‘Our partnership with Social Traders is designed to accelerate the sector’s impact by creating corporate spend opportunities through SAP’s Ariba network and to support the capability and capacity of social entrepreneurs to scale and deliver to these new markets through mentorship with SAP.

"Because social procurement is still an emerging market segment, it is perhaps not as widely known as it should be just how far reaching it is becoming. There is a perception that social procurement still only largely applies to small ticket items, but the reality is very different. Opportunities for social procurement now extend across the enterprise."

“At the end of the day, when you get home from work and your children ask “what did you do at work today?”, do you want to say “I made some purchase decisions and saved a few dollars for my company”, or do you want to say “I did that whilst helping keep a ton of plastic out of the ocean, or supporting employment and education programs in the First Nations community, or helping women affected by domestic violence get back up on their feet again by supporting their business, or one of a myriad of other initiatives for the betterment of society and the planet? It’s a no-brainer really.”


This excerpt originally appears in SAP | News | 'Understanding the impact of social procurement' | Jay Norman, SAP | dated Dec 16, 2022