EcoVadis today released its 2019 Sustainable Procurement Barometer: From Compliance to Performance, which offers insight into how sustainability is evolving in procurement priorities, and the tools and processes being used to drive tangible improvements and business results. Conducted with NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, the analysis suggests organizations are placing greater emphasis on business ethics and labor and human rights practices compared to three years ago.

According to FCW, the government's task force on supply chain risk is almost ready to release its findings. 

The chair of a federal and industry-wide task force told a government advisory panel that an assessment mapping out a taxonomy of IT and communications sector supply chain risks is in the final stages of interagency approval

IBM is set to launch “Trust Your Supplier” it is a way for companies to verify their supply chain vendors, reports Business Insider. The system is blockchain based and will be available to premiere IBM customers in the 3rd quarter. 

Enterprise services company IBM announced a blockchain-based supply chain verification network, aptly named "Trust Your Supplier" (TYS)