Supplier Engagement Program

How Companies Engage Their Value Chain to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions

Leverage the Power of Your Supply Chain to Reduce Emissions

Scope 3 emissions often account for more than 70% of a company’s total footprint. Yet engaging suppliers to act remains one of the most complex steps in any decarbonization journey.

To achieve Scope 3 targets, meet customer requirements or comply with frameworks such as SBTi and CDP, companies must gain visibility into supplier emissions and support their decarbonization efforts.

Partner with STRIVE to Drive Supplier Action (Max. 100 words)

STRIVE by STX helps organizations activate their value chain by turning corporate commitments into measurable supplier action. Our solutions include categorizing and prioritizing suppliers based on factors such as emissions contribution and climate maturity, and creating an action plan tailored accordingly.

Our Offering

Supplier Mapping

Categorize and prioritize suppliers based on factors such as emissions contribution, climate maturity, local access to renewable energy and engagement potential.

Engagement Strategy

Develop a tailored strategy, action plan and incentives for each supplier category, sparking motivation while focusing on initiatives that are feasible to implement yet effective in reducing emissions. This could include target setting for less climate-mature suppliers, developing decarbonization roadmaps for strategic partners, or enabling collective procurement initiatives with closely engaged suppliers.

Supplier-Specific Target Setting

Support suppliers in assessing their emissions, defining near-term targets and aligning with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Decarbonization roadmap

Identify decarbonization levers across scope 1 and 2, assess them based on feasibility, emissions reduction impact, cost and strategic fit, and build a practical roadmap to reach targets and objectives.

Collective Procurement

Enable suppliers to access renewable energy or low-carbon solutions through aggregated programs.

Supplier Awareness and Training

Equip suppliers with tools, training and data to measure emissions and build internal capacity and governance for climate action.

Benefits of Our Supplier Engagement Program

Practical, actionable and measurable

By tailoring actions to each supplier category, we make sure initiatives are both practical and actionable. We then help define milestones, KPIs, and targets to track progress and demonstrate measurable success.

Scalable

Our program is designed to be scalable; by categorizing suppliers, we help companies make strategic decisions about which groups to prioritize or deprioritize, where to focus deeper engagement, and how to maximize overall impact.

Strategic incentives

As part of the engagement strategy, we’ll work with you to align on incentives that motivate the right action among suppliers.

Benchmarked with peers

We align your program with leading supplier initiatives and industry best practices, leveraging the progress and insights already gained across your sector.

Resilient

With STX Group’s 20+ years of market experience, we will help you navigate complex regulatory and voluntary frameworks, regional market differences, and emerging best practices to ensure your supplier program stays effective and resilient as markets evolve.

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Why STRIVE

Hands-On Partnership

Strategy and execution

Regulatory and Market Insight

Global Market Backbone

We work closely with procurement, sustainability and ESG teams to turn supplier collaboration into measurable Scope 3 progress.

Our approach combines strategy and action plan development with capacity building and access to renewable electricity, energy efficiency and carbon solutions.

We align your supplier engagement program with frameworks like CSRD, SBTi and CDP to ensure traceability and compliance.

With access to STX Group’s trading network, we help suppliers benefit from verified market instruments that accelerate decarbonization.

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FAQS

What is a supplier engagement program?

It’s an initiative that helps companies collaborate with suppliers to measure, reduce and report emissions, particularly those in Scope 3. Effective supplier engagement accelerates value chain decarbonization and strengthens climate disclosure.

Why is supplier engagement critical for Scope 3 management?

For many organizations, Scope 3 emissions make up over 70% of their footprint. Engaging suppliers creates shared accountability, accelerates progress toward strategic goals and SBTi/CDP commitments, and drives measurable collective impact.

How does STRIVE help companies activate suppliers?

We design actionable, scalable and resilient programs that combine supplier mapping and strategy development with practical solutions, capacity-building and access to renewable electricity or carbon instruments to drive measurable Scope 3 reductions.

What challenges do companies face when engaging suppliers?

Common barriers include limited supplier data, varying maturity levels, tight margins, geographical differences and lack of incentives. STRIVE provides tailored solutions to overcome these challenges and ensure progress towards scope 3 goals.

Can STRIVE support suppliers directly?

Yes. We help suppliers measure their own emissions, identify reduction actions and access environmental markets through STRIVE’s trading and advisory network.