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“If you want to go far, go together.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Thomas Udesen<\/strong> is CPO at Bayer. In this interview, he talks to us about changes in procurement, how a Life Science company with core competencies in the areas of healthcare\u00a0 and agriculture can become sustainable, and why he is actually teaming up with the competition to make this happen.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n<\/p>\n

Mr. Udesen, if you look at the current situation when it comes to sustainability in business<\/strong><\/span>, what stands out to you?<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

There are two very different groups in business, with entirely different views on the importance of sustainable procurement. The first refuses to face up to the issue,\u00a0 consistently taking a defensive approach, with sustainability only a secondary consideration. They delay implementing regulations or measures as much as possible and exert,\u00a0 at most, the minimum of effort \u2013 and usually only to avoid getting into trouble.<\/p><\/div>\n

These companies aren\u2019t focused on long-term planning and a better future, but on short-term\u00a0 financial interest. They leave the big issues such as climate change or inequality to other people \u2013 and to the next generation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

And how would you characterize the second group<\/strong><\/span>?<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

These are the businesses that have understood how important the issue is, and how important it will remain. They\u2019ve grasped that it will play a deciding part in whether they\u00a0 can continue to be successful in the future. .<\/div>\n

They\u2019ve also recognized that sustainable procurement is by far the most significant lever to improve products, drive innovation or even safeguard human rights<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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