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Within procurement, sustainability is the process of integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals into procurement, purchasing, and supplychains, which helps build a circular economy. Sustainability means considering social and environmental factors alongside purely financial and economic ones.
It also requires a clear understanding of the environment in which the organization operates, so scenario planning must go extend beyond the enterprise to encompass value-chain dynamics and end-to-end supplychainresilience.
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