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Where every link in the chain

carries weight.

15 years of value chain expertise, from farm to shelf.

Supply chains are no longer just logistical pipelines — they are where your organisation’s values are truly tested. Human rights at the farm. Safety at the factory. Environmental footprint in transit. Transparency all the way to the consumer.

Consultivo has spent 15 years building the tools, frameworks, and field knowledge to help organisations manage this complexity — responsibly and with genuine impact.

Our Value Chain Track Record
4

International supply chain sustainability standards co-developed

400+

Tea estates, factories & small growers monitored

600+

Supply chain partners assessed for Tata Steel alone

19

Countries where we have delivered supply chain work

Your supply chain is under more scrutiny than ever before.

Regulatory pressure, brand accountability, investor expectations and community demands are converging on the supply chain. Organisations that manage this complexity well will lead. Those who don’t will be left behind — by buyers, regulators and the public alike.

Regulatory & Legal Risk

BRSR value chain, CSDDD, CBAM and supply chain due diligence laws are creating mandatory disclosure and compliance obligations for Indian organisations and their global trading partners.

Buyer & Brand Expectations

Global brands are pushing ESG requirements further upstream — to Tier 2, Tier 3 and even Tier 4 suppliers. Qualification, audit readiness and continuous performance improvement are no longer optional.

Reputational Exposure

A single incident — child labour, a fatality, an environmental violation — anywhere in the chain can cause irreversible brand damage. Visibility, verification and response readiness matter enormously.

Complexity Across Tiers

Managing ESG risk across diverse supplier types — from large manufacturers to smallholder farmers, informal SMEs and logistics providers — demands a methodology built for real-world diversity.

Data & Disclosure Gaps

Most organisations lack the systems to collect, verify and disclose supply chain ESG data with rigour. Assurance-ready data is fast becoming a boardroom imperative.

Capacity in the Chain

Compliance is unsustainable without capability. Suppliers, especially SMEs, often need handholding — training, systems development, and practical support — not just audit reports.

Our Scope

We work across the entire value chain.

Not just the factory gate — from primary produce to end-of-life, we bring expertise at every stage.

01

Primary Produce & Raw Materials

  • Smallholder & farm audits
  • Human rights due diligence
  • Environmental assessment
  • Sustainability standards
  • Responsible sourcing criteria

02

Manufacturing & Processing

  • ESG & social audits
  • Safety culture transformation
  • Labour & human rights audit
  • Environmental compliance
  • ISO 14001 / 45001 / 900

03

Transportation & Logistics

  • Logistics & journey safety
  • Warehouse safety audits
  • Carbon footprint mapping
  • Contractor safety management
  • Third-party risk assessment

04

Retail & Distribution

  • Retail ESG assessments
  • Store & hyper-market audits
  • Fire & life safety
  • Worker wellbeing audit
  • BRSR value chain reporting

05

Consumer Use & End of Life

  • Product sustainability reporting
  • Circular economy mapping
  • Waste & pollution assessment
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • GRI / BRSR disclosure

What We Do

A complete suite of supply chain advisory services.

Built from 15 years of field experience across sectors, standards bodies and geographies — our services go far beyond audit. We detect, we improve, we build capability.

Supply Chain Audits & Assessments

First, second and third-party audits covering ESG, social compliance, human rights, safety, environmental and labour standards. Delivered across diverse entity types from large manufacturers to smallholder farms.

SMETA
SEDEX
ETI Base Code
SA8000
PSCI

Responsible Sourcing & Standard Development

Development of responsible sourcing criteria, supplier codes and internal sustainability standards. We have co-developed four internationally recognised supply chain sustainability standards — a distinction very few firms in the world can claim.

trustea
Pragati Castor
CORE Minerals
Sugar

ESG Handholding & Supplier Development

Sustained, practical support for suppliers and value chain partners to improve performance — not just pass an audit. Gap assessments, As-Is monitoring, performance rating systems and assurance-ready reporting.

Gap Assessment
Monitoring
Supplier Rating
Assurance

Training & Capacity Building

Bespoke training programmes for supply chain teams, suppliers and field workers — covering ESG fundamentals, labour rights, safety, environmental management, and standard-specific requirements.

