Supplier engagement usually means sending targets and waiting. It does not work, because the suppliers carrying your emissions are often mid-sized factories with no carbon team, no capital budget for efficiency, and a rational suspicion that this is a cost transfer disguised as a partnership.
A Strategic Supplier Development Program (SSDP) replaces the letter with a structured journey: capability building, technical diagnosis on site, a shortlist of payback-ranked projects, co-financing options, and verified measurement of what was actually reduced. Suppliers embark because the program pays them back, not because you asked twice.
What you get
Supplier segmentation and roadmap
Suppliers grouped by emission weight and Net Zero Pulse maturity, each segment with its own engagement track, timeline and success criteria.
On-site technical diagnosis
Energy, process and utility assessment at the factories that matter: boilers, steam, compressed air, heat recovery, lighting, electrification and renewable options.
Payback-ranked project list
Every lever costed with capex, annual savings, payback period and tCO2e avoided — the format a factory owner can actually approve.
Training and financing pathways
Practical training for supplier teams in their language, plus routes to green finance including PBOC carbon refinancing tools for Chinese sites.
Verified reduction reporting
Before/after measurement with documented evidence, so reductions can be claimed in your Scope 3 inventory and in CDP or SBTi progress reporting.
Who this is for
- Brands whose Scope 3 targets depend on supplier action they cannot mandate
- Groups with SBTi supplier engagement commitments approaching their deadline
- Procurement organisations running supplier capability programs in Asia
- Companies whose past supplier surveys produced data but no reductions
How we work
Select and rank
We combine Tier-N mapping and Net Zero Pulse to pick the suppliers where a euro of effort removes the most tonnes.
Diagnose on site
Our engineers assess the factory in person, in the local language, and leave with a costed project list rather than a report.
Fund and implement
We structure co-financing between you, the supplier and available green finance, then follow implementation to commissioning.
Verify and re-score
Reductions are measured and evidenced, the supplier's Pulse score is updated, and the program moves to the next cohort.
Supplier development FAQ
Accelerate your suppliers' embarkment
Start with a free maturity diagnosis, or book a working session with our team.