Summary

Now that we have reached the end of this chapter, you should have a better understanding of what the drivers for sustainable IT vendor management are and how you can leverage your buying power in your IT supply chain to make it more trustworthy and transparent. Secondly, you should know what essential IT sustainability requirements can be leveraged in your IT supply chain from a corporate commitment, environmental, social, product and service, and circularity perspective. Thirdly, you should understand how to drive sustainable IT procurement from start to end. Just leveraging three simple steps can make your IT procurement much more robust and sustainable. Furthermore, you should understand how sustainable IT vendor management can impact ESG change in your entire vendor ecosystem if managed well. Finally, you should be armed with crucial sustainability metrics that could be leveraged by your vendors to maximize ESG impact, minimize risk, and reduce cost.

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