Online
On-site
Multilingual
SME-focussed

BRSR Value Chain & ESG Reporting

End-to-end support for BRSR value chain disclosures, ESG reporting and independent assurance. We help companies collect, verify and disclose supply chain ESG data with rigour — audit-ready from the outset.

BRSR
GRI
ESG Assurance
CSDDD Ready

Supply Chain Cyber Security

Information security assessments identifying vulnerabilities across the digital supply chain — covering third-party vendors, data-sharing arrangements, and system interdependencies.

ISO 27001
Third-Party Risk
InfoSec Audit

A Rare Distinction

We don't just follow standards.

We help write them.

Consultivo has co-developed four international supply chain sustainability standards — in partnership with Unilever Foundation, BASF, Solidaridad and leading certification bodies. This places us in an extraordinarily small group of organisations globally with standard-setting credentials in supply chain sustainability.

Minerals

CORE Standard

Unilever Foundation

Tea

trustea Standard

trustea Foundation

Castor

Pragati Standard

BASF / Solidaridad

Sugar

Sugar Standard

Solidaridad Network

Additionally, we have developed internal sustainability standards for 50+ organisations including Caterpillar-Gainwell, Ultratech, Lafarge and many more.

Field Evidence

The work speaks for itself.

Numbers tell part of the story. The rest lives in the relationships, the field notes, and the communities whose conditions improved because of the work done.

400+

Tea estates, factories & small growers monitored across India’s tea belt

600+

Supply chain partners assessed for a single steel conglomerate

60+

Bottling plants, pulp & sugar suppliers assessed for a global beverage brand

40+

Mineral mines and 200+ castor farms audited for ESG compliance

Tea & Agri Supply Chain

Full chain sustainability monitoring for a leading tea programme

Designed and operated a comprehensive sustainability monitoring system covering environment, social compliance, human rights and occupational health & safety across the entire tea value chain — from smallholder to packeting centre.

400+ entities
Human Rights DD
20+ tea companies

Steel & Heavy Industry

Business & Human Rights Due Diligence across a complex supply network

Conducted a comprehensive B&HR due diligence exercise covering 16 business units and over 600 supply chain partners for one of India’s  largest steel conglomerates, establishing a baseline and improvement roadmap.

16 BUs
600+ SC partners
B&HR Framework

FMCG & Beverages

ESG gap assessment & protocol rating for a global beverage major

Developed and implemented an ESG gap assessment and supplier protocol rating system across more than 60 bottling plants and upstream pulp and sugar suppliers — enabling structured performance management across the chain.

60+ bottling plants
Protocol rating system
Gap remediation

Pharma & Chemicals

PSCI-aligned supply chain audits for pharmaceutical clients

As an approved PSCI (Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative) consultant, Consultivo has delivered supply chain audits for pharmaceutical organisations — covering responsible sourcing, environmental compliance and worker welfare.

PSCI Approved
Responsible sourcing
Environmental compliance

Trusted & Approved by Leading Organisations

Our credentials are recognised by the institutions that set the global bar for responsible supply chain practice.

IFC — World Bank Group
Approved Consultant
PSCI
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative
ETP
Ethical Tea Partnership
SEDEX / SMETA
Member Organisation
EcoVadis
Assessment Familiar
BSCI / amfori
Standard Familiar

Who We Work With

We understand your position in the chain.

Whether you’re a global brand managing supplier risk, a foundation running a responsible sourcing programme, or a supplier working to qualify and improve — we’ve walked this road with organisations like yours.

Brands & Large Corporates

You need visibility, verification and assurance across a supply network you cannot physically oversee. We build the systems, conduct the audits and generate the data that gives you confidence.

  • Supplier ESG audit programmes
  • BRSR value chain disclosure support
  • Due diligence & risk mapping
  • Responsible sourcing criteria
  • Assurance-ready reporting

Foundations & Development Organisations

You are running programmes to improve livelihoods and sustainability across agricultural or industrial supply chains. We bring the technical rigour, local knowledge and monitoring systems to make your programme credible and measurable.

