Getting Unstuck on Scope 3: Why Supplier Engagement Stalls and What Works

Why do so many supplier decarbonization programs stall once suppliers move from disclosure to real reduction? What governance, incentive design, and multi-year program structure actually get suppliers unstuck when sustainability doesn’t control procurement or the supplier contract?

Most corporate supply chain carbon programs hit the same wall: suppliers disclose, then progress stalls. Practitioners and supplier representatives who’ve lived through that stall will share what worked and what they’d do differently, covering governance, a maturity model for supplier engagement that meets suppliers where they are, and incentives that don’t depend on contract or financial leverage. Attendees will leave with a practical supplier decarbonization framework built by the Scope 3 Peer Group, a 100+ member global collective of sustainability and procurement professionals