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EcoVadis: Procurement Teams Face Supplier AI Gap Tier 2 & 3

Procurementmag · · 689 words · By Georgia Collins
AI Adoption ESG compliance Digital Divide in Supply Chains

The article discusses a digital capability gap between multinational procurement teams and their lower-tier suppliers regarding AI adoption. It argues that this gap hinders ESG data quality and supply chain resilience, suggesting that strategic partnerships and technology investment are necessary to meet regulatory requirements.

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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“68% of buying organisations currently use AI for analytics, data verification and risk screening.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the number 68 and historical events from 1968, which are irrelevant to AI in procurement.
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web search NEUTRAL — 68 (number) ... 68 (sixty-eight) is the natural number following 67 and preceding 69. It is an even number. 68 is a composite number and the eighth square-prime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — 68 68 may refer to: 68 (number), the natural number following 67 and prior to 69 one of the years 68 BC, AD 68, 1968, 2068 68 Publishers, a Czech-Canadian publishing firm '68 (band), an American rock …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68
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web search NEUTRAL — Movements that had been building along the primary fault lines of the 1960s—the Vietnam War, the Cold War, civil rights, human rights, youth culture—exploded with force in 1968. The ...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/timeline-seismic-1809…
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“According to EcoVadis, 36% of suppliers have no plans to adopt AI tools.”
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The evidence from 'Sustainability Magazine' explicitly states that 'EcoVadis found that 36% of suppliers do not plan to use AI tools'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since it is possible to find sequences of 36 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 36 is an Erdős–Woods number.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36_(number)
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web search NEUTRAL — "36", a 2002 song by System of a Down from Steal This Album!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36
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web search NEUTRAL — 36 (thirty-six) is a number. It comes between thirty-five and thirty-seven, and is an even number. It is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, and 36. 36 is the 6th square number after 1, 4, 9, 16, a…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/36_(number)
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“Almost half of the organisations surveyed said they have visibility into 75% or more of their Tier One suppliers.”
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The evidence from 'Sustainability Magazine' confirms that 'almost half saying they have visibility into 75% [of Tier One suppliers]'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Procurement Leaders Now See More ROI from Supply Chain Innovation Than Compliance, EcoVadis and Accenture Find. The 2026 Sustainable Procurement Barometer shows leading companies are turning sustainab…
https://resources.ecovadis.com/news-press/sustainable-procur…
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web search NEUTRAL — Paris, April 6, 2021 – For the second year in a row, Capgemini has been awarded the Platinum rating by EcoVadis for its overall performance as a responsible and sustainable business. Capgemini was ran…
https://www.capgemini.com/us-en/news/capgemini-awarded-top-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — While EcoVadis operates as a global ratings platform, FSSC 24000 offers independently audited assurance in the field of Social Sustainability. These combined strengths allow organizations to demonstra…
https://www.fssc.com/insights/social-certification-scheme-fs…
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“Only 12% of organisations can monitor more than half of their Tier Two suppliers”
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The evidence provided discusses Tier 2 visibility from McKinsey (42%) and Business Continuity Institute (17.1% beyond Tier 3), but does not provide the specific 12% figure attributed to EcoVadis.
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web search NEUTRAL — In McKinsey's 2025 survey, 95% of global supply chain leaders said they have visibility into their Tier 1 supply chain risks. But when it comes to Tier 2 or beyond, only 42% have visibility. That mean…
https://onspring.com/resources/blog/tier-2-tier-3-supply-cha…
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web search NEUTRAL — Category Management What Are Tier 1, 2, and 3 Suppliers? A Complete Guide to Supply Chain Visibility Large enterprises can have thousands of suppliers with lengthy supply chains. These suppliers can b…
https://sievo.com/blog/supplier-tiers
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Business Continuity Institute, only 17.1% of organizations mapped their suppliers beyond tier 3 in 2024, allowing for potential gaps in visibility. Let's explore the differences betwe…
https://tradeverifyd.com/resources/supply-chain-tiers
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“85% have limited insight into Tier Three suppliers, the survey found.”
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The evidence mentions 85% of consumers are more likely to buy from sustainable companies, but does not confirm the 85% figure regarding limited insight into Tier Three suppliers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Procurement functions have integrated AI into supply chain management operations. According to EcoVadis's annual Sustainable Procurement Barometer, which surveys business leaders, the performance gap …
https://procurementmag.com/news/ecovadis-procurement-teams-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — EcoVadis found that 36% of suppliers do not plan to use AI tools, which creates a digital divide and puts global ESG data at risk. Organisations are making progress where they have direct control with…
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/solving-the-supply-chains…
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web search NEUTRAL — EcoVadis Assessment. Globally Recognized and Trusted Business Sustainability Ratings. Join 150,000+ Companies Building Resilient Supply Chains Today.85%. Of consumers are more likely to buy from a com…
https://ecovadis.com/suppliers/
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“According to EcoVadis, more than US$2.5tn in global spend now incorporates sustainability criteria.”
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The evidence provided consists of dictionary definitions for the word 'over' and does not contain any financial data regarding global spend or sustainability criteria.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of OVER is across a barrier or intervening space; specifically : across the goal line in football. How to use over in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over
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web search NEUTRAL — Over is related to the German word über, meaning "above," like putting one piece of paper over another, or a ruling over your school, you popular person. Over can describe a distant position: your pho…
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/over
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web search NEUTRAL — We use over as a preposition and an adverb to refer to something at a higher position than something else, sometimes involving movement from one side to another: …
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/over
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“almost 30% of suppliers still provide no primary emissions data, according to the research.”
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The evidence provided contains generic snippets about research returns and funding from unrelated organizations (AACP, AAAS, Caltrans) and does not mention emissions data.
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web search NEUTRAL — The nearly 100% percent return for all the surveys is testimony to the institutions' commitment to the goals of this report. Estela J. Lopez, M.P.A. Associate Director of Research and Data Analysis Ca…
https://www.aacp.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/fall-2024-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Funds nearly all of NSF's research programs, including six core research directorates, polar research programs, crossdisciplinary projects. Most of its funds go to peer-reviewed research grants. Budge…
https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/2026-04/2026+CASE+R…
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web search NEUTRAL — This sheet must be updated every time a change order is executed and submitted to the Resident Engineer for review and approval. Nearly all the information on the Results Page is prepopulated from inf…
https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/local-assistan…
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“According to EcoVadis's research, leading organisations are 3.6 times more likely than others to collaborate closely with suppliers”
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The evidence confirms EcoVadis's role in sustainability and partnerships with Watershed, but does not mention the specific '3.6 times more likely' statistic.
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web search NEUTRAL — We're partnering with EcoVadis, the global standard for resilient, sustainable supply chains, to tackle one of the hardest problems in climate action: closing the scope 3 data gap.
https://watershed.com/en-GB/blog/ecovadis-partnership
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web search NEUTRAL — Today we’re announcing a new partnership with EcoVadis to bring supplier-specific primary emissions data directly into Watershed. By integrating EcoVadis data into Watershed, teams can access more gra…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/watershedclimate_partnering-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — your organisation’s sustainability maturitythe time and resources you have availableTrusted by more than 130,000 organisations worldwide,2 the EcoVadis rating system is a...
https://nexioprojects.com/understanding-ecovadis-whats-the-d…
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“organisations using advanced AI-driven procurement processes are experiencing approximately 2.5 times more revenue growth and productivity gains than those without.”
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“By 2029, 40% of organisations expect to achieve substantially improved visibility into their Tier Three networks”
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