua

JUNE 26, 2023

Blog » Procurement on the Thames: Ivalua’s London Summer Symposium June 26, 2023 | | Thought Leadership by Eloise Barnum As businesses navigate through supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and sustainability initiatives, procurement, and supplier management has taken center stage in driving change. See you soon!

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Procurement Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Sustainability 97

ivalua

JULY 13, 2022

Buyers are expected to scrutinize every aspect of the purchasing process to identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint, source sustainable materials, and promote diversity. The amount of data associated with these initiatives can be exponential, a burden too heavy to manage manually. Supplier Selection.

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Sustainability Buyers Supplier E-procurement 52

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. Organizations are increasingly dependent on suppliers to successfully bring innovative goods and services to market on time, improve ESG performance, and meet other objectives. Gain control of your supplier data.

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Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 52

AWS Public Sector

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Open source geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analyses along with Internet of Things (IoT)-connected sensors can power near real-time data built on the cloud and assist in decision-making. project is designed to use geospatial big data and AI/ML to mitigate the impact of deforestation. The SeloVerde 2.1

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Supply Chain Data Sustainability Transparency 75

ivalua

JULY 16, 2020

A lack of digital maturity and a focus on supplier cost and quality are also limiting green practices. 16th July 2020, London – Research from Ivalua, a leading provider of spend management cloud solutions, has shown that six-in-ten (60%) UK businesses have decreased their investment in sustainability initiatives due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sustainability Supply Chain Supplier Quality 52

Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Public procurement spending accounted for an average of 30% of total public spending across the region [1] and as much as 74% of that spending is wasted due to inefficiencies [2] , according to data from FISLAC , an analytics platform developed by the IDB’s Fiscal Management Division (FMM). What is Smart Public Procurement?

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Public Procurement Procurement Strategic Planning Balance 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

One way of doing this is by leveraging Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, which can provide procurement with the tools needed to manage their supplier relationships and identify opportunities for cost savings. Let’s explore further.

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Price Supply Chain Supplier Procurement Team 105

ivalua

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In recent years, sustainability has increasingly become a top priority for many organisations. With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

JUNE 11, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] Navigating CSRD Regulation: What Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance Leaders Need to Know June 12, 2023 | | Sustainability by Vishal Patel In an effort to drive sustainability and combat climate change, the European Union has introduced the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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Supply Chain Finance Procurement Sustainability 98

ivalua

JANUARY 8, 2023

The act was established to address issues of sustainability and ethical conduct in global supply chains, and has significant implications for companies and procurement organizations operating in Germany. These organizations must also conduct regular supply chain audits to ensure sustainable and responsible operating measures. .

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Supply Chain Procurement Procurement Team Ethics 97

Tracker Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Advanced analytics tools are being integrated into procurement operations, enabling public and private organisations to rethink procurement processes, supplier relationships and cost optimisation. What is Data Analytics in Procurement? It focuses on how public sector entities can enhance compliance and transparency.

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Tracker Intelligence

AUGUST 30, 2024

Public procurement regulations is absolutely front and centre to this, both in terms of buying more sustainable products and services, but also incentivising its supply chain to adopt environmentally friendly practices. The Role Of The Public Sector In Improving Sustainability The public sector in the UK is huge. What can suppliers do?

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Supplier Supply Chain Sustainability Public Procurement 52

ivalua

APRIL 27, 2023

Ivalua Spend Management Insights [ivory-search] A Balancing Act: Drive Sustainability while Managing Cost and Risk April 27, 2023 | | Supply Chain by Vishal Patel Cost, Risk, and Sustainability. Geopolitical manipulation on suppliers worldwide adds to the pressure. Those are three hot topics in the enterprise today.

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Balance Sustainability Supply Chain Management 52

ivalua

APRIL 8, 2021

Supplier diversity is not a new concept. The real challenge is that supplier diversity has generally been viewed as competing with other objectives, such as cost reduction or lowering risk. With diverse suppliers generally being local, that meant supplier diversity competed against the core supplier strategy.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Redwood, CA, 20th December 2021 – Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, today announced that Canada’s largest co-operative, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), has gone live with its source-to-contract solution which includes a seamless integration to TealBook, the leading supplier data foundation.

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Supplier Integrity Retail Integration 52

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Can everything be green? For example, in October 2023, 97.5%

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Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

The Softly Spark

JANUARY 13, 2025

Sustainable products are experiencing growth in both profits and consumer demand. To successfully market your sustainability efforts, you must carefully navigate the fine line between legitimate marketing and greenwashing. Recommendation: Partner with suppliers who prioritize sustainability.

