A sustainable business strategy integrates financial value and sustainability to deliver a positive impact as a result of all commercial trading activity.
Positive Impact Commerce is the first dynamic impact management system that integrates value with the latest international sustainability indices. It helps you build up sustainable practice and rewards the very best with an independently verified positive impact commerce certificate.
Our ambition as a Foundation is that by 2030 every commercial entity in the world has a positive PIC RATING ®.
Reimagine strategic purpose and decision making using sustainability credentials to drive revenue and growth
Design a diverse workforce and supply chain that offers decent work and equitable conditions for everyone
Adapt the value chain for zero carbon operation and become good stewards of natural resources
Drive future innovation and seed tangible economic opportunity for communities beyond the board room
The Positive Impact Commerce Foundation affirms support of the TERRA CARTA, in doing so we shall:-
Commit to supporting and rapidly accelerating the world’s transition towards a sustainable future.
Recognise the urgency of the global climate, biodiversity and health crises and the stewardship with which we must act.
Acknowledge that to build a sustainable future, the transition must focus on a robust, positive and parallel impact for Nature, People & Planet.
Recognize that ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, on land and below water, requires that climate, oceans, desertification and biodiversity be treated as one common system and addressed simultaneously.
Acknowledge that we need to make health our goal; individual health, community health, economic health and the health of our Natural resources.
Take into account the value of diversity, recognizing that diversity is a strength that gives resilience to communities, systems and organizations.
Recognize the importance of ‘local’ – local traditions, languages and cultures along with local products, jobs and sustainability – and how these ‘locals’ connect and support each other in the wider tapestry of regional and global systems.
Acknowledge that Nature underpins the inherent prosperity, wellbeing and future of all people and the one planet we share. Further, that the restoration of the natural world is of common benefit to all humankind irrespective of borders.
Acknowledge that the required global trajectory is a sustainable one, where the private sector has acritical role to play. To accelerate along this trajectory, a ‘future of industry’ and ‘future of economy’ approach must be taken.
Take into account the need to ensure a skilled workforce and a cadre of leaders that are prepared to participate in a fair, inclusive, equitable and just transition towards a sustainable future.
Recognize that to scale sustainable solutions and investment, cross-border and longer-term ‘mega’ projects need to be explored, underscoring the importance of public, private and philanthropic collaboration.
Acknowledge the need for net zero commitments to be achieved by 2050 and, where possible, much sooner. Setting more ambitious timelines will emphasize and catalyse immediate action while encouraging continuous innovation and improvement.
Undertake to collaborate, share knowledge and ideas to propel the world towards sustainability at a faster pace through public, private and philanthropic collaboration.
Positive Impact Commerce (PIC) has selected Brooklyn Vendor Assurance
for
its exclusive Supply Chain Sustainability delivery platform.
The next
generation dynamic platform enables impact-based assurance activities across
all customer supply chains. The PIC System is already aligned to the GRI
Reporting requirements and the UN 2030 Vision Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). PIC is the most holistic, user-friendly, practical, and
research-based Sustainability framework available.
Jacqui Archer, Chair of the Positive Impact Commerce Foundation, said: “Using
Brooklyn Vendor Assurance as the central digital platform enables PIC members
to focus on business value delivery and fold their ESG / CSR activities right
into their existing operational workflow. There was no other solution
like this that enabled business leaders to deliver their business mission so
effectively, comprehensively and sustainably”.
She said the major deciding factor in choosing Brooklyn was “the customer
friendly AI-driven onboarding and third-party assessment features. The
dynamic automation and holistic functionality will help accelerate supply-chain
sustainability programmes end-to-end. This really is the missing link to
delivering sustainable value. The Brooklyn solution is full lifecycle,
impact focused and modular. That means it can scale and flex with
evolving global standards and clients can keep focus on business value
delivery. It’s very exciting indeed to see our leading industry research
coming to life in this very practical way and we are delighted to be
collaborating with Brooklyn.”
Jesse Lee, CEO at Brooklyn Vendor Assurance, added: “We are delighted to
integrate PIC into our modular Brooklyn solution suite. PIC is uniquely
usable and commercial results-focused, cleverly folding in the delivery of
ethical Profits as well as inspecting the diversity and opportunity for
Workers, the impact of the business operation on the Planet and how clients can
drive and deliver social value for the Society impacted by the business.
