Supply chain risk assessments

Respond to emerging supply chain risks with the gold standard for supply chain assessments

The EiQ Responsible Sourcing Assessment Standards (ERSA) are designed for both compliance and impact. The ERSA suite includes audit and self-assessment frameworks for responsible sourcing, environment, carbon maturity and for critical sectors such as manufacturing and agriculture. This ensures monitoring is purpose-built, meaningful and effective.

The core ERSA standard has been adopted by 100+ retailers, brands, and companies globally and implemented at 10,000+ workplaces. It supports our clients to be more rigorous and proactive as they navigate a unique set of supply chain challenges and demands.

ERSA takes a data-centric approach, moving beyond traditional audits to capture quantitative metrics on supplier profiles, demographics and compliance performance. Businesses gain a deeper understanding of risks across sourcing geographies and industries through ERSA’s comprehensive, data-driven insights.

ERSA expands supply chain visibility, integrating anonymous worker surveys to capture real-time sentiment at scale and supporting holistic risk assessments. ERSA also incorporates EiQ’s proprietary Geography Risk Ratings and benchmarking. This strengthens your ability to evaluate supplier vulnerability and performance.

ERSA is seamlessly integrated into EiQ, enabling data aggregation, report downloads, Corrective Action Plan (CAP) management and dynamic visualisation for internal and external reporting.

The ERSA suite of assessment tools delivered and integrated into EiQ include:

Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs)

Responsible Sourcing
Carbon Maturity
Vendor Maturity

Audit standards and tools

Responsible Sourcing
Critical Issues
Environment
Agriculture

Equivalency (EQ)

Corrective Action Plans (CAPs)

Industry-leading certifications (MSC, ASC, etc.)

ERSA standards align with local and national laws, International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, and benchmark against industry protocols to uphold global best practices.

EiQ overview

EiQ integrates AI-powered analytics, industry-leading verified datasets, and technical expertise to provide unparalleled visibility into sourcing risks, compliance requirements and supply chain sustainability challenges.

85,000,000+ audit data points

Audit Data

30,000+ audits per year
300+ data points per audit
10+ years of audit history

Worker Viewpoints

Grievance mechanism 6,000+ per month
3,000+ worker surveys per year

eLearning Data

Over 1.5 million course completions

500,000+ index values

Analytics Data

50+ supply chain indices | 200+ regions
20+ key sectors | 500+ products and services
400,000+ entities scanned for adverse media

500,000+ suppliers

Incident monitoring
Supplier scorecards
Covering 100+ million supply chain workers