Some suppliers want a confidentiality agreement in place before they submit revenue, spend or bill of materials data. That is a reasonable request and we can accommodate it. It is worth understanding what is already protected first, because in many cases the concern is already covered.
What your customer sees, and what they never see
The distinction that matters is between your results and your primary data.
Your customer sees your results: your full emissions data across Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3, your emissions intensity and how it compares with industry peers, your renewable electricity and energy data, your decarbonisation targets and initiatives, your supplier engagement progress, and any Product Carbon Footprints you have published.
Your customer never sees the primary data behind those results:
Your revenue figure. They see your intensity, not the revenue behind it.
Your spend data, at any level of detail.
Your bill of materials.
Your accounting data, ledgers, invoices and internal cost structures.
Information about your other customers or suppliers.
This is usually the real concern. The commercially sensitive material, what you buy, from whom, at what price, and what you earn, stays with Green Project. It is used only to calculate your footprint, to build anonymised industry benchmarks, and to check the quality of your data.
What already protects your data
Three things are in place from the moment you register, without any additional paperwork:
The platform terms and conditions you accept at sign-up. These govern how your data is handled, and they are what genuinely protects your confidentiality: Terms of Service.
Our privacy policy, setting out what we collect, why, and how long we keep it: Privacy Policy. See also our GDPR Policy and Security Statement.
Our platform controls. Green Project complies with GDPR, CCPA and other applicable data protection regulations. See Data Security and Privacy at Green Project. You also control who can see your profile: Managing Your Profile and Customer Requests.
If that covers your concern, you can proceed without paperwork. If your legal or procurement team still requires a signed agreement, read on.
Requesting a Non-Disclosure Agreement
Email [email protected] with the subject line "NDA request" and include:
Signatory name
Signatory title
Signatory email
Company legal name
Company registered address
We will send our standard Green Project Non-Disclosure Agreement for signature within 24hrs.
Please note: the NDA is a standard document: We provide one standard Green Project NDA and we are not able to amend it or to work from a supplier's own template. This keeps the process quick and consistent for every supplier in the programme. If your legal team has a question about a specific clause, email support and we will get an answer for you.
If you are blocked on legal review
Tell us. If your legal review will push you past your customer's submission deadline, email support and copy your customer contact. Deadlines can usually be extended where there is a clear reason, and it is better to flag it early than to miss the date.
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