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Scope 3 Tools in 2026: What the Market Is Actually Signalling
The Scope 3 software market has grown up. Most large industrial companies today use some form of digital solution to calculate, manage, or report their Scope 3 emissions. Vendor claims have become more comprehensive, dashboards more polish…
Stop Measuring, Start Reducing: A Better Path for Scope 3
The industry has become obsessed with reporting perfection while the hard work of decarbonizing supply chains gets sidelined. It is time to cut through the noise and focus on what actually works.
Beyond Tier 1: Closing the Biggest Blind Spot in Scope 3
Dashboards may show aggregated upstream emissions, but turning those numbers into real decarbonization requires reaching the suppliers who actually shape the majority of embodied emissions — and most of them sit beyond Tier 1. And that’s w…
Critical Raw Materials: The Next Scope 3 Challenge
From lithium and cobalt to rare earths and graphite, these materials are the backbone of Europe’s green and digital transition, powering batteries, wind turbines, semiconductors, and electric motors. Yet almost all of them come from outsid…
ctrl+s at DPW Amsterdam 2025
At this year’s Digital Procurement World (DPW) in Amsterdam, ctrl+s joined sustainability and procurement leaders from across the world to discuss one of the most pressing questions in corporate climate action: how can companies move from…
Whitepaper: The Scope 3 Gap
Most companies still use supplier corporate carbon footprints as their primary input – but analysis of 62 CDP A-rated companies shows these numbers are unstable, inconsistent, and often misleading.
ctrl+s Partners with H&Z to Accelerate Supply Chain Decarbonization
ctrl+s and H&Z partnership for supplier decarbonization
The new Carbon Accounting Module in supplier+s is live
ctrl+s is setting a new standard for efficiency in supply chain management with the launch of the carbon accounting module in supplier+s. This marks the evolution of supplier+s from a supplier engagement platform to a stand-alone carbon ma…
From Data to Insight to Action: “Success Now Breakfast” 2023
In today's business environment data has become key. With organizations collecting more data than ever before, the real challenge lies in converting this data into actionable insights. Pavel Somlev of Johnson & Johnson, another speaker at…
Machinery and Equipment
The machinery and equipment (M&E) sector powers economies and shapes industries. As climate action takes center stage, industries around the world are grappling with the task of reducing their carbon footprint. While the M&E sector has mad…
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