I was invited to a platform
You have been invited to EcoVadis, Sedex, CDP, IntegrityNext or a customer’s own portal. Find out what the platform is, what it expects, and how to respond without over-committing.
Start with these three
The fastest way in. Read these first, in order.
What Is EcoVadis? Supplier Guide
Beginner guide to EcoVadis for suppliers: why customers use it, what the assessment involves, and how to prepare.
02How to Respond to an EcoVadis Questionnaire
Step-by-step EcoVadis response guide for suppliers: gather evidence, answer accurately, avoid mistakes, and prepare for scoring.
03EcoVadis vs CDP vs Sedex: Understanding Customer ESG Platforms
Customer uses EcoVadis, CDP, or Sedex? Here's what each platform covers, how they differ, and how to decide where to focus your limited resources.
Free tools for this step
No account needed. Nothing leaves your browser.
All guides for this situation
28 more guides covering this situation in depth.
EcoVadis for Suppliers: Response Guide
EcoVadis supplier guide: what evidence to prepare, how the questionnaire works, and how to improve your rating over time.
Responding to EcoVadis Questionnaire: Supplier Guide
Customer wants you on EcoVadis? Learn what the questionnaire asks, what evidence to prepare, and how to submit a credible supplier response.
Improve Your EcoVadis Score: 10 Tips
Practical ways to improve an EcoVadis score with better policies, evidence uploads, KPIs, management systems, and CAP tracking.
CDP Questionnaire Guide for SMEs
How small and mid-sized suppliers can approach the CDP questionnaire. Which modules matter, scoring insights, and what data CDP expects from SMEs.
CDP Supply Chain Questionnaire: How to Respond
Customer invited you to CDP? Here's what the Supply Chain questionnaire covers, how to respond, and what to do if you've never disclosed climate data.
Sedex SMETA Audit Preparation Guide
Practical guide to preparing for a SMETA audit. Learn what auditors expect, required documents, the 4 pillars, common non-conformances, and how to close findings.
IntegrityNext Questionnaire: How to Prepare and What to Expect
Guide to IntegrityNext assessments: what they ask, how they differ from EcoVadis, evidence requirements, and question categories covering human rights to ethics.
SAQ (Self-Assessment Questionnaire) Response Guide for Suppliers
SAQ from a buyer? This guide covers every major section—environment, social, governance—and how to complete it accurately and efficiently.
Customer-Specific ESG Portal: Generic Response Strategy
Customer has their own ESG portal you've never seen before? Here's how to navigate any proprietary platform and respond efficiently without prior experience.
Automotive ESG Portals for Suppliers
How automotive suppliers navigate OEM ESG portals, Catena-X data sharing, IATF 16949 intersections, and Product Carbon Footprint requirements across tier 1-3.
Food Supplier Sustainability Portals
How food and beverage suppliers can manage overlapping GFSI, BRC, SMETA, and ESG audits. Practical steps to organize data once and satisfy multiple portals.
Retail Supplier ESG Platforms
How consumer goods suppliers can manage Walmart, Target, Amazon, Intertek, and UL sustainability requirements without duplicating work across every platform.
EcoVadis Medal Levels Explained: Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum
What EcoVadis medals mean, how the percentile-based Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum levels actually work, what it takes to reach each, and how to move up a level.
How Long Does an EcoVadis Assessment Take?
Realistic EcoVadis timeline for suppliers: preparation time, questionnaire work, assessment review, and common delays.
Low EcoVadis Score? How to Recover
A low EcoVadis score is not the end. Learn what it means, how to respond to customers, and how to improve before reassessment.
EcoVadis Corrective Action Plan: What to Do After Your Score
How suppliers can use an EcoVadis corrective action plan to prioritize improvements and prepare evidence for reassessment.
EcoVadis for Manufacturing Suppliers: What to Expect
What manufacturers specifically face in an EcoVadis assessment — the heavier Environment theme, the site-level data and certificates to prepare, and how to score well.
amfori BSCI Audit: What to Expect and How to Prepare
What an amfori BSCI audit checks, how the rating works, the documents auditors want on-site, and how to prepare and close findings — for suppliers to retail and brand buyers.
TfS Assessment and Audit: A Chemical Supplier's Guide
How the TfS Assessment (run on EcoVadis) and TfS Audit work for chemical suppliers — the 63-member sharing model, 3-year cycles, and how to prepare.
Higg Index for Suppliers: Completing Your FEM & FSLM
How suppliers complete the Higg FEM and FSLM — Cascale's facility modules on the Worldly platform — what data to gather, and why verification matters.
Achilles Prequalification: A Supplier's Guide
How Achilles prequalification works for suppliers: communities like UVDB, annual subscription, the questionnaire, Verify audits, and how to prepare.
Avetta Supplier Compliance: What Prequalification Requires
What Avetta requires from suppliers: safety programs, insurance certificates, OSHA logs and EMR data — how client connections work and how long it takes.
RBA SAQ & VAP Audit: A Guide for Electronics Suppliers
How the RBA SAQ in RBA-Online and the VAP on-site audit work for electronics suppliers — 12-month validity, the 2–5 day audit, findings, and closure.
ESG Requirements by Industry: What Suppliers in Each Sector Face
ESG requirements vary by industry — chemicals face TfS and REACH, textiles face Higg, electronics face RBA and conflict minerals. See what each sector's customers ask for, and the one evidence base that answers all of them.
ESG Questionnaires for Textile & Apparel Suppliers: What to Expect
What ESG questionnaires ask textile and apparel suppliers — chemicals, water, labor, the Higg modules and restricted-substance lists — and how to prepare your evidence.
ESG Requirements for Chemical Suppliers: TfS, REACH & Customer Questionnaires
The ESG requirements chemical suppliers face — TfS assessments, REACH compliance and customer questionnaires — what each asks for, and how to prepare one evidence base.
ESG for Electronics Suppliers: RBA, Conflict Minerals & Customer Audits
What ESG means for electronics suppliers — the RBA Code, conflict-minerals reporting (CMRT), customer audits and carbon data — and how to prepare one evidence base.
ESG Requirements for Construction & Building-Materials Suppliers
What ESG questionnaires ask construction and building-materials suppliers — embodied carbon, EPDs, safety and prequalification networks — and how to prepare your evidence.
Ready to stop starting from scratch?
ESG Passport turns your data and documents into buyer-ready draft answers you can reuse for every questionnaire. One payment, yours to keep.