Identifying environmental
impacts and dependencies in the supply chain
Summary
A ‘Big four’ consultancy requested technical support to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature across their supply chain.
How we helped
Little Blue Research conducted a natural capital materiality assessment across the client's key suppliers and identified data gaps. The team set out a series of next steps to support embedding nature-related issues into the client's procurement process.
Client description
‘Big four’ consultancy
15000+ employees
Case study details
Main service: Strategy & risk
Sector: Professional services and consulting
Assessment location: UK
Capital(s)
Challenges
• Obtaining information and data availability on nature across the supply chain
• Choosing most relevant and priority suppliers for analysis
Outcomes
• Interviews with procurement and ESG teams to understand how nature related risks and impacts are identified and accounted for, and identify available data
• Conversion of internal procurement taxonomy to Global Industry Classification Standard enabling screening outputs of impacts and dependencies from Exploring Natural Capital Opportunities, Risks and Exposure (ENCORE)
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