pureSupply: Pure Strategies

We help you reach back into your supply chain, identify risks, develop improved protocols, engage suppliers and track progress.

our process

Assess

Understand the key issues and risks in your products or materials.
Engage

Communicate expectations, build capacity, and collaborate across your supply chain.
Improve

Set goals, provide tools and training, and track and communicate progress.

our approaches

Risk Management
Pinpoint risks and opportunities to target tools and strategies effectively. read more
Supply Chain Strategy
Create a framework to drive change deep in your supply chain and proactively address emerging issues such as animal welfare, chemicals and deforestation. read more
Supplier Scorecards
Communicate priorities, facilitate, reward and track supplier performance. read more
Safer Supply Chain
Align suppliers, promote transparency, and identify and implement chemical management tools and strategies. read more

pureSupply resources

Case Study:
Walmart: Embedding sustainability in a vast supply chain

Science-based scorecard drives supply chain improvements

Retailer Sustainability Requests

Turning Compliance into Strategic Opportunities

Case Study:
Rockline Industries: Ambitious goals help meet customer expectations

Strong goals drive successful program

Case Study:
Seventh Generation: Motivating supplier sustainability efforts

Supplier survey anchors multi-pronged engagement program

Our Other Service Areas

Latest News

Redefining the source of business value

by Cheryl Baldwin, published Monday, December 19, 2016

Over $8 billion was earned in 2015 from the sustainability efforts of 153 survey respondents. Signaling a new way of defining the source of business value, these notable gains were uncovered in a new Pure Strategies’ study. Taking inspiration from sustainability’s positive performance, companies should position their programs to generate the greatest business benefits and to measure and celebrate the gains. read on
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How Nestle and Unilever are Gaining Value through Sustainable Agriculture

by Cheryl Baldwin, published Sunday, November 6, 2016

Nestlé and Unilever are helping set the standard for sustainable agriculture, according to a survey of over 150 global sustainability heads conducted by Pure Strategies. The responses identified these firms as the leaders and revealed that farm-level engagement is a top priority across industries such as apparel, home and personal care, and life sciences. read on
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Prepare for Retailer Sustainability Surveys to Reap Their Full Value

by Tara Gallagher, published Sunday, August 7, 2016

CDP and CSR reporting season has barely passed before over-worked sustainability managers must turn their attention to customer sustainability surveys. While these can be resource-intensive, they also present opportunities to further your sustainability initiatives internally, elevate your brand’s standing with key customers, and stand out in the marketplace. Before survey season hits, you should start gathering relevant information and, more importantly, devise a plan to improve your performance. read on
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Ben & Jerry’s and Ford are embracing climate disruption and your company needs to as well

by Tim Greiner, published Monday, July 18, 2016

Does your business embrace the disruptive forces of a low-carbon world as Ford and Ben & Jerry’s are? Over the next 10 years, climate change will drive industrial disruption at rates that previously seemed unimaginable. In response, policy makers must come to terms with the need to keep the mean global temperature rise to 1.5°C. read on
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Pure and Simple: An Interview with Business Sustainability Expert Tim Greiner in Planet Laundry

by Tim Greiner, published Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Sustainability is being driven by large forces at play. Consider that we have a global population of more than 7 billion people who all want to live like we do here in the U.S. That puts incredible strain on our natural resources. Add to that the fact that the climate is warming at an unprecedented rate. These global forces present an ethical challenge for us all, but they also present a business opportunity. The businesses that get out ahead and help to solve these issues will prosper. Taking it down a notch, there are three reasons for small businesses to consider sustainability in their business practices: productivity, risk reduction and growth. read on