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EcoVadis and the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance team up in a strategic partnership to strengthen industrial resilience and mitigate supply chain risk through environmentally focused procurement practices, ultimately advancing responsible procurement in global hospitality markets.
EcoVadis and the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance (the Alliance) have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at advancing sustainability practices across the global hospitality sector.
Bringing together the Alliance’s network of 66,000 hotels and eight million rooms with EcoVadis’ sustainability assessment expertise, the collaboration is intended to provide hospitality organisations with a more consistent approach to responsible procurement.
As EcoVadis becomes the Alliance’s preferred sustainable procurement partner, members will gain access to a scalable framework designed to improve supply chain transparency whilst supporting wider decarbonisation initiatives.
STRENGTHENING RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT
The partnership focuses on three core priorities intended to support both hospitality businesses and their suppliers.
The first centres on improving supplier performance by expanding the use of EcoVadis supplier assessments across the Alliance’s global network. This will provide suppliers with objective sustainability evaluations and practical improvement pathways, whilst enabling procurement teams to identify supply chain risks more effectively.
A second priority is the standardisation of decarbonisation efforts. Through the EcoVadis Carbon Action Manager, the partnership seeks to reduce duplicated reporting requirements and deliver assurance-ready Scope 3 emissions insights, helping organisations progress towards decarbonisation in line with frameworks such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
The collaboration will also promote unified ethical standards by aligning the Alliance’s existing frameworks with EcoVadis’ human rights solutions. The objective is to strengthen human rights practices, ethical recruitment, and worker welfare throughout hospitality supply chains.
“This partnership represents a significant step forward in our mission to drive responsible procurement in hospitality,” said Annette Gevaert, SVP Alliances and Strategic Initiatives at EcoVadis.
Annette Gevaert, SVP Alliances and Strategic Initiatives, EcoVadis
“By combining our assessment capabilities with the Alliance’s industry-leading reach, we are making it easier for hotel groups to access actionable intelligence and meet their sustainability commitments, whilst suppliers benefit from streamlined requirements, reducing duplicated data requests.”
Annette Gevaert, SVP Alliances and Strategic Initiatives, EcoVadis
BUILDING A MORE RESILIENT SECTOR
According to the organisations, the partnership responds to the growing fragmentation of sustainability initiatives across the hospitality industry.
By combining the Alliance’s measurement standards, including HCMI and Vera-FY, with EcoVadis’ sustainability intelligence, the collaboration is designed to provide hotel groups with a unified framework to manage risk and build more resilient supply chains.
“Sustainability is no longer a peripheral ambition; it is the bedrock of future-proofing our industry,” said Glenn Mandziuk, President and CEO at the World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.
Glenn Mandziuk, President and CEO, World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
“By formalising this strategic partnership with EcoVadis, we are moving beyond fragmented, siloed efforts toward a unified standard for procurement excellence. We are providing our global network of 66,000 hotels not just with guidance, but with a verified, scalable blueprint for mitigating risk and driving tangible, data-backed impact across their supply chains.”
Glenn Mandziuk, President and CEO, World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT
The agreement also strengthens the Hospitality Alliance for Responsible Procurement (HARP), an initiative launched by EcoVadis in 2023 alongside leading global hospitality organisations.
Whilst HARP will continue to operate independently as an autonomous, antitrust-compliant network, the Alliance will support the initiative by endorsing its established methodologies. Through its industry reach, the Alliance aims to encourage wider adoption of responsible procurement practices and contribute towards a more consistent standard across the hospitality sector.
Lucy Pilgrim is an in-house writer for Supply Chain Outlook Magazine, where she is responsible for interviewing corporate executives and crafting original features for the magazine, corporate brochures, and the digital platform.
