Decarbonising the supply chain: the four questions every procurement department should be asking its suppliers right now
Supply chain decarbonisation is no longer a future objective. It has become an operational priority for procurement teams worldwide. As Scope 3 emissions increasingly represent the largest share of corporate carbon footprints, organizations are under growing pressure to gain visibility across their supplier ecosystems. The challenge is particularly complex for large international industrial groups managing […]
Supplier onboarding: why the first few weeks set the tone for the entire relationship
The Moment That Defines Everything That Follows Every supplier relationship has a founding moment. It is not the signing of the contract, nor the first invoice, nor the first delivery. It is the onboarding process, those first few weeks during which a new supplier discovers how your organisation works, what it expects, and whether it […]
GRC: why ROI isn’t the right metric for measuring the value of your programme
Why ROI Is No Longer the Best Metric for Measuring GRC Programme Value When organizations evaluate Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) initiatives, the discussion almost always starts with ROI. How much time will be saved? How many manual tasks will disappear? How many operational costs will be reduced? These questions are legitimate — but they […]
TPRM by design: how to manage the extended enterprise with integrity, insight and accountability?
TPRM by design: how to manage the extended enterprise with integrity, insight and accountability? The concept of the “extended enterprise” has fundamentally transformed how organizations operate. Today, companies no longer create value alone. They increasingly depend on vast ecosystems of: In many industries, third parties now represent a critical extension of the enterprise itself. But […]
Supplier fatigue vs compliance: how to get more from your suppliers without putting extra pressure on them?
Over the last few years, supplier compliance requirements have expanded dramatically. Companies now expect suppliers to provide far more than legal documents. They increasingly request: At the same time, suppliers are already dealing with multiple customers, multiple portals, and increasingly complex reporting obligations. As compliance requirements continue to expand, many organizations are discovering an unexpected […]
Post-Merger GRC Integration: The Hidden Risks of Fragmented Compliance Tools
Introduction: The Illusion of Coverage Through Accumulation There is a phenomenon well known to Risk Management and Compliance teams in post-acquisition organisations: tool proliferation. Every absorbed entity brings its own systems — its ERP, its document management tool, its internal control platform, its supplier repository. With each acquisition, the application landscape grows another layer. Five […]
From Tier 1 to Tier 5: How TPRM Is Becoming the Backbone of Carbon Footprint Measurement
In short Most organisations cannot accurately measure their carbon footprint because 70–90% of their emissions sit in Scope 3. These emissions are embedded across supply chains that often extend five, six, or even seven tiers deep, creating significant visibility challenges. TPRM (Third-Party Risk Management) provides the infrastructure needed to address this problem. Through supplier mapping, […]
TPGRC: Why “supplier compliance” is no longer the right name for the field
In most procurement and risk conversations, “supplier compliance” is still the working label. It sounds operational, contained, and reasonably modest in scope: collect a few certificates, verify a few attestations, archive what arrives, chase what doesn’t. The label has the advantage of describing a real activity that most large organisations have been doing for years. […]
The construction sector engages 88% of 11,000 suppliers via Ivalua and Aprovall: what this figure really reveals about the battle between platform pooling and specialisation
When Eiffage — the €23 billion French construction group with around 70,000 suppliers and subcontractors — reports an 88% activation rate on 11,000 third parties tracked through its TPRM platform, deployed in just 3 months, the natural reaction is to focus on the headline. But the more interesting story sits underneath: the figure quietly settles […]
