ESG for Supply Chains

Utilize an integrated suite of ESG solutions and strategy to support your unique requirements

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) for supply chains is far more involved than the basic factors measuring the sustainability and societal impact of an investment. It needs to include issues such as human resource practices, business ethics and board diversity – and it must be tracked and reported against corporate ESG goals to the correct stakeholders.

We deliver an integrated suite of ESG solutions to support these unique challenges. You have access to an accurate view of data on ESG issues for more informed decision making, as well as access to registry, auction and distribution platforms designed specifically for the environmental markets.

ESG Reporting: Store and disseminate corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and reports in a one-stop online platform
Environmental Registry: Manage global carbon, water and biodiversity credits in one convenient place
Commodity Tracker: Manage the documentation flow associated with physical commodity assets
Auction Platform: Seamlessly connect auction participants, including bidders, registries, auction monitors, regulators and other program stakeholders.
Global Carbon Index: Benchmarking and liquid tradeable index for tracking carbon credits globally
Global ESG and sustainable indices: Insights and design choices for implementing sustainable investment objectives.

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Spend Analytics

Analyze your spend against historical and forecasted spend for benchmarking and opportunity identification.

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Category Management

Develop category management plans for when, where and how to buy with our supply chain solution

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Logistics Management

Understand your freight demand forecasts for the next 5, 15, or 30 years

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Supplier Management

A centralized hub for third party due diligence and supplier risk management

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Supply Risk Management

Enhance end-to-end coverage of political, violent, sovereign, banking and investment risk management worldwide to ensure supply chain security

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Sourcing Management

Manage sourcing events leveraging our network of 1500+ datasets, 200+ economists and 5000+ information and supply chain sourcing industry experts

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Contract Management

Manage the entire contract life cycle process from initiation, negotiation to contract renewal

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Supplier performance management

Track supplier performance against contract

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Research and Analysis

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US Weekly Economic Commentary: Strong labor demand

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Water scarcity in Latin America: Operational challenges

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US Monthly GDP Index for October 2022

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Weekly Pricing Pulse: Tighter COVID-19 containment measures in mainland China pour cold water on market sentiment

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Experts

John Anton

John has expertise in the ferrous metals industry, he is responsible for evaluating the outlook for steel. He also specializes in forecasting commodities and works closely with the Automotive, Construction, Energy and Economics teams at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Steel demand is linked to outlooks from these key sectors. In turn, the profitability of these sectors can rise or fall depending on the price and availability of steel.Prior to joining S&P Global (now part of S&P Global) in 1995, he was in the private practice of law as well as an economist and statistician for the United States Department of Labor in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).John received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Florida State University, US, and a Juris Doctor from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary, US.

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John Mothersole

As director of research, John sets and executes research priorities to identify potential supply chain risks and opportunities. His other duties include providing inflation analysis for the US Economic Forecasting Service, World Industry Service and the metal price forecasts within the Global Link Model at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He is directly responsible for nonferrous metal forecasts. He has more than 30 years of experience in price analysis and price forecasting.A member of the National Association of Business Economists (NABE), John holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Economics, both from the University of Maryland, US.

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Laura Hodges

Laura is responsible for the management and operations of the Pricing and Purchasing Research team. Laura has managed several projects on global cost analysis, including projects in Asia and South America, where the objective was to recommend the most cost-effective and efficient action in the procurement of key materials and services. She has spoken extensively on the topic of procurement pricing strategies and the global cost environment, including a presentation at the Institute of Supply Management titled, "Has China Lost Its Low-Cost Edge?" She has made presentations on the "Economic Risks to Consider Before Bidding Your Next Contract," and "Understanding and Estimating the Skilled Labor Shortage," at a conference of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering.Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the George Washington University, U.S., and a Master of Arts in Health and Labor Economics from Duke University, U.S. She also earned an MBA from Rutgers University, Beijing, China.

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Emily Crowley

An expert in North American labor markets and a specialist in labor supply, demand and wage escalation, Emily is a key contributor to the semi-annual Global Manufacturing and Global Construction Compensation reports and to ongoing research of labor markets on the US Gulf Coast and Western Canada. Her research provides an analytical framework to compare labor cost and escalation on a global basis.Emily received her Masters of Science in Applied Economics from the Johns Hopkins University where she focused in quantitative methods.

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Sophie Malin

In addition to forecasting and analyzing labor markets she also produces compensation reports and is a contributing author to the quarterly labor cost articles. Prior to joining S&P Global, Sophie worked as a consultant for an insurance technology provider, Intellect SEEC.She received a BSc degree in Economics from the University of Swansea with a year abroad studying business, law and economics at the University.

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Michael Dall

Michael authors the weekly Materials Price Index (MPI) which analyzes the price movements and events impacting a key collection of globally traded manufacturing inputs. He is also responsible for the detailed coverage of chemicals and plastic prices with an emphasis on forecasting.He regularly participates in webinars and client events presenting the global outlook for commodity prices. With over 15 years experience as an economist in the real estate, construction and commodities sector he supports major corporations to understand the cost environment. Michael holds an undergraduate degree in Business Economics and a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Strathclyde.

