How to navigate a changing supplier landscape with sustainability at its core

Your biggest sustainability pressure in 2026 probably won’t come from regulators. It’ll come from your customers.

The healthcare sector contributes roughly 5% of global emissions and more than half of that comes from supply chain activities. Large organisations are quietly reshaping supply chains. Have you seen the open letter from AstraZeneca, GSK, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Samsung Biologics, Sanofi and UCB on their revised minimum sustainability targets for suppliers? 

Through initiatives like the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Health Taskforce, they’re aligning around shared supplier expectations from emissions data and renewable energy to transparent reporting and responsible sourcing.

That means fewer mixed signals… and far clearer requirements.

Because when big companies move, markets follow. For SMEs, this shift can feel like more paperwork, more standards, more cost.

But we’re seeing something different.

The businesses responding early aren’t just staying compliant - they’re becoming preferred suppliers, winning longer contracts, and opening doors to new buyers.

Because sustainability is moving from “nice to have” to “can we work with you?”

In our blog we break down:

- what’s changing in procurement expectations
- why this is happening now

and the practical first steps SMEs can take without trying to do everything at once

👉 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e6_GES8B

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Hi, we are AG Impact. We are based at Alderley Park in Cheshire and support Large Pharma and their suppliers.  We help leaders understand and improve their sustainability impact through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy, Training and Certifications (EcoVadis, CDP, SBTi, Carbon Literacy Training), Communications and Culture Change - because your sustainability journey involves your whole business and all of your stakeholders.