Rethinking Procurement. Regenerating Performance.
We help companies reposition their procurement function as a strategic lever for value creation
In a world shaped by repeated crises and growing complexity, companies must evolve. Procurement can no longer be seen as a cost-driven support function — it is a strategic lever for value creation, innovation, and resilience.
Our approach is grounded in one conviction: supplier partnerships are the key to unlocking untapped value. Through co-innovation with strategic suppliers, we help businesses drive top-line growth and accelerate time-to-market — while also delivering on the triple bottom line with measurable savings, reduced environmental impact, and stronger social performance.
We don’t just advocate for supplier partnerships,
we build them, with you, through a concrete, measurable, and regenerative process.
From the Editor:
Procurement is at a crossroads. Long seen as a cost-cutting function, it now faces the urgent need to address global disruptions, supply chain fragility, and rising environmental and social challenges. The answer lies in a new paradigm: Regenerative Procurement.
Inspired by regenerative economics, this approach redefines Procurement as a force for resilience, growth, and positive impact. Instead of transactional relationships, it fosters strategically connected ecosystems built on collaboration, innovation, and shared value.
Through case studies, methodologies, and concrete examples, this book provides Procurement leaders and decision-makers with the tools to move beyond short-term efficiency and unlock lasting value creation.
With over 30 years of leadership experience in major international groups, Elvire Regnier delivers a bold vision for the future: Regenerative Procurement, a new era where Procurement becomes a creator of resilience, prosperity, and sustainability.
Transforming Uncertainty into Opportunity Through a Regenerative Procurement Approach
🔍 The Procurement Shift
Procurement is now at the crossroads of major global challenges — economic, environmental, technological, geopolitical, and societal. In a world shaped by repeated crises and constant uncertainty, the function must evolve. It’s no longer just about cutting costs — it’s about creating value, driving innovation, and building resilience.
Key challenges to address:
- Procurement Maturity Assessment | A function still perceived as operational and cost-driven, limiting its strategic impact and value contribution.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration Review | Limited collaboration between procurement, business teams, and strategic suppliers, leading to misaligned priorities and missed synergies.
- Supplier Ecosystem Mapping | Underutilized supplier innovation potential, with few mechanisms in place to identify, capture, and scale co-innovation opportunities.
- Sustainability & Performance Alignment | Growing pressure to improve economic, environmental, and social outcomes, requiring a broader, impact-driven procurement approach.
- Innovation Readiness Assessment | Faster innovation cycles and tighter time-to-market expectations, challenging procurement’s ability to enable and accelerate business innovation.
- Supply Chain Resilience Review | Repeated crises disrupting sourcing and supply chain stability, exposing gaps in risk anticipation and mitigation strategies.
Strategically Reposition the Procurement Function to Regenerate Business Ecosystems
🎯 Tangible Deliverables at Every Stage of the Project
We operate with a structured yet flexible methodology and provide our clients with clear, actionable deliverables that can be directly integrated into their organization.
Whether it’s diagnostics, structuring, collaboration, or operational steering, every deliverable is designed to support decision-making and facilitate implementation.
What we deliver:
- Procurement Maturity Assessment | A comprehensive evaluation of the procurement function, from organizational structure to supplier relationships.
- Supplier Ecosystem Mapping | Identification of key partners, risks, and co-innovation potential within your supplier ecosystem.
- Tailored Strategic Roadmap | Definition of procurement priorities aligned with your economic, social, and environmental ambitions.
- Formalization of Strategic Partnerships | Selection of high-potential suppliers and co-construction of sustainable, balanced agreements.
- Internal Team Structuring | Implementation of cross-functional project teams and clarification of roles and responsibilities.
- Operational Steering & Support | Execution of co-designed action plans and change management support for internal teams.
- Performance Indicators & Impact Measurement | Definition of economic, social, and environmental KPIs, and creation of customized dashboards.
- Training in Regenerative Procurement | Dedicated training sessions for procurement, sustainability, and supplier teams to embed regenerative practices.
Shaping the future by reconsidering the Procurement Operating Model
🎯 Concrete deliverables at every stage of the mission
We work with a structured and flexible method, providing our clients with clear, actionable deliverables that can be directly integrated into their organization.
Whether it’s diagnostic, structuring, collaboration or implementation, each deliverable is designed to support decision-making and enable effective execution.
What we deploy:
- Procurement Maturity Assessment | Comprehensive evaluation of the procurement function, from organizational structure to supplier relationships.
- Supplier Ecosystem Mapping | Identification of key partners, risks, and the potential for co-innovation within your supplier ecosystem.
