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ContactRetail and consumer goods companies face sustainability pressure from three converging directions simultaneously. Regulation — CSDDD, CSRD, and the EU Green Claims Directive — is extending disclosure requirements across supply chains and mandating that product-level environmental claims are independently verified. Procurement — the EU's largest buyers and platforms require EcoVadis scores as a qualification condition for supplier access. And investors — ESG ratings agencies increasingly scrutinize supply chain emissions and supplier governance as indicators of enterprise risk.
Semtrio works with retail brands, consumer goods manufacturers, food and beverage companies, and fashion brands to build the supply chain data systems, product-level emissions calculations, and disclosure frameworks that turn sustainability pressure into commercial resilience.
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CSDDD — the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive — extends mandatory ESG due diligence obligations across supply chains for EU-linked companies above defined revenue and employee thresholds. For retail and consumer goods organizations, this means building supplier data collection systems, ESG due diligence frameworks, and audit-ready documentation across their supply chain — not just their own operations. CSRD adds formal sustainability disclosure obligations for organizations with EU operations, requiring double materiality assessments and ESRS-aligned reporting that goes substantially deeper than existing voluntary reporting.
The EU Green Claims Directive is introducing substantiation requirements for environmental marketing claims. "Carbon neutral," "sustainable," and "eco-friendly" claims on products will require independent verification — making product carbon footprints and life cycle assessments a commercial necessity rather than a marketing choice. EcoVadis has become a procurement gateway across EU supply chains. Retail brands operating in EU markets are increasingly required to demonstrate their own EcoVadis performance as a condition of supplier and platform qualification — while simultaneously being asked to assess and engage their own supplier base on EcoVadis criteria. Managing both sides of that equation requires a structured, methodology-led approach.
Retail and consumer sustainability obligations arrive simultaneously from regulation, procurement qualification, and investor scrutiny. Each service below addresses a specific pressure point.
We build the supply chain data systems and product-level calculations that make retail sustainability claims commercially defensible.
+25.6
Average EcoVadis score increase for first-year clients
The clearest measure of what structured advisory actually delivers
100%
of EcoVadis clients earn a medal with Semtrio
Every client we advise through the assessment achieves medal recognition
Retail and consumer sustainability advisory requires depth across supply chain data architecture, product-level emissions methodology, and the EcoVadis assessment process — three disciplines that most firms treat separately. Semtrio combines all three. Our EcoVadis advisory track record — with an average first-year score increase of 25.6 points and a 100% medal achievement rate — reflects our ability to close the gap between actual sustainability performance and the documented, verifiable evidence of that performance that procurement teams require.
As an EcoVadis Platinum holder and Accredited Consulting Partner, we have been through the assessment process ourselves. We advise from the inside — not from a methodology document. That combination of institutional standing and hands-on delivery experience is what makes our EcoVadis advisory structurally different from firms that consult on assessments they have never completed.
Whether you're under EcoVadis qualification pressure, building a supplier engagement program, or substantiating product carbon claims — we're here to design the system.
Sustainability pressures look different by sector — so does our approach. Explore how we work across industries.
Whether you're navigating a sector-specific obligation, evaluating cross-portfolio strategy, or looking for one advisory partner across multiple workstreams — start here. We'll route to the senior consultant whose sector expertise matches your context.
Yaren Ünal
Senior Specialist,Client Solutions
Hamza Söylemez
Specialist,Client Solutions
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