How Organizations Are Managing Supplier Risk in 2026
Global supply chains are becoming increasingly more complex, with much greater risk in many areas while ESG remains a focus despite the volatility we are facing. Rising regulatory pressure, tighter supplier capacity and increasing disruption are forcing organisations to rethink how they manage sustainability and risk.
Our annual Risk and Sustainability Report draws on insights from 2,805 organizations operating in some of the world’s most complex, high-risk supply chains. The findings reveal a significant shift in how organizations are approaching sustainability. Find out what has become the primary driver of sustainability action.
Supplier-related disruption continues to create real operational and financial consequences, exposing weaknesses in supplier visibility and governance.
The research conducted across multiple regions, and many high risk-highly regulated industries highlights a growing divide between organisations in their adoption of supplier management tools. Download the report to find out more about supply chain transparency, and how AI is shaping the future of supply chain management.
For sustainability, procurement and risk professionals, the message is clear: organisations that act early and build stronger supplier intelligence will be far better positioned to prevent small issues from escalating into costly incidents.
The report explores the challenges and opportunities shaping supply chains today, including:
- Supply chain visibility: Discover how transparent global supply networks truly are. Are organisations reporting beyond Tier-1 suppliers?
- The dominant driver: find out what is the leading catalyst for sustainability action.
- Supplier demand: How do organisations feel about current capacity in critical markets.
- Supplier readiness challenges: How prepared are they to meet rising environmental and safety standards.
- The financial impact of disruption: Find out the true cost of single disruption events.
- The role of technology: Which organisations significantly more likely to have formal sustainability strategies in place and to be progressing toward AI-enabled supply chain management.
These findings highlight key factors that all businesses should know of in order to have greater visibility, stronger supplier engagement and more advanced risk management capabilities.
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