What happened
SKD Türkiye has published its Corporate Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Good Practices Guide. The organisation lists the publication date as October 2026.
The guide was prepared by the Sustainable Supply Chain Sub-Working Group, established within SKD Türkiye’s Value Chain Transformation focus area. It examines how sustainability objectives can be incorporated into supply-chain and purchasing activities.
Its framework spans supplier selection, segmentation based on risk, data management, audits, improvement activity and capacity development. The publication also includes good-practice contributions from 11 SKD Türkiye member companies.
Borusan Holding supported the guide as design sponsor. PwC Türkiye, an SKD Türkiye member, made a content contribution.
Why it matters
Supply-chain sustainability is increasingly shaped by expectations that extend beyond a company’s own operations. SKD Türkiye positions the guide in the context of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, alongside Türkiye’s Sustainability Reporting Standards and Climate Law.
For procurement, sustainability and supplier-management teams, the guide brings several operational areas into one structure. Rather than treating supplier engagement as a standalone exercise, it connects initial supplier decisions with risk assessment, information management, assurance activity, corrective improvement and capability-building.
The inclusion of member-company examples gives readers reference points from companies participating in SKD Türkiye. However, the source announcement does not specify the individual companies or describe their respective practices.
What to review next
Companies can use the guide’s subject areas to examine where sustainability currently enters their procurement and supply-chain processes. Relevant review points include supplier-selection criteria, approaches to risk-based segmentation, the management of supplier data, audit arrangements, improvement processes and capacity-building activity.
Teams working across procurement and sustainability may also wish to assess how these areas relate to value-chain expectations associated with CSRD, CSDDD, TSRS and Türkiye’s Climate Law, as identified by SKD Türkiye.
The guide was developed to help companies advance sustainability transformation together with their suppliers. Its focus is therefore on the relationship between corporate sustainability goals and the processes used to manage supply chains and purchasing.