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Sustainability Transparency Retail Education 52

Open Contracting Partnership

APRIL 1, 2024

Image Credit: Nadia Cruz / Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities Top findings Here are some of their discoveries. Seven suppliers were awarded contracts. Over 50% of the total award value (PHP 573 million) was awarded to one supplier (Philippine Chemsteel Industries, Inc).

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The truth is, most of us don’t worry about what can compromise our personal and financial data until it’s too late. Supplier Connections: Our job is to provide members with trusted cybersecurity supplier options, making it easy to find and purchase the right products and services at competitive prices, ensuring cost efficiency.

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Supplier Retail Accountability Data 97

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Data scientists, journalists, researchers and former civil servants with an interest in public procurement are systematically monitoring contracting procedures for corruption risks and irregularities , using analytics tools that source data from the government’s e-procurement system via a public API.

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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Corruption 120

ivalua

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A recent survey that Ivalua did in the UK, “ Gaining the green view, How smart procurement can kick-start sustainability initiatives ” showed that 87% of UK businesses see “greener” supply chains as a competitive advantage. How can large companies address sustainable Supply Chain strategies?

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Supply Chain Supplier End to End Sustainability 75

ivalua

JANUARY 13, 2021

. – Spend control through real-time visibility into budget consumption, negotiated prices, preferred suppliers, engagement channels. Also, an eprocurement solution provides you with clean spend data, which is the basis for a sound spend analysis and eventually relevant category management. 100% of electronic POs.

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Eprocurement E-procurement Supplier Purchasing 94

ivalua

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Vision: Ivalua believes that digital transformation will make supply chains more efficient, sustainable and resilient, and unlock the power of supplier collaboration. The final data set was compiled from 15 million ratings across 70,000 companies large and small. 27, 2021 through Nov. About Ivalua.

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ivalua

JANUARY 24, 2022

How do Chief Procurement Officers and their teams leverage digital transformation to take control of their data and better deliver against their strategic objectives? . Johan, can you give us a bit of background on the digital transformation journey at Booz Allen and the role of data? What role did data play on a day-to-day basis?

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GovSpend

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Paige emphasized the importance of assessing a vendor’s credibility and reliability using historical data, including which government agencies they’ve worked with and whether they deliver goods and services on time.

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Procurement Purchasing Price Bidding 105

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

These principles include transparency, accountability, efficiency, effectiveness, equal treatment, rule of law, sustainable procurement, and engagement with the private sector and civil society. e-GP strategy ownership and sustainability e-GP strategies should be aligned with the national development agenda and wholly owned by the government.

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E-procurement Procurement Public Procurement Transparency 82

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. With data excellence as one of the pillars of their mission, TenderNed has been working on creating better data within the Dutch government for several years.

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Data Tender Procurement E-procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 8, 2024

Although we have come a long way, the gaps still exist and to realize inclusive economies and sustainable development globally, we must #InspireInclusion. For instance, women producers in Palmira are suppliers for the school meals program and other food provision services. It’s not just an administrative process.

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Government Contracts Leadership Government Government 80

ivalua

MARCH 31, 2020

However, a lack of data integration between systems (44%), lack of relevant insights (40%) and insights not being made available at the right point in the process (39%) are preventing organizations from accurately measuring progress against business objectives. on time payments) and spend visibility.

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Procurement Team Procurement Supply Chain Supplier 18

ivalua

AUGUST 16, 2022

Progress on sustainability is notoriously hard to measure for organizations, but the needle is moving in the right direction. The report explains that: “Scope 3 emissions reduction is a key challenge for companies, often due to a lack of visibility and monitoring of suppliers’ data. But time is of the essence for organizations.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Supplier Sustainability Collaboration 52

ivalua

JUNE 29, 2022

In recent years, sustainability has increasingly become a top priority for many organizations. With this in mind, our research found far too few European suppliers are being regularly assessed on sustainability practices, with less than a quarter (24%) seeing themselves routinely measured on carbon emissions.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Sustainability Supplier Collaboration 52

ivalua

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

“The impact of all of that is that organizations are actively creating geographical supplier diversity within their supply chains, to strike a better balance between cost reduction and agility,” he said. Once we have the data, we have to continue to refresh it and engage with it, and that’s where analytical skills come in, Sawchcuk added.

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Supply Chain Procurement Sustainability Supplier 64

Scottish Government Procurement

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We’ve completed over 250 deep dive assessments now of our suppliers, supply chains and institutional procurement teams and their internal stakeholders. And even more important that we see a real focus on environmental sustainability. We now have 89% of our suppliers paying the real living wage, and 76% of our suppliers are SMEs.

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Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain E-procurement 48