PIC with Brooklyn solves the universal problem we see across many CSR supply
chain programs — a “doing good” reporting fanfare disconnected from the
business imperative to drive value through supplier contracts, risk, and
performance. Brooklyn recovers lost time and cost through the value
chain. PIC drives the long-term sustainable value that drives customer
satisfaction and business reputation. It’s the perfect combination,
effective commercial governance and assurance and constant focus on delivering
a positive impact”.
Jesse Lee, CEO at Brooklyn Vendor Assurance
About Brooklyn Vendor Assurance – transforming Vendor Management
Brooklyn Vendor Assurance (BrooklynVA) is the first Enterprise SaaS software
platform purpose-built for Vendor Managers to maximise business value across
their 3rd Party Supplier ecosystem.
Today’s Best-in-Class Procurement functions are expanding beyond pure sourcing
to post-contract vendor management, in order to lower costs, increase agility,
drive innovation and reduce risk. BrooklynVA is the only integrated platform
for doing this effectively at scale, to minimise the 10-15% of contract value
leakage, lost annually from suppliers.
BrooklynVA surpasses legacy tools by digitising the entire vendor management
lifecycle, to better control supplier obligations, performance and risk in one
easy-to-use platform. Its AI-powered platform speeds up onboarding,
risk-assessing and governing activities. BrooklynVA’s unique best
practice policy-driven approach proactively guides vendor management teams with
simple workflow to ensure obligations are met, risks mitigated and actions
completed, with instant visibility of supplier performance, compliance and
risk, across the full 3rd party ecosystem.
For further information please contact:
Saqib Rizvi, VP Sales
PIC invited to set international standards
We are delighted to be part of a major IACCM initiative to
drive international commercial standards in one of the 4 themes of the PIC
system - social value.
The collaborative effort is being driven by Tim Cummins, President of the IACCM and PIC is right at the heart of the discussions driving best practice. We are super delighted to annouce that the IACCM is endorsing the PIC system as the most comprehensive set of ideal standards seen to date. We can't wait to do more and contribute to the commercial standards. We'll be sure to encourage all the participants in the working group to apply for their PIC Rating.
Contact us to find out more about how we are blazing the trail in setting standards for positive impact commerce. At PIC, we are working with the IACCM, the UN Global Compact team, the World Economic Forum and the Global Reporting Inititiave to ensure the PIC Rating is lean and useful and built from a super-set of the best international thought leadership there is on commerce and sustainable value.
PIC welcomes Nicola Greenwood
PIC is delighted to annouce our collaboration with Greenwood Diversity . Nicola Greenwood, Founder of Greenwood Diversity.
Nicola has been building diverse supply chains internationally for over 20 years and we are over the moon to have her work with the PIC Foundation to help us evolve the standards on full value chain workplace diversity. Welcome Nicola and can't wait to get started.
A dynamic leader, Nicola is focused on changing the diversity and inclusion status quo.
Jacqui Archer, Chair of the PIC Foundation, said of Nicola, “she brings such energy and passion to her work. Her big goal is to create diverse ecosystems that lead to lasting positive change. Her energy is equally matched with such depth of capability, I’m absolutely delighted she is right at the heart of the PIC Foundation”.
Nicola has over 20 years of experience and extensive knowledge in procurement and supply chain. She has a talent for transforming organisations and for effective collaboration across boundaries. Armed with her own unique diversity transformation methodology and a truly impressive track record of developing game changing strategic programmes - she is no stranger to major turnarounds in strategic procurement structures. This experience has included building capabilities that have demonstrably impacted the bottom line of complex and global corporations such as HSBC and others.
Nicola really wants to push commerce further. She said
“too many organisations talk about diversity amongst the workforce but it’s
usually just collecting employee gender statistics. There is so much more
to do, so much opportunity and value lost through lack of ambition for full
value chain diversity”. Her vision for a diverse workforce spans the
entire value chain, customers ensuring that their entire commercial ecosystem
is as diverse as it is possible to be. No fluff, no excuses. We
couldn’t agree more.
Nicola is on a Positive Impact mission and we can’t wait to support her turn
that vision into a reality.
Contact us
to have Nicola help transform your
organisation into the best diverse ecosystem it can be and find out more about
our diversity and ecosystem support programmes led by Nicola.
PIC collaborates with ProVations
We are delighted to announce our collaboration with
ProVations.
