How do I speed up vendor onboarding?

The slowest part of onboarding is usually the back-and-forth on a custom questionnaire — you send a spreadsheet, the supplier stalls, you chase, the data comes back in a shape you then have to clean. Replace that with one guided flow every vendor completes the same way: suppliers self-serve, reminders go out automatically, and the data lands already structured and comparable. Most suppliers finish the core in about ten minutes, so onboarding moves in days, not quarters.

Can I automate supplier ESG questionnaires?

Yes. Instead of emailing a bespoke Excel form to each vendor, you invite suppliers (single or bulk CSV) into a standardized questionnaire with plain-language questions, built-in plausibility checks, and AI-assisted bill parsing for emissions. Automated reminder emails handle the non-responsive suppliers so your team stops chasing manually.

How do I get clean, comparable data from every supplier?

Every vendor answers the same standardized schema, so what you collect is comparable across the whole network — no reconciling 200 differently-structured spreadsheets at quarter-end. Each submission resolves into the same standards-aligned profile (mapped to EFRAG VSME and ISSB S2 under the hood), and you can export the full dataset as CSV for your own reporting and supplier reviews.

What if some of my suppliers use consultants?

That's fully supported and needs no special setup. A supplier can self-report, or a sustainability consultant can complete the profile on their behalf — either way the submission surfaces on your dashboard in the same standardized format. You get consistent data whether the vendor is ESG-mature or brand new to it.

Is the vendor data audited or verified?

Supplier data is self-reported. EcoDiligence standardizes collection and runs plausibility checks during entry; it is not an audit firm and does not provide assurance. Vendors that need third-party assurance can take their VSME Digital Template (Excel) export to an external auditor. The value here is a clean, comparable, auditable data trail — not a certification.

For procurement & vendor management teams

Vendor onboarding without the questionnaire back-and-forth

Give every supplier one guided flow instead of another bespoke spreadsheet. Procurement and sustainability teams use EcoDiligence to onboard vendors faster, automate ESG questionnaires, and get clean, comparable data back — no manual chasing, no quarter-end reconciliation.

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The short version

The onboarding bottleneck isn't the data — it's the bespoke-spreadsheet back-and-forth with each vendor.
Give every supplier one guided flow; reminders chase for you and responses come back already comparable.
No more reconciling 200 differently-structured Excel files at quarter-end.
Data maps to recognized frameworks (VSME, ISSB S2) under the hood — so it's reusable for your own reporting.
Self-reported and plausibility-checked; standardized collection, not certification.

The vendor onboarding bottleneck

Most procurement and sustainability teams still collect supplier data the same way: a custom questionnaire goes out over email, comes back as an Excel attachment that looks slightly different from every other supplier's, and then someone spends weeks reconciling it into something usable. Audit trails are weak, updates get missed, and suppliers grow frustrated by repeated, slightly-different requests from every customer they have. The data itself is rarely the hard part — the back-and-forth is.

What actually slows onboarding down

Bespoke forms. Every buyer's spreadsheet is different, so suppliers treat each one as a fresh project.
Manual chasing. Analysts spend cycles reminding non-responsive vendors instead of using the data.
Dirty, non-comparable returns. Free-text cells and inconsistent units mean the data needs cleaning before it can be compared.
Reconciliation at quarter-end. Rolling 200 spreadsheets into one report is where the real time goes.
Supplier fatigue. Vendors asked the same thing five different ways by five different customers push back — or go silent.

How EcoDiligence speeds it up

One guided flow, every vendor

Invite suppliers by email or CSV into the same standardized questionnaire — plain-language questions, plausibility checks, AI bill parsing. No two-week ramp for anyone.

Reminders chase for you

Automated follow-ups nudge non-responsive vendors, so your team stops living in an email thread and completion rates climb on their own.

Clean, comparable data

Every submission resolves into the same standards-aligned schema (VSME- and ISSB-mapped), so what you collect is comparable across the whole network from day one.

Track and export centrally

One dashboard for invitation status and completion; export the full dataset as CSV for board reporting, supplier reviews, and CSRD / CSDDD workflows.

Built for procurement & sustainability teams

Supplier Mode is designed for teams onboarding roughly 100 to 5,000 vendors. You get bulk invitations, completion tracking across regions and segments, custom branding on supplier-facing pages, and network-wide KPIs (average Scope 1, renewable share, completion rate). Because every vendor's profile follows the same VSME-aligned structure, the data you collect for onboarding doubles as the data you need for your own disclosure and due-diligence reporting — collected once, reused everywhere.

Suppliers that use consultants? Still covered.

Many SMEs in a supply chain work with an advisor who fills the profile on their behalf. That's fully supported with no special configuration — self-reported and consultant-completed submissions land on your dashboard in the exact same standardized format, so your data stays consistent whether a vendor is ESG-mature or onboarding for the first time.

From spreadsheet chase to a tracked pipeline

The shift is simple: instead of a folder of inconsistent attachments, you run a single, branded intake pipeline where every vendor is at a known status and every response is already in shape. Onboarding becomes a repeatable process you can measure — not a quarterly fire drill.

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Frequently asked questions

Supplier data collected through EcoDiligence is self-reported. EcoDiligence standardizes collection and runs plausibility checks; it is not an audit firm and does not provide third-party assurance or certification.

Onboard your vendors without the spreadsheet chase

One guided flow for every supplier. Clean, comparable data back. Built for procurement teams.