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Are you ready to comply with Germany’s new Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply  Chains?
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Special Report: Purchasing Practices and Factory-Level Noncompliances: How the available research can inform supply chain due diligence
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The STTI Survey of Commercial Compliance is Open for Ratings – complete by January 20th
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About Our Ratings

The Better Buying Institute provides clear, relevant, transparent, and timely information and analysis about good purchasing practices that will change relationships between multinational brands and retailers (buyers), the suppliers responsible for manufacturing their products, and other intermediaries up and down supply chains.

Better BuyingTM is a unique system for suppliers to communicate with their buyers about purchasing practices that are working well and those that need improvement, without risking their business relationship. Created in collaboration with suppliers, our buyer rating system examines seven key categories of purchasing practices that affect a supplier’s ability to adhere to the terms of any contract and operate efficiently while providing a safe work environment and maximizing profitability.

Information for Suppliers

SUBSCRIBER VIDEO: “Better BuyingTM helps SanMar set a new standard for ourselves, and for the apparel industry,” Pat Noonan, Chief Product Officer, SanMar Corporation

We Invite Suppliers to Rate their Customers on Seven Key Categories of Purchasing Practices

Supplier Testimonials

“The platform is great. It’s very straightforward, very easy to use. It’s very anonymous and also gives you an avenue with which to give your detailed responses or ideas and concerns to the customer without risking any loss of business.”

“We are used to being rated and ranked by our customers. But having the opportunity for our teams to rate and give feedback on our customers’ performance creates an amazing two-way dialogue that motivates our teams and drives us to want to work more with this customer, because we know they want to hear our feedback, and we have a lot to share.”

It is good that you address compliance, labor, environment, energy, carbon emissions.

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Thank you and your team for your efforts in fostering healthier purchasing practices across industries.

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Participation in the ratings cycle helps us have an overall understanding on what buyer will consider for all the categories and it is a two-way communication channel to buyer and suppliers.

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It’s a really good initiative taken by our buyer in collaboration with you to help them improve and improvise their purchasing activities in a sound manner.

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Better BuyingTM provides a two-way healthy communication channel and interaction between buyer and suppliers, aimed at having a best supplier community

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Latest Case Studies

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CASE STUDY: Win-Win Partnership: The benefits to suppliers and workers when buyers accept the SLCP Converged Assessment Framework
Michael Cai, Director of Operations and Supply Chain, at Décor Apparel, a global full-service apparel...
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Guest Blog: Michael Levine, Chief Sustainability Officer for Under Armour, Inc., on why building strong supplier relationships is mission critical
Better Buying’s vision statement calls for brands and retailers to work together with responsible purchasing...
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Case Study: San Mar Corporation – A Canvas for Good
“Words are one thing, but concrete actions – like partnering with Better BuyingTM – really help demonstrate...
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Case study: Large retailer
“Brands and Retailers who source goods need to better understand the impacts their practices have...
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