Top Trends in Responsible Sourcing 2026
Findings from EiQ’s industry survey highlight how businesses are navigating risk and building resilience in the year ahead.
Ready to convert the challenges of 2025 into opportunities for impact in 2026?
Our Top Trends 2026 report, based on EiQ’s survey of 600 responsible sourcing professionals outlines the critical trends shaping responsible sourcing in the year ahead: tariff volatility, data quality gaps, regulatory enforcement and the imperative shift toward automation and AI. Plus, how despite stable sustainability budgets, teams still lack confidence in their programmes.
Against a backdrop of geopolitical complexity and heightened scrutiny, organisations must strengthen the foundations of risk management - and this report serves as a critical resource to help teams identify how.
Key trends in the report
- The pressing challenges reshaping sourcing strategies and impacting sourcing teams
- Key drivers for due diligence and the need for improved risk management
- How confidence in responsible sourcing stacks up against resourcing and budgets
- How AI fits into investment priorities
- Where teams stand in the imperative transition to automation
- ... and more!
The findings show that success in 2026 will depend on moving from reactive compliance to proactive, intelligence‑driven excellence. This transition will set the stage for total supply chain confidence in the year ahead.
