Procurement is evolving. It’s no longer just about price, timelines, and compliance. Today, it’s about purpose, and procurement teams are stepping up to drive real change in how businesses impact people and the planet.

At Scale, we’re building the tools to make sustainable, inclusive, and responsible procurement the new normal. Whether you’re looking to reduce your carbon footprint, promote local suppliers, or meet your ESG targets, we’re making it easier to do the right thing—and prove it.

Why Sustainable Procurement Is the Next Big Shift

Every procurement decision impacts more than your balance sheet. It influences:

• Environmental health through emissions, packaging, and waste
• Social equity through inclusion of women, youth, and PWD-owned businesses
• Local economies through domestic sourcing.
• Corporate reputation in an era of growing ESG accountability

Sustainable procurement isn’t optional anymore—it’s strategic. And we’re helping organizations lead this transformation with confidence and data.

How Scale Is Embedding Sustainability Across the Platform

Here’s what we’ve already built and what’s coming next:

1. ESG-Ready RFx Templates (Live)

Procurement teams on Scale can already include sustainability-related requirements in their Pre-qualifications, RFIs, RFQs and RFPs:

• Mandatory ESG disclosures
• Weighted scoring for environmental certifications
• Lifecycle costing options (not just upfront price)

This ensures that sustainability isn’t an afterthought—it’s built into supplier selection from the start.

2. Sustainable Supplier Discovery (Live)

We’re expanding supplier profiles to highlight:

• Environmental certifications (e.g., ISO 14001, FSC, EMAS, Green Mark, EDGE, LEED, FairTrade  etc)
• Ownership tags: women, youth, PWDs
• Local sourcing potential and regional impact

Buyers will soon be able to filter suppliers based on these attributes, making inclusive and sustainable sourcing easier than ever.

3. Sustainability Reporting Dashboards (Coming Soon)

We’re building visual dashboards to track and report on:

• % of spend aligned with sustainability goals
• Emissions by procurement category
• Inclusion rates (women, youth, PWDs)
• Supplier ESG compliance and risk levels

This empowers teams to monitor progress, demonstrate impact, and support ESG reporting requirements.

4. The Sustainability Toolkit (2025 Launch)

A new module to help buyers:

• Set sustainability goals by category or department
• Score suppliers against ESG benchmarks
• Receive alerts when thresholds are at risk
• Integrate with external ESG data sources (e.g., EcoVadis, CDP)

We’re also open to partnerships and integrations with organizations offering ESG certifications, sustainability scoring, or environmental compliance solutions. Our goal is to enhance Scale’s offering and give our customers a more complete and actionable picture of sustainability within their supply chain.

Open to Partnerships: Let’s Build Together

We know sustainable procurement can’t be built in isolation. That’s why we’re actively seeking partners across Africa and globally who are working to advance sustainability, inclusion, and responsible supply chains.

We are open to collaborating with:

• ESG certification bodies
• Sustainability data providers
• Environmental compliance platforms
• Development agencies and public sector champions
• Private sector organizations looking to lead by example

We are especially excited to co-create Africa-specific tools and frameworks, leveraging the lived experience, knowledge, and insights of mission-aligned partners. Whether it’s embedding localized ESG metrics, training suppliers, or piloting new sustainability scoring systems—we’re eager to work hand-in-hand.

If you’re looking to design with us, test innovations, or integrate your sustainability tools into the Scale platform, we’re ready to collaborate.

A Future Designed for Africa—and by Africa

Scale is built in Africa, for Africa. We understand the complexity of sourcing in diverse, rapidly changing markets. We also understand the potential—procurement has the power to create jobs, promote ethical businesses, support local economies, and fight climate change.

That’s why our vision for the future of procurement includes:

• Supplier ESG scoring
• Local economic impact tracking
• Built-in compliance alerts
• Supplier development tools and feedback loops
• Annual reports highlighting progress on sustainable procurement

Together with our partners, customers, and community, we’re creating a system where purpose-driven procurement isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s the default.

Let’s Build Sustainable Procurement Together

Whether you’re a buyer striving to meet ESG targets, a supplier offering sustainable goods and services, or a partner with tools, data, or frameworks—we want to hear from you.

Let’s transform procurement into a force for good across Africa and beyond.

📩 Let’s Talk Collaboration
Reach out at procure{@}scale.co.ke or book a demo to explore how we can work together.