FAQs

Financial institutions and superannuation organisations face significant ESG expectations due to regulatory obligations, fiduciary duties and stakeholder scrutiny. Fair Supply’s ESG software helps quantify organisational and supply chain risks consistently, covering modern slavery, emissions, biodiversity and trade exposure. Fair Supply’s ESG software uses defensible data and transparent methodologies suited to financial governance environments that require strong governance and auditability.

Fair Supply continuously models supplier networks using MRIO methodology to trace financial flows across global supply chains. This enables organisations to monitor exposure to modern slavery, emissions, and biodiversity loss over time, rather than relying on one-off assessments.

Yes. Fair Supply models supply chains up to 10 tiers deep, allowing teams to identify and manage upstream risks that are typically invisible using traditional supplier-based approaches.

Fair Supply is a cloud-based ESG risk intelligence platform that enables organizations to assess supplier and supply chain risk across modern slavery, carbon emissions, and biodiversity. It uses advanced supply chain modeling to produce audit-ready, defensible results. Below are some of our key platforms and solutions designed to support ESG compliance, reporting, and supply chain risk management.

• ESG Supply Chain Risk Assessment Software
• Supply Chain Due Diligence Software
• Supplier Engagement Software
• ESG Reporting Software
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Solutions

• Modern Slavery Risk Assessment Software
• Scope 1 & 2 Carbon Emissions Calculation Software
• Scope 3 Carbon Emissions Screening Software
• Biodiversity Risk Assessment Software

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Fair Supply simplifies supply chain risk assessment by tapping into the Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) methodology, a proven, auditable way of mapping the connections between global supply chains. With just the name of a supplier and your spend with them, Fair Supply analyzes every tier of that supplier’s suppliers (and their suppliers too), looking for risk that exceeds your due diligence threshold across thousands or millions of transactions.

Fair Supply is designed for procurement, ESG, compliance, and investment professionals — especially those with modern slavery or environmental reporting obligations or those managing complex, global supply chains.

All you need is a list of your suppliers and your annual spend with each one to assess their risk across multiple categories, up to 10 tiers deep. For individual supplier checks, you only need the business name or website.

Most organisations can produce their first Scope 1 and 2 emissions estimate within minutes using Fair Supply's guided calculator. For Scope 3 emissions, you can generate a complete Scope 3 emissions report by category within weeks by simply uploading basic supplier spend data.

Our technology automatically classifies suppliers by industry and geography, applies unique emissions factors to each tier of the supply chain, and assigns each supplier to the correct GHG Protocol category without manual data collection.

Unlike many platforms that rely on opaque scoring or industry averages, Fair Supply delivers specific, deep risk analysis using trusted global datasets for complete transparency.

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Because Fair Supply adds a layer of company-specific data on top of internationally trusted, vetted MRIO data, you can assess any supplier in the world in multiple risk categories to pinpoint supply chain impact with no manual work or supply chain expertise needed.

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It’s the only platform that assesses multiple impacts (such as carbon emissions, modern slavery, or tariffs) from a single supply chain model. There’s no need for separate tools to track individual risk categories – you can see the risk in your supply chain at a high level and drill down to understand it better as needed.

Fair Supply combines AI-driven data extraction with proprietary global models and knowledge graphs supervised by humans. It links verified supplier-level data with billions of dynamic relationships across industries and geographies for defensible, transparent insights into your supply chain.

Fair Supply’s human-in-the-loop AI gives enterprises, investors, and regulators a clear line of sight into risk, opportunity, and impact across every tier of the supply chain. It’s where responsible AI meets real-world accountability.

Yes. Fair Supply uses Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) modeling to estimate Scope 3 emissions based on supplier spend, sector, geography and economic activity across up to 10 tiers. This allows you to produce a defensible Scope 3 screening immediately, then refine data quality over time as you engage suppliers and collect primary data. It's the fastest way to move from zero visibility to a complete baseline.