  • Programme design & standard development
  • Field-level monitoring & verification
  • Impact measurement & reporting
  • Capacity building for communities
  • Stakeholder engagement

Suppliers, SMEs & Value Chain Members

You need to qualify for, maintain and improve your buyer’s sustainability requirements — but without a large internal team to manage it. We become your practical partner, not just your auditor.

  • Audit readiness & pre-assessment
  • Corrective action handholding
  • Training for shop-floor to management
  • Management systems implementation
  • ESG reporting basics

The Regulatory Landscape

The rules are changing.

Faster than most expect.

A wave of supply chain legislation and disclosure requirements is reshaping the responsibilities of organisations and their entire value chains. Navigating this landscape requires both technical expertise and practical field knowledge. Consultivo brings both.

BRSR

SEBI BRSR Value Chain Disclosures

Top 500 listed Indian companies must now disclose ESG performance of key value chain partners — including suppliers and distributors.

CSDDD

EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

EU-facing companies must identify, prevent and address human rights and environmental impacts across their supply chains.

CBAM
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Carbon-intensive products exported to the EU now carry a carbon cost — pushing supply chain emissions accountability upstream to Indian manufacturers.

B&HR
Business & Human Rights Due Diligence

National Action Plans and international guidance are moving from voluntary to mandatory — particularly for companies operating in or sourcing from high-risk regions.

CSRD
EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Double materiality and supply chain reporting requirements are extending disclosure obligations to non-EU companies that supply into European markets.

How We Work

Detect. Improve. Build. Sustain.

Our supply chain advisory work follows a disciplined, field-tested methodology — designed not just to find problems, but to genuinely improve conditions and build lasting capability across the chain.

1

Detect

Rigorous audits, assessments and due diligence — social, environmental, safety, human rights. Building a clear, evidence-based picture of where the chain stands today.

Gap remediation

2

Improve

Targeted handholding, gap-closure support and practical advisory work — helping supply chain members move from where they are to where they need to be.

Advisory & Consulting

3

Build

Training programmes, standard development and systems building — creating the internal capability for supply chain members to sustain performance without perpetual external dependence.

Training & Capacity

4

Sustain

Monitoring, benchmarking, periodic re-assessment and reporting — maintaining performance over time and providing the data organisations need for disclosure and accountability.

Research & Analytics

Voice of the Field

What distinguished the Consultivo team was not just technical competence — it was the ability to build trust with our supply chain partners at the field level, which made the entire assessment process far more meaningful and actionable.

Head of Sustainability · Global FMCG Organisation

The standard development process was thorough, consultative and genuinely collaborative. Having a partner who understood both the international sustainability frameworks and the on-the-ground realities of the Indian context was invaluable.

Programme Director · International Development Foundation

Let’s Start

Every resilient supply chain begins with

honest inquiry.

Tell us where you are and where you need to get to. We’ll bring 15 years of field knowledge, a humble approach, and a genuine commitment to making things better.

Let's discuss

Curiosity Zone

Some more answers to your questions – FAQ

Consultivo is one of the practising Sustainability & Business Excellence Consultants in India and its neighbouring countries.

We offer comprehensive risk management services in the domains of Safety, Social, Environment & Energy, People Advisory and Management Systems for supply chains.

Our Sustainable Supply Chain Management solutions include:

— Development of Supply Chain Management Strategy

— Supply Chain Audits

— Due Diligence, Safety Audit – Comprehensive, Electrical, Fire

— Sustainability Reporting

— Capacity Building & training

— CSR Consulting, Project Baseline & Impact Assessment

— Implementation of management systems like ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 27001, 50001 etc.

— Logistics Safety Management

— Warehouse Safety

Supply Chain Sustainability

The supply chain has emerged as a competitive differentiator of brands across the globe. Every business model demands a resilient, robust and sustainable supply chain.

In fact, supply chain sustainability is more of a practice than a definition.

Brands and companies to incorporate business ethics, social, human rights and environmental considerations into how they do business across the world.

An ethical supply chain or a sustainable supply chain focuses on the need for corporate social responsibility, working to produce products and services in a way that treats its workers and the environment ethically.

GLOBAL Experience

100+

Solutions

ESG Materiality Assessment Training

Online Expert-Led Course

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