FAQs

A credential includes certifications, accreditations, standards, ratings, scores, assessments, commitments, pledges, memberships, initiatives or other actions and attributes that are independently or externally validated, issued or administered and link or align to an Environmental, Social or Governance (ESG) issue under a widely-used reporting framework or standard.

It is free for businesses to register on givvable. Register here.

Yes, you can create or claim your business profile on the Supplier Portal for free. Get started here.

No, your business does not need to hold a credential to register on givvable. You can access tools and modules on the Supplier Portal that help your business kick-start its sustainability journey.

Once your business' sustainability profile improves and you start to take action, the givvable platform automatically links or aligns your actions to sustainability & ESG themes, goals and targets. Register here.

Yes, givvable covers micro, small, medium and large suppliers. Register here.

givvable has a range of Supplier Learning Modules available for free on the Supplier Portal. To access them, log-in to the Supplier Portal, click 'Modules' in the left hand margin, and then select the module you would like to complete. Once a supplier has completed a module, a tag is applied to their Supplier Profile for 18 months and visible to buyers searching suppliers on the givvable platform. After 18 months, the supplier will need to re-complete the Supplier Learning Module to re-earn the tag. To learn more, watch this video.

You can start searching suppliers by creating a free account. Get started here.

givvable uses a range of smart technologies, including AI/ML, Big Data and Data Modelling, to identify verified credentials of suppliers across the full range of ESG issues, globally.

This data may be retrieved from a range of sources including publicly available information, reports and filings, issuers of credentials, assessors and auditors, government databases and from suppliers themselves. It then aggregates, structures and matches high volumes of disparate data points in order to verify it.

Once verified, the credential is published on the givvable platform and automatically links or aligns business actions to sustainability & ESG themes, goals and targets. Get started here.

givvable generates supplier sustainability profiles daily. The platform uses AI/ML to continuously enrich the data and triangulate new information on a supplier, and runs on constant refresh cycles.

This enables givvable to maintain the currency and accuracy of the information in the givvable platform, subject to its Standard Terms & Conditions. Get started here.

Yes, register on the Supplier Portal for free and select any credentials not listed and provide evidence to fast-track validation.

Once givvable has independently verified the credential, it is published on the givvable platform and automatically links or aligns business actions to sustainability & ESG themes, goals and targets. Get started here.

Supplier screening is suitable for organizations with greater than 100 suppliers, where it becomes challenging and time-consuming to monitor supplier sustainability.

You can choose from lite screening to advanced analytics, as well as Modules on selected ESG issues. Request a quote here.

There are numerous use cases for supplier vetting, search and screening. Supplier due diligence, monitoring and tracking to sustainability & ESG themes, goals and targets is now a critical part of any robust sustainability strategy. To read about givvale use cases, go to Our Solutions > Use Cases and select from the list.

Yes, it is possible to white-label the givvable platform and set the parameters for supplier coverage, for example, by sustainability objective, ESG theme, preferred or minimum credentials and more. Please contact us here.

Yes, it is possible to white-label givvable's Supplier Portal. Please contact us here.

givvable partners with ProcureTech, FinTech and ERP Software. It also partners with certain sustainability service providers that can support suppliers on their sustainability journey. If you would like to find out more about partnering with givvable, please contact us here.

Yes, a free and premium API is available. You can access the API here.

If a supplier is not listed on the givvable platform, it means givvable has not detected any third party verifiable sustainability or ESG credentials held by that supplier at that time.

This does not necessarily mean that the supplier does not hold any credentials. The supplier could hold privately assessed or non-public credentials. Suppliers can be invited to register credentials for validation via the givvable platform or via automated supplier invites (bulk distribution).

If the supplier does not hold any credentials, the supplier can complete givvable or partner learning modules which are available on the supplier portal, and which are tracked on the givvable platform (and remain current for a period of 18 months). They can also discover credentials that may be suitable for their business.

Yes, it is possible to suggest a credential in both the givvable platform and Supplier Portal. givvable will consider whether the credential links or aligns to an ESG issue under its methodology, and determine whether there is sufficient information to identify and verify the credential on a continuous basis.

The givvable category icons are Environment, Ethical, Diversity, Social, Community and Governance and provide a high-level indication of the Environmental, Social and / or Governance (ESG) area(s) that an organization’s credential(s) relate to. A credential may relate to one or more givvable categories, or to none.

Sustainability & ESG credential data is dynamic and givvable’s platform runs on constant refresh cycles (see How often is the information on givvable updated?).

Mapping of credentials to provide insights is a continuous process with new insights added regularly and as previous mapping is reviewed and updated for changes to Credentials to ensure alignment with the current methodology.

A givvable category icon will be displayed where a credential has been mapped and the mapping links the credential to that givvable category.

Not all credentials, and therefore not all organization profiles, will display a givvable category icon. The reasons for this could include:

• Based on givvable’s methodology, a category icon cannot be applied. For example, this could be the case where an organization has undertaken a learning module. Completion of the module will be recognized on the organization’s profile, however, it may not map to any givvable categories.
• The credential has a yellow or red flag. Yellow or red flagged credentials have a negative connotation from a sustainability or ESG perspective and therefore will not be mapped to any givvable categories.
• Mapping of the credential has not yet been completed.

givvable has adopted the Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Rating and Data Providers ('Code of Conduct') and self-assessed against the checklist. For the purposes of this self-assessment, givvable considers itself to be an ESG Data Product Provider.

Under the Code of Conduct, providers are encouraged to disclose in detail their compliance with each of the best practice requirements. You may access a copy of our disclosure here.