Fair Supply provides data-driven assessments of supplier ESG risk by tracing financial flows across global supply chains using MRIO methodology. It reveals exposure to modern slavery, emissions, and biodiversity loss at the supplier, sector, and geographic level.

Fair Supply provides an immutable audit trail that tracks every data input, calculation methodology and emissions factor used in your reporting. The platform's outputs are mapped to the GHG Protocol and aligned with frameworks like ASRS, ISSB, CDP and CSRD.

Fair Supply's Scope 3 methodologies have undergone independent limited assurance, giving auditors confidence in the defensibility of the approach without requiring you to validate methods from scratch each reporting cycle.

Fair Supply uses a Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) model to trace procurement spend through countries, sectors, and tiers, calculating ESG exposure across complex networks.

Yes. Fair Supply's carbon emissions accounting software is purpose-built to support compliance with AASB S2 Climate-related Disclosures under the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards.

The platform enables you to measure Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, maintain audit-ready documentation, and produce regulator-ready disclosures aligned to the four core pillars of governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets required by ASRS.

Fair Supply outputs are formatted to align with global ESG frameworks and statutory reporting needs, including CDP, IFRS S2, and ESRS.

A Scope 3 screening uses automated EEIO modeling to rapidly assess emissions across your entire supplier base, identify hotspots, and prioritize where deeper engagement is needed. A full Scope 3 inventory involves collecting primary data from suppliers and applying activity-based calculations for each category.

Fair Supply supports both: start with automated screening to establish a defensible baseline quickly, then progressively refine material categories into a detailed inventory with supplier engagement and expert support.

The Fair Supply platform aligns with TCFD, CDP, IFRS S2, ESRS E1, GRI 305, and PCAF frameworks. All outputs are audit-ready to support organizations in meeting evolving ESG and climate-related disclosure requirements.

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Fair Supply's EEIO analysis models emissions across up to 10 tiers of your supply chain, not just your direct suppliers. This is critical because emissions often accumulate deep in the value chain — across raw materials, component manufacturing and logistics providers.

The platform maps spend data to supplier location and industry, then calculates embodied emissions across multiple tiers to give you full visibility into where carbon risk actually sits in your extended supply chain.

Yes. Fair Supply generates standards-aligned risk outputs that procurement teams can use directly in RFPs, tender submissions, and supplier due diligence responses.

Yes. Fair Supply includes built-in supplier engagement tools that allow you to launch emissions-focused Self Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs), track supplier responses, benchmark supplier performance against peers, and update mitigation plans — without manually chasing suppliers.

This moves you from estimated EEIO data toward primary supplier-reported emissions data while maintaining workflow efficiency and audit traceability.

Yes. You can export Fair Supply reports in PDF or CSV formats for ESG audits, board reporting, or internal governance reviews.

Under mandatory climate reporting in Australia, Scope 3 disclosure requirements are phased in: Group 1 entities must report Scope 3 from January 2026, Group 2 from July 2027, and Group 3 from July 2028.

Fair Supply's automated screening means you can establish a compliant Scope 3 baseline immediately rather than waiting months for manual data collection, giving you a critical head start on meeting your reporting obligations and avoiding last-minute compliance pressure.

Fair Supply Analyst is a supplier-specific ESG risk tool that flags exposure and specific issues related to modern slavery—using sector, region, and real-time incident data.

Fair Supply's EEIO modeling provides industry-standard accuracy comparable to spend-based and average data methods recognized under the GHG Protocol. While EEIO estimates are less precise than supplier-specific primary data, they are defensible, auditable and accepted by regulators as an appropriate methodology for initial Scope 3 screening.

As you refine data quality through supplier engagement, Fair Supply supports hybrid approaches that combine EEIO with activity-based calculations for material categories to progressively improve accuracy.

Analyst is designed for procurement, ESG, and risk teams performing due diligence during sourcing, onboarding, or supplier renewal.

Fair Supply is designed to work with the tools you already manage. The platform accepts spend data from standard formats (CSV, Excel) exported from ERP, procurement or AP systems — there's no requirement to replace existing systems.

