Achilles launches continuous supplier risk intelligence capability to help energy organisations anticipate disruption, provide continuous risk visibility, and strengthen resilience across evolving global supply chains.
Abingdon, UK – 17 August 2026 – Achilles, a global leader in supply chain risk and performance management, has launched Achilles Risk Screening, a new capability designed to help organisations identify emerging supplier risks before they disrupt projects or operations.
This new solution comes at a time when energy supply chains are becoming larger, geographically diverse, and increasingly dynamic, and energy companies are accelerating investment in renewable generation, grid modernisation, electrification and critical infrastructure. Major capital programmes now rely on thousands of engineering firms, specialist contractors and subcontractors working across multiple jurisdictions, creating supplier ecosystems that are constantly evolving throughout the lifecycle of a project.
While organisations typically maintain strong oversight of their most strategic suppliers, operational risk is increasingly concentrated elsewhere.
Achilles describes this as the ‘risk blind spot’ – the area where emerging financial, cyber, ESG and operational risks can develop unnoticed until they begin affecting project delivery, regulatory compliance or business continuity.
The challenge is particularly significant for the energy sector, where supplier disruption rarely impacts procurement alone. Delays to construction programmes, contractor shortages, equipment failures or health and safety incidents can postpone commissioning, increase costs and affect operational performance. McKinsey estimates that a single month-long supply chain disruption can erode between 30% and 50% of annual EBITDA.
Achilles’ own research highlights how widespread these risks have become. 31% of organisations reported supplier financial failure or distress affecting their supply chain during the previous 12 months, with over 12.5% experiencing disruptions costing more than US$500,000. Although these incidents are often relatively small in isolation, their cumulative impact across large supplier networks creates significant operational inefficiency, increased assurance activity and avoidable project delays.
At the same time, the risk landscape facing energy organisations continues to broaden. Procurement and supply chain teams must now manage financial resilience, cyber threats spanning both IT and operational technology, sanctions exposure, geopolitical instability, environmental compliance, modern slavery challenges and increasingly demanding ESG reporting requirements. Growing scrutiny around Scope 3 emissions and supplier sustainability performance is placing further pressure on organisations to maintain accurate, continuously updated supplier intelligence across expanding supply chains.
Achilles Risk Screening has been developed to address this challenge by extending visibility beyond critical suppliers into the wider supplier base. Rather than relying on periodic assessments, the platform continuously monitors external risk indicators including financial distress, adverse media, sanctions exposure, ESG performance and health and safety signals, helping organisations identify emerging issues earlier and prioritise assurance activity where it will have the greatest operational impact.
This approach is particularly important for global energy companies operating across complex, multi-country supplier networks where risk cannot be managed effectively through periodic questionnaires or country-specific processes alone. By providing continuous, externally informed visibility across suppliers in all geographies, Achilles Risk Screening gives organisations a no-touch way to monitor emerging risks without relying on supplier-led updates. This helps organisations understand supplier risk holistically, prioritise assurance activity according to exposure and operational impact, and manage resilience across their full supplier ecosystem rather than market by market.
Supporting this continuous risk visibility is one of the world’s largest repositories of supplier data. Achilles supports hundreds of buying organisations globally and maintains verified supplier intelligence across hundreds of thousands of suppliers, including extensive coverage of the energy, utilities, infrastructure and oil and gas sectors. Within renewable energy alone, Achilles maintains structured supplier intelligence on more than 1,500 specialist suppliers, with data continually strengthened through supplier participation, independent verification and ongoing assessment.
“Organisations are being asked to demonstrate greater control across their full supply chain, but supplier risk is increasingly dynamic and difficult to monitor consistently and cost-effectively at scale.” said Mark Chamberlain, Chief Product Officer at Achilles. “Achilles Risk Screening gives customers an early view of potential risk across their suppliers, allowing them to take action earlier, focus assurance effort where it matters most, and prevent small issues from becoming costly disruptions.
“Energy organisations need more than a snapshot of supplier risk. They need continuous intelligence that helps them understand where risk is changing, where action may be needed and where assurance effort should be focused. Achilles Risk Screening supports this shift, helping customers improve assurance efficiency, act before risks escalate and strengthen operational resilience across complex supplier networks.”
As investment across the global energy sector continues to accelerate, Achilles believes organisations that move beyond point-in-time supplier assessments towards continuous supplier intelligence will be better positioned to anticipate disruption, strengthen assurance programmes and build more resilient supply chains.
For organisations managing complex capital programmes and critical infrastructure, the challenge is no longer simply qualifying suppliers – it is maintaining confidence that supplier risk is understood, monitored and managed throughout the life of every project.
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Further Information:
Hayley van Leeuwen
Chief Marketing Officer, Achilles
Hayley.vanleeuwen@achilles.com
BlytheRay
Public Relations