- Tailored Strategic Roadmap | Definition of procurement priorities aligned with your economic, social, and environmental goals.
- Strategic Partnership Design | Selection of high-potential suppliers and co-construction of balanced, long-term agreements.
- Internal Team Structuring | Formation of cross-functional project teams and clarification of roles and responsibilities.
- Operational Support & Implementation | Execution of co-designed action plans and change management support across teams.
- Performance Metrics & Impact Measurement | Definition of economic, social, and environmental KPIs, and development of tailored dashboards.
- Regenerative Procurement Training | Customized training sessions for procurement, ESG, and supplier teams to embed new practices.
Uncover the benefits of a collaborative, sustainable, and strategic procurement model
🌟 Results and Value Delivered
We help companies transform their supplier relationships into true partnerships. This shift in mindset is a strategic accelerator: it breaks down organizational silos, amplifies value creation, and simultaneously addresses economic, social, and environmental challenges.
By building strong partnerships, the procurement function becomes a driver of sustainable performance.
What we deliver:
- Shared Value Creation | Access to innovation, improved offerings, market differentiation, and direct contribution to top-line growth.
- Cost Reduction Through Collaboration | Sustainable optimization of internal costs and shared costs with suppliers, through the co-development of effective, field-adapted solutions built on supplier expertise and experience (bottom line impact).
- Value Chain Resilience and Risk Management | Stronger collaboration to better anticipate vulnerabilities, diversify critical dependencies, and secure long-term supply.
- Acceleration of Environmental and Social Transformation | Effective integration of environmental and social issues into supplier relationships, through the implementation of eco-development practices.
- Team Engagement and Strategic Alignment | Greater engagement from internal teams, cross-functional collaboration, and stronger alignment with business and supplier priorities.
- Enhanced Corporate Attractiveness | For talent, customers, and partners who share the same responsible and regenerative vision.
PROPOSALS
consulting
Renewing Procurement operating model to overcome upcoming challenges
Training & Mentoring
Supporting the Procurement Function in the age of AI
Keynotes
Fostering the emergence of a visionary perspective for the Procurement function
PUBLICATIONS
Artificial Intelligence or Emotional Intelligence ?
Numerous publications focus on the role that artificial intelligence will play in the future of all professions, including procurement. However, emotional intelligence, which enables us to build relationships and create commercial value, remains an irreplaceable...
For the first time, a state is condemned for climate inaction. April 9, 2024
On Tuesday April 9, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made history by condemning Switzerland for violating the European Convention on Human Rights. This decision follows a complaint denouncing the inadequacies of the Swiss authorities in their fight against...
The EU on the way to banning forced labor. March 8, 2024
In January this year, the Council and the European Parliament reached a crucial agreement on banning forced labor products from the EU market. The provisional agreement must now be approved and formally adopted by both institutions. This agreement represents a...
No fight against climate change without respect for human rights.
It’s important to realize the extent to which human rights violations on the other side of the world and environmental damage are linked. We cannot hope to combat climate change while neglecting the human rights of our foreign suppliers.
European Parliament vote in favor of Duty of Care Directive: Procurement Departments and AI on the front line. April 26, 2024
The directive marks an additional and complementary step to the reporting obligation imposed by the CSRD (Corporate Responsibility Reporting Directive). Companies will no longer simply have to report their extra-financial performance, but must also take into account...
The CS3D directive, aimed at imposing an obligation of social and environmental protection, is on the way to becoming a reality. March 17, 2024
Following the adoption of the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), which came into force on January 1, 2024, the compromise on the European directive on corporate responsibility for human and environmental rights was approved today by the member states...
“On the Environmental Front, China Is Widening a Gap That Risks Becoming Unbridgeable for Western Companies”. Translation of an article published in Le Monde, March 12, 2025
China is advancing fast on environmental and ESG goals, while Europe considers weakening its standards. This growing gap could soon leave Western companies unable to compete.
“For a restorative procurement policy” Published in Le Monde on May 16, 2023
While the CSRD is being implemented, the practice of regenerative procurement allows companies to improve their financial and non-financial results. Imagining new virtuous approaches that go beyond the deleterious practices of excessive competition should contribute to regenerating, day after day, the ecosystem of companies, and therefore the environment and society.
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to weigh on world trade, the inversion of the balance of power between companies and their suppliers, which is responsible for the rise in costs, could become sustainable. Article published in Le Monde on November 5, 2021
Could we have foreseen that the Covid crisis, which had already damaged value chains in the winter of 2020, would continue to severely disrupt the entire global industry? Companies built their 2021 budgets on the assumption that the crisis would only last a few months, until everything was back to normal and everyone was back to their old lives