Use cases

ESG SCORE for public procurement

The ESG Score criteria are objectively verifiable and non-discriminatory. They are based on the analysis of over 5,000 chapters from the certification guidelines of leading Type I quality labels and are continuously developed in collaboration with independent institutes
You can group the criteria into product- and manufacturer-related requirements and metrics, and you can download all criteria along with their derivations in an Excel file
All criteria can be easily downloaded via Excel and can then also be used elsewhere

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Sign up at www.esg-score.org
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Select a product category
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Compare the sustainability of products in the ESG Score leaderboards
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Filter products by ecolabels recommended in sustainable procurement guidelines
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Save the sustainability data of the selected product as an Excel file in your procurement e-record

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Invite suppliers to easily and free of charge submit sustainability data for their products via self-declaration on the ESG Score platform
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Track the status of your Request for Information (RFI) until the due date
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Use the resulting data to evaluate the offered products based on selected suitability and award criteria in your cost-effectiveness assessments
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Benefit from unrestricted access to all product profiles from RFIs, including those from other ESG Score users

Integrate ESG Score data into your catalogs
Enable colleagues to sort and filter products by ESG Score
Access all scoring details via the ESG Score label with a single click and save them as an Excel file if needed

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Visualize the price points of products for selected product categories based on their ESG Score
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Identify products with a higher ESG Score at a given price to optimize sustainability within your budget
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Identify products with a lower price for a given ESG Score and save costs without compromising sustainability

Integrate ESG Score data
Delight customers with simplicity of use in sorting and filtering products by sustainability
Empower buyers to procure best-in-class sustainable products

Identify best-in-class sustainable products via the rankings of ESG Score
List these products in your assortment
Serve the demand for sustainable products and contribute to the transformation to a sustainable social market economy

Obtain data from certifications and product carbon footprints to security data sheets and environmental product declarations
Provide them to your clients and satisfy their increasing need for sustainability data

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Quickly and easily enter data on your certified products at www.esg-datahub.org – using market-established and proven data structures
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Allow manufacturers to seamlessly add product identifiers such as GTIN, EAN, UPC, and MPN on www.esg-datahub.org
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Benefit from the distribution of your data through state-of-the-art interfaces to online shops and procurement systems
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Save online shops and procurement systems the effort of obtaining your data through a proprietary connection. Save yourself the effort of maintaining a proprietary solution. Distribute your data via the ESG Datahub

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Sign in at www.esg-datahub.org (free of charge)
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Complete the data profiles on the ESG Score criteria for your best-in-class sustainable products
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Get rewarded with high ESG Scores and good positions in our category-specific leaderboards

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Sign in at www.esg-datahub.org (free of charge)
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Get overviews of certifier data linked to your company and products
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Provide and maintain product identifier data (GTIN, EAN, UPC, MPN) for certified products
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Get these data distributed to online shops and procurement systems who can then display your certifications and use them in filters

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