SAN FRANCISCO: #procurement--Worldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, today announced it has been named as a Representative Vendor in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Sustainable Procurement Applications (Miguel Cossio, Marta Muñoz, Kevin Lawrence, 20 April 2026).

For procurement and sustainability leaders, the pressure to act has never been higher, and neither has the cost of acting on incomplete information. Tariffs, tightening budgets, and shifting regulatory requirements have raised the stakes on every sourcing decision. According to the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Sustainable Procurement Applications, “sustainability in procurement remains strategically important, with CPOs ranking it as one of the top five themes they expect to become urgent during the next six to 18 months.” ¹

The distinction between real data versus models and estimates is central to how Worldly approaches the market. While many platforms rely on spend-based proxies or industry averages to approximate supply chain impact, Worldly is built on verified primary data collected directly from facilities. That means brands and retailers aren't making critical sourcing, compliance, and decarbonization decisions based on approximations. They're working from actual performance data at the facility and product level, which produces more accurate results, stronger regulatory defensibility, and greater confidence when reporting to investors, customers, and regulators.

The 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Sustainable Procurement Applications identifies four trends shaping the market this year. Our perception on how Worldly’s platform addresses each of these areas:

• Reducing supplier burden. With more than 45,000 factories across 97 countries already submitting Cascale’s standardized Higg Index assessments through the Worldly platform, brands can access primary supply chain data from day one, without creating redundant work for their suppliers. Last year alone, supply chain partners exchanged more than 100,000 verified assessments on Worldly.
• Product-level data granularity. Brands can measure Scope 3 emissions at the product level across 260+ consumer goods categories, connecting facility performance data, material LCAs, and product specifications to support both internal decisions and emerging regulatory requirements including the EU Digital Product Passport.
• Vendor scope expansion and repositioning. Worldly layers predictive climate and financial risk intelligence onto facility performance data, helping sustainability and sourcing teams identify where risks are concentrating and make the business case for intervention. Worldly’s integration of The BHive® brings verified chemical compliance data, including ZDHC conformance, into the same platform as environmental and social insights.
• Empowering lean buyer teams. With filterable analytics, automated supplier engagement campaigns, and AI-powered guidance tools, teams of two or three people can manage supplier programs across hundreds of facilities without proportionally expanding headcount.

“Sustainability data used to live in one team’s spreadsheet. What we’re seeing now is procurement, finance, legal, and sourcing all pulling from the same verified supply chain data to make decisions that actually move the business. That shift from sustainability as a reporting function to sustainability as a strategic input is what Worldly is built for. This recognition reflects where our customers are heading, and we’re committed to being the platform that gets them there.”

- Scott Raskin, CEO, Worldly

"Instead of duplicating efforts for every brand they work with, manufacturers can enter their data on Worldly once and seamlessly share it with multiple customers. This unified approach provides both brands and manufacturers with robust support at a fraction of the cost of managing multiple fragmented tools and metrics."

- Dhanujie Jayapala, General Manager of Environmental Sustainability, MAS Holdings

¹ 2026 Gartner Chief Procurement Officer Role Agenda Poll - Wave 1, cited in: Gartner, Market Guide for Sustainable Procurement Applications, Miguel Cossio, Marta Muñoz, Kevin Lawrence, 20 April 2026.

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About Worldly

Worldly is the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry. The company empowers brands, retailers, and manufacturers to turn verified primary data into insight and action across complex global supply chains.

Trusted by a network of more than 45,000 facilities across apparel, footwear, home furnishings, and sporting goods, Worldly provides brands, retailers, and manufacturers visibility into environmental and social performance, including carbon, water, chemicals, and labor, at the product, facility, and value-chain levels.

Built on industry-recognized standards, including Cascale’s Higg Index, Worldly translates raw data into actionable intelligence that helps organizations reduce risk, meet evolving regulatory requirements, and drive measurable progress over time.

www.worldly.io

Fonte: Business Wire