Søren Mølby Henriksen, the CEO & Founder said "we are so delighted to be awarded a licence to deploy the PIC System with our clients. I am committed to sustainable commerce and the PIC System aligns so well to our own business ethics as responsible business advisors. We are looking forward to taking care of deploying and advising our clients how to use the Positive Impact Commerce solution in a way that is visible and builds stronger Supplier Relationships based on solid value management and sustainable solutions. When you build the trust, the innovation and value then comes".
PIC applauds the intent of ProVations to use the PIC solution to meet the needs of their customers and drive sustainable value in such an innovative way for all their stakeholders. We know that filling out forms and surveys just measures compliance and some organisations need help from experts like us who've walked the transformation road already and help unlock the value that's trapped in outdated practices across the value chain.
ProVations operates in close collaboration with multiple global partners and is well known in Europe for deep expertise within procurement, technology, vendor and risk management. It is vital that the PIC solution is deployed by those who understand the sustainability context in the way that ProVations does.
We can't wait to evolve our collaboration and award ProVations clients their PIC Ratings.
The Positive Impact Commerce Foundation affirms support of the TERRA CARTA, in doing so we shall:-
Commit to supporting and rapidly accelerating the world’s transition towards a sustainable future.
Recognise the urgency of the global climate, biodiversity and health crises and the stewardship with which we must act.
Acknowledge that to build a sustainable future, the transition must focus on a robust, positive and parallel impact for Nature, People & Planet.
Recognize that ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, on land and below water, requires that climate, oceans, desertification and biodiversity be treated as one common system and addressed simultaneously.
Acknowledge that we need to make health our goal; individual health, community health, economic health and the health of our Natural resources.
Take into account the value of diversity, recognizing that diversity is a strength that gives resilience to communities, systems and organizations.
Recognize the importance of ‘local’ – local traditions, languages and cultures along with local products, jobs and sustainability – and how these ‘locals’ connect and support each other in the wider tapestry of regional and global systems.
Acknowledge that Nature underpins the inherent prosperity, wellbeing and future of all people and the one planet we share. Further, that the restoration of the natural world is of common benefit to all humankind irrespective of borders.
Acknowledge that the required global trajectory is a sustainable one, where the private sector has acritical role to play. To accelerate along this trajectory, a ‘future of industry’ and ‘future of economy’ approach must be taken.
Take into account the need to ensure a skilled workforce and a cadre of leaders that are prepared to participate in a fair, inclusive, equitable and just transition towards a sustainable future.
Recognize that to scale sustainable solutions and investment, cross-border and longer-term ‘mega’ projects need to be explored, underscoring the importance of public, private and philanthropic collaboration.
Acknowledge the need for net zero commitments to be achieved by 2050 and, where possible, much sooner. Setting more ambitious timelines will emphasize and catalyse immediate action while encouraging continuous innovation and improvement.
Undertake to collaborate, share knowledge and ideas to propel the world towards sustainability at a faster pace through public, private and philanthropic collaboration.
Positive Impact Commerce (PIC) has selected Brooklyn Vendor Assurance
for
its exclusive Supply Chain Sustainability delivery platform.
The next
generation dynamic platform enables impact-based assurance activities across
all customer supply chains. The PIC System is already aligned to the GRI
Reporting requirements and the UN 2030 Vision Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). PIC is the most holistic, user-friendly, practical, and
research-based Sustainability framework available.
Jacqui Archer, Chair of the Positive Impact Commerce Foundation, said: “Using
Brooklyn Vendor Assurance as the central digital platform enables PIC members
to focus on business value delivery and fold their ESG / CSR activities right
into their existing operational workflow. There was no other solution
like this that enabled business leaders to deliver their business mission so
effectively, comprehensively and sustainably”.
She said the major deciding factor in choosing Brooklyn was “the customer
friendly AI-driven onboarding and third-party assessment features. The
dynamic automation and holistic functionality will help accelerate supply-chain
sustainability programmes end-to-end. This really is the missing link to
delivering sustainable value. The Brooklyn solution is full lifecycle,
impact focused and modular. That means it can scale and flex with
evolving global standards and clients can keep focus on business value
delivery. It’s very exciting indeed to see our leading industry research
coming to life in this very practical way and we are delighted to be
collaborating with Brooklyn.”
Jesse Lee, CEO at Brooklyn Vendor Assurance, added: “We are delighted to
integrate PIC into our modular Brooklyn solution suite. PIC is uniquely
usable and commercial results-focused, cleverly folding in the delivery of
ethical Profits as well as inspecting the diversity and opportunity for
Workers, the impact of the business operation on the Planet and how clients can
drive and deliver social value for the Society impacted by the business.