Once data is uploaded, Fair Supply automates classification, emissions factor assignment and GHG categorization, then produces outputs that feed directly into sustainability reports, ESG disclosures or climate risk assessments without disrupting current workflows.

You can search by business name, website, or alias. Results are delivered instantly and include supplier-specific ESG risk profiles.

Spreadsheets require manual supplier classification, manual research of emissions factors, manual GHG category assignment, and manual calculations repeated for every supplier across every reporting period. Fair Supply automates all of this at scale.

What would take months of manual work across thousands of suppliers happens in weeks with automated classification and audit-ready outputs. You also avoid version control issues, formula errors and the lack of traceability that make spreadsheet-based reporting difficult to audit and impossible to scale efficiently.

Yes. Fair Supply models supplier networks up to 10 tiers, helping you identify ESG risks that exist deep within your upstream supply chain.

Yes. Fair Supply provides the emissions data and supplier risk insights that underpin climate scenario analysis and resilience assessments required under AASB S2.

By identifying emissions hotspots by supplier, geography and industry, you can model exposure under different climate scenarios — physical risks, transition risks, carbon pricing — and assess the resilience of your supply chain and business model. Fair Supply's advisory team also supports organisations in structuring scenario analysis frameworks aligned to ASRS and TCFD disclosure expectations.

It combines inherent exposure (location, industry) with any known incidents, investigations, or third-party reports.

Fair Supply combines technology with human expertise. While the platform automates the heavy lifting of supplier classification, emissions calculations and GHG categorization, our team of carbon accounting specialists provides hands-on consulting for the complex parts that software alone can't solve.

This includes designing bespoke methodologies for unusual emissions categories, advising on materiality assessments and boundary setting, supporting climate scenario analysis and resilience disclosures, preparing for auditor queries, and building internal capability across finance, sustainability and procurement teams.

This hybrid approach means you get the speed and scale of automation with the judgment and defensibility that comes from experienced advisors who understand both the technical requirements and the regulatory context.

Yes. Teams can assign suppliers for review, share supplier assessments and track historical searches within the platform.

Fair Supply Analyst surfaces real-time signals from trusted third-party data sources, public information and allegations alongside data from global macroeconomic modelling to provide a comprehensive view of risk exposure and known issues. 

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You can run a supplier assessment with just basic details—such as business name, website, or business ID number.

Yes. Fair Supply Analyst enables a side-by-side comparison across multiple suppliers with standardised risk assessments across multiple critical dimensions to inform procurement decisions.

Modern slavery risk is assessed by combining MRIO models with data from the Global Slavery Index, ILO, and U.S. government sources. Risk is quantified across supply chains and expressed as estimated people in forced labour per million dollars spent.

Key sources include the Global Slavery Index, ILO Global Estimates, U.S. TIP Reports, Department of Labor Goods List, and economic activity data.

Fair Supply classifies modern slavery risk using both a numerical score and a 5-point rating scale: Low, Moderate Low, Moderate, Moderate High, and High. These classifications are based on the distribution of forced labour risk across global industry and geography, enabling meaningful comparison and prioritisation of suppliers.

Fair Supply provides both a Scope 1 and 2 Emissions Calculator and a Scope 3 Supply Chain Assessment using EEIO modeling.

Yes. Fair Supply provides guided calculators to help organisations estimate and report their Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (energy-related) emissions. The outputs align with leading frameworks like the GHG Protocol, CDP, IFRS S2, and ESRS, making them suitable for formal audits, disclosures, and internal climate targets.

Fair Supply uses Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) analysis to model Scope 3 emissions based on supplier spend, sector, geography, and economic activity across up to 10 tiers.

Biodiversity impact is measured through nSTAR scores that combine economic activity, habitat overlap, and species threat data from IUCN and IBAT.

nSTAR stands for non-normalised Species Threat Abatement and Restoration and quantifies a supplier’s contribution to biodiversity loss by region and sector.

