Green Procurement Playbook 2025

Chief Operating Officer (COO) COOs seek supply chain continuity while building resilience and optimizing operations. Green procurement supports these goals by diversifying suppliers while strengthening collaboration and transparency across the supply base. It also helps monitor and mitigate risks from climate disruptions, through enhanced supplier assessments and more agile supplier engagement. By linking sustainability to supply stability and operational agility, CPOs position procurement as a strategic partner in advancing the COO’s objectives. Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) CHROs are navigating evolving workforce expectations, culture and talent. A visible sustainability agenda strengthens employer branding, attracts purpose-driven talent and ensures the workforce builds the capabilities needed for future roles. Partnering with HR also enables CPOs to embed sustainability into recruiting criteria, onboarding programmes, incentive structures and leadership development – making it a tangible part of how the organization operates and grows. Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) A CSO, or whoever leads the company’s agenda on sustainability, is the natural partner of the CPO, but integration is not automatic. Successful CPOs actively co-create strategies, share supplier data and align on reporting cycles. By embedding procurement into sustainability governance and aligning it to the corporate sustainability strategy, CPOs move it from a support function to co-owner of the sustainability agenda.6 Green procurement is discussed at board level three times a year. They challenge me on spending, ROI, pipeline and risk – it’s intense but necessary. BASF Green Procurement Playbook: The CPO’s Guide to Delivering Value for Business and Planet 20