Technology providers are demanding more environmental-sustainability-aligned performance from vendors and are demanding they prove their green street cred.
According to analysts at Gartner group more than 70 per cent of technology sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders (SPVM) will have environmental-sustainability-aligned performance objectives by 2026.
Big G said that vendors to incorporate sustainability rigour into operations and objectives as sustainability is becoming a competitive differentiator.
By 2026, 75 per cent of organisations will increase business with IT vendors that have demonstrable sustainability goals and timelines while vendors who cannot be out of work.
Gartner senior director analyst, Stephen White said: “Organisations with sustainability targets have realised that technology vendors within their ecosystem will have a significant part to play in their success.”
Companies will need to avoid being dazzled by providers’ headline commitments or greenwashing, and instead, review the detail behind headline commitments and validate merit and performance.
Gartner added the criticality of technology vendors with poorly aligned sustainability objectives will be identified by SPVM leaders and stakeholders, leaving the services of those vendors to be scaled down and new alternatives will be found.
