With a bright spotlight shining on social responsibility right now, procurement departments can play an important role in helping their organizations meet their goals in this area. This isn’t new territory for the procurement space, which in 2019 was pulled into conversations concerning Brexit, the international trade wars and other potential geopolitical risks.
Recent examples of systematic racism, inequality and injustice have compelled more companies to have “very real conversations” with employees, business partners and external stakeholders about what they can do to address these issues, Givewith’s Paul Polizzotto observes.
