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Is your tech operation ready for enterprise ESG procurement requirements?
Technology companies are under growing pressure to demonstrate the environmental impact of their infrastructure and operations. Enterprise procurement teams now routinely include ESG criteria in technology vendor assessments. This assessment evaluates the base 14 readiness criteria plus technology-specific checks including data centre efficiency, e-waste management, and renewable energy usage.
Enterprise customers reporting under CSRD include their technology vendors in Scope 3 Category 1 (purchased goods and services). SaaS providers, hosting companies, and IT services firms must demonstrate that their operations – particularly data centres – are energy-efficient and powered by renewable energy. Technology companies with disclosed PUE metrics, e-waste policies, and renewable energy commitments are increasingly preferred in enterprise procurement processes.
14 base checks + 3 technology bonus checks. Select every check that applies to your organisation.
These additional criteria reflect what procurement teams in your sector specifically look for.
Under CSRD, enterprise companies must report the environmental impact of purchased goods and services (Scope 3 Category 1). This includes SaaS subscriptions, cloud hosting, IT consulting, and hardware. Technology vendors with structured ESG data reduce the compliance burden for their enterprise customers and are preferred in procurement.
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) measures how efficiently a data centre uses energy. A PUE of 1.0 means all energy goes to computing; higher numbers indicate more energy wasted on cooling and overhead. Enterprise buyers use PUE as a proxy for the carbon intensity of their cloud and hosting services. Disclosing PUE demonstrates operational transparency.
No. The data centre PUE check is optional and only relevant to companies that operate data centres. SaaS companies, IT consultancies, and technology service providers benefit primarily from the base 14 checks plus the e-waste and renewable energy criteria, which apply to all technology businesses.
Renewable energy commitments reduce your operational carbon footprint and directly lower the Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions your customers must report. Enterprise procurement teams increasingly require technology vendors to demonstrate renewable energy usage, with some mandating RE100 or equivalent commitments as part of their vendor assessment criteria.
Claim your free profile on Citable ESG to get a live readiness score that updates as you improve. Procurement teams can verify your status directly from your public profile.