Businesses without sustainable supply chains will see share prices fall

Poor supply chains will damage investment

Companies without sustainable supply chains will attract less investment and see share prices fall in the next decade, a survey of UK and US investment managers has found.

More than eight in 10 (85%) investment managers believe businesses that fail to implement supply chain sustainability initiatives will see prices fall in the next 10 years, a new report by procurement consultancy Proxima found, with 84% also stating that issues with supply chain sustainability and ESG standards are a risk to their investments. End modern slavery: Industry crackdown urged as exploitation 'likely to exist in supply chain of nearly every business' Almost all (97%) investment managers surveyed said they consider sustainability standards of a business' supply chain when ma...