As the regulatory landscape shifts beneath the feet of global business, procurement functions find themselves at the sharp end of compliance. The incoming Corporate Sustainability Reporting...
Jack Torrance
Insights Manager
Joined 2020
Jack is responsible for capturing member success stories and sharing them with the wider community for collective progression. A former business journalist at the Daily Telegraph, his main procurement interests are in sustainability, risk and talent development.
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How to structure sustainable procurement teams
With many procurement functions having created and scaled up dedicated sustainable sourcing teams in recent years, the optimum way to structure this resource remains elusive for many. How can this...
Provide staff with a clear route to the top – or they may find one elsewhere
With more buyers aspiring to become CPO, teams must accelerate talent development plans
Closer partnerships help AstraZeneca slash cycle times and power double-digit growth
The pharmaceutical company brought stakeholders into a key new tender to forge alignment
Procurement Salary Survey 2025
Explore the skills and roles leaders intend to prioritise as AI continues to revolutionise the function
How procurement teams are building nature positive supply chains
Biodiversity loss is no longer just a niche environmental concern; it is a critical business risk. With global wildlife populations declining significantly over the last 50 years and more than half...
Focus on feelings – and facts – to enable successful transformation
Data may drive decision-making, but leaders should ensure they consider the human aspect
Amplifying procurement’s social impact
Amid a challenging environment, social impact procurement can deliver significant commercial value
Ferrero tackles the underlying causes of child labour in the supply chain
The confectionery giant views its community development initiatives as an investment in the supply chain – not an act of charity
Sustainable procurement leads turn to tech – but warn it isn’t a panacea
Specialist tools are helping to drive progress towards ESG targets
8 things we learned about resilience at WPC 2025
Be it forging closer relationships with suppliers or reworking supply chains and boosting agility, leaders share how they’re managing risk
8 things we learned about sustainability at WPC 2025
Leaders shared how they are winning over suppliers and stakeholders while pushing ahead on ESG
Enabling disaster-resilient procurement at Turkcell
The telecoms company has invested significant energy in developing an agile and robust supply base
In times of turmoil, CPOs owe their teams vision, clarity and vulnerability
Leaders must be able to articulate the function’s future and provide employees with clarity about their roles
Prove the commercial value of sustainability to win support for ESG
Demonstrating the broader business impact of sustainability is can help leaders demonstrate its importance
Building effective supplier sustainability scorecards
Creating a supplier sustainability scorecard often feels like a balancing act between gathering necessary data and maintaining good supplier relationships. Procurement teams frequently struggle with...
Simplifying compliance: Managing procurement’s regulatory burden
In an increasingly complex regulatory environment, functions must be proactive to ensure compliance
What do the EU’s Omnibus sustainability proposals mean for procurement?
As the EU aims to ease the regulatory compliance burden, Procurement Leaders explores the potential changes
Driving social impact with procurement
Social impact has become a controversial issue among business leaders in recent months, amid challenging political pressure and macroeconomic worries. But many teams still recognise the business...
Is it time to re-evaluate your best levers for driving savings?
PL gathered three members of the community to share the levers they rely on to drive commercial performance