Screening and segmenting suppliers

This guide shows you how to use Green Project to quickly identify, evaluate, and group your suppliers based on their emissions impact and sustainability maturity. By screening and segmenting suppliers, you’ll streamline your Scope 3 data collection and focus on the suppliers that matter most to your decarbonization strategy.

Step-by-Step Guide

Access the Select Suppliers Table
- Go to Collect → Supplier Data.
- Review the automatically generated list of suppliers and their emissions percentages.
Screen Your Suppliers: One-by-One Method
- Hover over a supplier’s row and click Edit Supplier.
- Add the supplier’s Website (for example, britishgas.co.uk) in the side panel.
- Click Screen to pull publicly available data such as:
  - Carbon maturity (for example, do they measure Scopes 1, 2, and 3?)
  - Emissions target status (for example, science-based targets)
  - Decarbonization initiatives
- Repeat this for multiple suppliers.
Screen Your Suppliers: Bulk Method
- In the Supplier Data table, select multiple suppliers using the checkboxes.
- Click Collect Data to specify what data you want (for example, corporate carbon footprint, decarbonization plans).
- Switch to the Contacts Needed tab and click Add Contacts.
- Upload a CSV/Excel file or manually enter names, job titles, and email addresses.
- Click Submit to bulk-add contacts, triggering automated screening for each supplier.
Segment Your Suppliers
- In any suppliers table, use Filters to group suppliers by:
  - Industry or headquarters country
  - Decarbonization score (for example, Bronze, Silver, Gold)
  - Carbon maturity or target status
  - Spend categories or custom fields in your data
- Save or export filtered lists to focus on high-impact or high-priority suppliers.

Tip: Segmentation helps you plan targeted engagement strategies and set more meaningful reduction goals.

You’ve successfully screened and segmented your suppliers in Green Project. This process helps you determine which suppliers contribute most to your Scope 3 emissions, letting you focus your resources where they’ll have the greatest impact. Next, consider reaching out to these suppliers for more detailed data or inviting them to collaborate on science-based targets.