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Deni Koenhemsi

Deni Koenhemsi is an associate director in the Pricing and Purchasing Service at S&P Global Market Intelligence, responsible for analysis and forecasting of building materials. Deni's previous areas of industry focus include healthcare, professional services and consumer goods. Prior to joining the company, she worked as a country risk economist at AIG and as a research assistant at the Center for Strategic and International Studies focused on Turkish economy and politics.Deni received a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of Richmond, US, and a Master of Arts in International Economic Relations from American University, Washington, D.C., US.

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Paul Bingham

Paul leads business advisory services product teams, advises on client engagements and report delivery, analyzes and forecasts freight transportation demand and infrastructure requirements, and drives business innovation. Paul primarily focuses on North American freight transportation markets, including the international trade of North America. Paul manages multimodal freight transportation market analysis and forecasting for public and private sector clients. Paul rejoined S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2019 after having worked at S&P Global Market Intelligence -predecessor firms Global Insight, Standard & Poor's Data Resources Incorporated (DRI), and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates (WEFA). He previously was Vice President for Freight and Logistics for the EDR Group unit of engineering firm EBP. Earlier he led the National Economics Practice of CDM Smith. He previously worked in the transportation consulting practices of Booz Allen Hamilton and ICF. Paul is an appointed member of the U.S. Federal Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness.He is former Chair of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences Transportation Research Board (TRB) Freight Systems Group and a member of the TRB Committee on Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation and the TRB Committee on Agriculture and Food Transportation. He is former Chair of the TRB Task Force on the Value of Transportation Infrastructure and former Chair of the Freight Transportation Data Committee. Paul served on the National Council of the Transportation Research Forum and is former member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum.

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Karim El Assir

As a member of the Economics & Country Risk consulting team, Karim is responsible for advising clients on strategies to build and scale business abroad, particularly in emerging markets. He also provides guidance around understanding the political and operating landscape of markets in the Middle East and Africa and assessing and mitigating counterparty risk to support mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He joined S&P Global from KPMG, where he led the MENA desk on its Corporate Intelligence team, providing clients with advisory services in the region. These included helping to develop new market entry strategies, gathering on-the-ground intelligence to assess the extent of a company's exposure to a variety of non-financial risks, and managing compliance and reputational crises post-market entry. His previous professional background is in political risk. Prior to joining KPMG, he helped start a political and economic risk consultancy based in Cairo, where he led the firm's research on the political environments of several Middle Eastern states.Karim has degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and the University College of Maastricht, and has lived and worked in Egypt, Germany, Morocco, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.

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Kevin Bourne

Kevin is deeply involved with solving the ESG data jigsaw puzzle created by the growing need to link multiple frameworks together to capture the most effective library of relevant information. Kevin leads the build out of the data platform that covers both companies & countries ESG profiles. He is particularly focused on the growing engagement by national regulators and supervisory bodies with the establishment of their own ESG frameworks. He manages the internal ESG data repository that cross references fourteen leading frameworks such as UN SDGs, TCFD, SASB, GRI with almost ten thousand ESG data points in addition to the ESG schemas for 7,400 public companies & 211 countries.Previously Kevin was Global Head of Sustainable Investment at LSEG/FTSE Russell and was responsible for implementing their new ESG & Green revenues data models, systems and indexes. Prior to this, Kevin has 25 years' experience in equities trading with his final appointment being as Managing Director & Global Head of Electronic & Portfolio Trading at HSBC. He was a founding member of the EMEA FIX committee whilst trading at Salomon Brothers and has seen the material impact that standards can have on financial markets.

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Richard Blore

Richard is responsible for managing product and business development teams for KY3P, our solution designed in partnership with leading global financial institutions to increase efficiency and standardize third-party due diligence and assessment processes. Previously, he worked at Goldman Sachs where he was Global Head of Vendor Management, Global Head of Procurement and Vendor Management and Global Co-Head of Supply Chain. He had accountability for the firm's third-party risk management, shared services management as well as all aspects of procurement including strategic sourcing, procurement operations, supply chain ESG and enabling technologies.Richard also represented Goldman Sachs as a member of the KY3P Board from 2017 to 2019. Prior to his time in the financial service industry, Mr. Blore has held a number of Supply Chain Leadership roles across fast-moving consumer goods (Coca-Cola), construction (Anglo America) and manufacturing (Rolls-Royce).Richard holds a BSc in Applied Physics from Nottingham Trent University and qualified with the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.

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ESG for Supply Chains

Utilize an integrated suite of ESG solutions and strategy to support your unique requirements

Build an intelligent supply chain with our holistic solution

Research and Analysis

Experts

John Anton

John Mothersole

Laura Hodges

Emily Crowley

Sophie Malin

Michael Dall

Deni Koenhemsi

Paul Bingham

Karim El Assir

Kevin Bourne

Richard Blore

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