Sustainable Sourcing Under Pressure: Using Carbon Cost Forecasts to Drive Smarter Procurement | 2026 Global Decarbonization Forum

At the Global Decarbonization Forum 2026, Ralf Hässig (ZF Friedrichshafen), Leona Mrackova (carbmee), Dexter Galvin (EcoVadis), and Sami Heil (Jaggaer) get candid about the question procurement teams are not asking loudly enough: what is carbon actually going to cost us, and when does it show up on the balance sheet?

The answer is already in your supply chain. Most companies just cannot see it yet.

From the $3.2 billion energy cost shock one chemicals company absorbed in a single crisis, to the flip-flop moment when green steel becomes the cheaper sourcing decision over a product lifecycle, to the suppliers who will win more contracts precisely because they have verified primary emissions data, the panel makes the case that carbon cost forecasting is not a sustainability exercise. It is the next frontier of procurement intelligence.

They also tackle the harder questions: how do you bring 10,000 suppliers on board without letting complexity become the enemy of execution? How much data is enough to start making better decisions? And how do you convince a finance VP to integrate carbon costs into net present value calculations when the organization has never thought in CO2?

Watch now to find out what the procurement leaders who are already moving know that the rest of the market does not yet.