Supply chain

More than 80% of your emissions occur in your supply chain. So if you want to deliver real sustainability (and improve efficiency, resilience and competitiveness), you need to look beyond your own organisation.

We make it easier to understand, engage with, and drive positive change among your suppliers.

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How we help

Most of a business’ environmental and social impact arises not within its own operations, but in those of its suppliers. So if you want to improve sustainability in your organisation, the single biggest step you can take is to engage your supply chain.

Understanding your suppliers

If you want to improve sustainability in your organisation, the single biggest step you can take is to engage with your supply chain.  Yet few companies really understand how their suppliers operate.
  • We help build that understanding
  • We help your suppliers improve so you both benefit
  • And we make it easy (and low cost) for you and them

How we do it:

  • Research
  • Benchmarking
  • Education and training
  • …and much more
How we deliver it:
Find out more about our sustainable procurement framework and Support the Goals below.

Make your supply chain more sustainable

Our Sustainable Procurement Framework gives your business simple steps to improve supply chain performance, at a pace that’s manageable for you and your suppliers.

  • Lay the foundations with templated policies and training for your procurement team - so your suppliers understand what’s expected of them.
  • Understand your suppliers with tailored research and questionnaires to better understand where your suppliers are now.
  • Improve behaviours through advice on buyer incentives, ratings and recognition, plus supplier education and support via our supplier support hub, Support the Goals (see below).

Support the Goals - Help your suppliers help you

If you want to benefit from a more sustainable supply chain, you’ll probably need to give your supply partners a helping hand.
Support the Goals helps your suppliers find new efficiencies and opportunities in sustainability by supporting the SDGs – with simple sustainability education and support to help them improve. 
Visit Support the Goals

Support the Goals includes:

1. Education

Free, self-paced online learning modules  on key sustainability principles, including net zero, biodiversity, waste, gender equality, and living wage.

For individuals and businesses of all experience levels.

2. Benchmarking

Using a simple 5-star format, we’ll produce an SDG Ambition Report that can help you and your suppliers:

  • Track their progress
  • Compare performance with other businesses
  • Improve their rating
  • Communicate progress to staff, customers and suppliers

3. Recognition

You and your suppliers can use the SDG Ambition Rating to showcase how your business publicly supports key sustainability topics. Includes:

  • An SDG Ambition Rating out of five stars.
  • A badge and certificate to evidence the rating over the year.
  • Support the Goals media assets to promote the rating.
  • A communications toolkit to help communicate the rating.
Help your suppliers help you to become more sustainable. Get in touch

What our customers say

What’s it like to work with us? Find out from some of the people who’ve already done it.

Anureet Kaur, Sustainability Manager

Softchoice
“TBL is awesome! We love working with them and how prompt they are with their responses. The background in Tech complements our work very well and [helps us] move the momentum forward in sustainability.”

Luke Sharman

AJ Bell
“There is that closer working relationship provided by TBL, something that you don't get with some of the bigger providers. Always responsive to our requests; always looking for ways to help.”

Robin Tudor, Head of PR and Communications

Liverpool John Lennon Airport
“It's been great working with the team at TBL. They have got to know and understand our business really quickly to help shape our ESG focus and have created an annual report that really showcases what we've been able to achieve and where our focus remains going forward.”

Kevin Dunckley, Chief Sustainability Officer

HH Global
“TBL has been our trusted partner for 7 years now and have always provided us with great services, advice and guidance. Why would we go anywhere else?”

Kate Hursthouse, Global Head of Responsible Business

Kennedys Law LLP
“Good service, easy, quality content writing – fills in ESG/GRI reporting expertise we don't have in-house.”

Jon Dale, Corporate Affairs & ESG Lead

Punch Pubs & Co
“Attentive. Collaborative. Knowledgeable.”

Raj Neelakantan, Procurement Operations Manager

Cadent Gas
“TBL is quick to grasp our needs and tailor a solution. Their agility and flexibility is refreshing and helps achieve project goals with minimum fuss.”

Dafydd Hughes, Head of Central Operations

Huws Gray Group
“Very good business. Honest, approachable and easy to work with. Down to earth people who are genuine and want to see their clients progress in the world of sustainability.”

Katy Conway, Brand Communications & ESG Director

75 Media
“TBL have been instrumental in shaping our ESG strategy and guiding us through our scopes 1 & 2 carbon accounting. Their expertise and honest guidance has enabled us to create a plan that's not only achievable, but is one we - as a whole company - believe in.”

Freddie Bowlby, Sustainability Manager

Pennon Group plc
“TBL provides an excellent service, very flexible to the client's needs, delivered by a team of very passionate and attentive consultants, and at a very cost-effective price.”