PIC with Brooklyn solves the universal problem we see across many CSR supply
chain programs — a “doing good” reporting fanfare disconnected from the
business imperative to drive value through supplier contracts, risk, and
performance. Brooklyn recovers lost time and cost through the value
chain. PIC drives the long-term sustainable value that drives customer
satisfaction and business reputation. It’s the perfect combination,
effective commercial governance and assurance and constant focus on delivering
a positive impact”.
Jesse Lee, CEO at Brooklyn Vendor Assurance
About Brooklyn Vendor Assurance – transforming Vendor Management
Brooklyn Vendor Assurance (BrooklynVA) is the first Enterprise SaaS software
platform purpose-built for Vendor Managers to maximise business value across
their 3rd Party Supplier ecosystem.
Today’s Best-in-Class Procurement functions are expanding beyond pure sourcing
to post-contract vendor management, in order to lower costs, increase agility,
drive innovation and reduce risk. BrooklynVA is the only integrated platform
for doing this effectively at scale, to minimise the 10-15% of contract value
leakage, lost annually from suppliers.
BrooklynVA surpasses legacy tools by digitising the entire vendor management
lifecycle, to better control supplier obligations, performance and risk in one
easy-to-use platform. Its AI-powered platform speeds up onboarding,
risk-assessing and governing activities. BrooklynVA’s unique best
practice policy-driven approach proactively guides vendor management teams with
simple workflow to ensure obligations are met, risks mitigated and actions
completed, with instant visibility of supplier performance, compliance and
risk, across the full 3rd party ecosystem.
For further information please contact:
Saqib Rizvi, VP Sales
PIC invited to set international standards
We are delighted to be part of a major IACCM initiative to
drive international commercial standards in one of the 4 themes of the PIC
system - social value.
The collaborative effort is being driven by Tim Cummins, President of the IACCM and PIC is right at the heart of the discussions driving best practice. We are super delighted to annouce that the IACCM is endorsing the PIC system as the most comprehensive set of ideal standards seen to date. We can't wait to do more and contribute to the commercial standards. We'll be sure to encourage all the participants in the working group to apply for their PIC Rating.
Contact us to find out more about how we are blazing the trail in setting standards for positive impact commerce. At PIC, we are working with the IACCM, the UN Global Compact team, the World Economic Forum and the Global Reporting Inititiave to ensure the PIC Rating is lean and useful and built from a super-set of the best international thought leadership there is on commerce and sustainable value.
PIC welcomes Nicola Greenwood
PIC is delighted to annouce our collaboration with Greenwood Diversity . Nicola Greenwood, Founder of Greenwood Diversity.
Nicola has been building diverse supply chains internationally for over 20 years and we are over the moon to have her work with the PIC Foundation to help us evolve the standards on full value chain workplace diversity. Welcome Nicola and can't wait to get started.
A dynamic leader, Nicola is focused on changing the diversity and inclusion status quo.
Jacqui Archer, Chair of the PIC Foundation, said of Nicola, “she brings such energy and passion to her work. Her big goal is to create diverse ecosystems that lead to lasting positive change. Her energy is equally matched with such depth of capability, I’m absolutely delighted she is right at the heart of the PIC Foundation”.
Nicola has over 20 years of experience and extensive knowledge in procurement and supply chain. She has a talent for transforming organisations and for effective collaboration across boundaries. Armed with her own unique diversity transformation methodology and a truly impressive track record of developing game changing strategic programmes - she is no stranger to major turnarounds in strategic procurement structures. This experience has included building capabilities that have demonstrably impacted the bottom line of complex and global corporations such as HSBC and others.
Nicola really wants to push commerce further. She said
“too many organisations talk about diversity amongst the workforce but it’s
usually just collecting employee gender statistics. There is so much more
to do, so much opportunity and value lost through lack of ambition for full
value chain diversity”. Her vision for a diverse workforce spans the
entire value chain, customers ensuring that their entire commercial ecosystem
is as diverse as it is possible to be. No fluff, no excuses. We
couldn’t agree more.
Nicola is on a Positive Impact mission and we can’t wait to support her turn
that vision into a reality.
Contact us
to have Nicola help transform your
organisation into the best diverse ecosystem it can be and find out more about
our diversity and ecosystem support programmes led by Nicola.
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