Yes. Fair Supply enables organisations to compare biodiversity impact scores across suppliers, industries, regions, and supply chain tiers. This helps procurement and ESG teams prioritise actions where species loss or habitat pressure is highest.

The calculator assesses the cost impact of global tariffs by simulating price increases across multi-tier supply chains using Fair Supply’s MRIO engine.

Direct tariffs apply to goods at point of import. Indirect tariffs refer to upstream price increases caused by tariffs on components or inputs.

The platform maps tariff effects across transactions, simulates price propagation, and outputs cost increases by product and supplier.

Fair Supply platform pricing is based on several factors: the function you require (compliance and reporting, supplier due diligence or both), which solution you need (modern slavery, emissions, biodiversity) and the scale of your supply chain. Talk to one of our specialists who will be able to walk you through the best option for your business.

Yes - onboarding and support services are included as part of your Fair Supply contract. A dedicated Customer Success Manager will be assigned to your account to assist through onboarding, implementation and support. They will also schedule regular check in meetings to ensure you are getting the most out of your experience.

Yes. Fair Supply’s Information Security Management System is certified against ISO27001:2013.

Data sources include the UN System, Eurostat, OECD, Global Slavery Index, ILO, PRIMAP, EDGAR, GRI, and IFRS-aligned disclosure frameworks.

Fair Supply applies best-practice security protocols, including ISO 27001–certified processes, encryption at rest and in transit, and strict access controls. The platform is designed to comply with global data protection standards, including GDPR.

Fair Supply validates responses using logic rules and third-party benchmarks. High-risk answers may trigger manual review or escalation.

Fair Supply enables procurement teams to assess ESG risks—such as modern slavery, carbon emissions, and biodiversity impact—before engaging new suppliers or renewing existing contracts. This helps ensure that selected suppliers meet your organisation’s sustainability and ethical standards from the outset.

Yes. Fair Supply is designed to integrate into existing sourcing, contract management, and risk workflows, supporting ESG screening without requiring major changes to your current systems.

Fair Supply supports continuous monitoring of ESG risks across your supplier base. It provides real-time insights that inform contract renewals, risk mitigation plans, and strategic supplier engagement.

Fair Supply provides ESG data and analytics aligned with global sustainability frameworks such as TCFD, GRI, IFRS S2, and CDP. This enables sustainability teams to generate accurate, audit-ready reports and meet both mandatory and voluntary disclosure requirements with confidence.

Yes. Fair Supply allows you to monitor and compare ESG risk profiles across suppliers and reporting periods—helping you track progress, identify emerging risks, and demonstrate year-on-year improvements in your sustainability strategy.

Yes. Fair Supply is designed to scale across multi-asset portfolios, geographies, and investment strategies. It enables investors to screen both public and private companies for ESG risks, making it ideal for portfolio-wide implementation in private equity, venture, or institutional asset management.

Yes. Fair Supply generates ESG risk indicators even when investee companies have limited or no public disclosures. It uses company-level inputs such as sector, location, and spend, along with verified third-party sources and economic modelling, to produce defensible, asset-specific ESG insights.

Implementation is fast and low-friction. The platform requires only basic input data—such as a company name and investment amount—and delivers immediate ESG risk screening across modern slavery, carbon emissions, and biodiversity for your entire portfolio.

Fair Supply provides audit-ready ESG risk assessments that align with global regulatory frameworks. Legal teams can use the platform’s outputs to evaluate supplier and portfolio risk exposure, support internal governance, and meet statutory obligations such as modern slavery or environmental disclosures.

Yes. Fair Supply aligns with leading frameworks including IFRS S2, ESRS, TCFD, CDP, and GRI. This ensures your organisation’s ESG reporting is defensible, credible, and aligned with evolving legal requirements across jurisdictions.

Yes. All assessments are fully traceable to underlying data sources, and outputs can be exported in formats suitable for internal audit, compliance reports, or regulator engagement.

More information about Fair Supply’s information security governance can be found under Data Security and Privacy.

Fair Supply provides a single platform to quantify ESG risks across your supply chain or investment portfolio. It enables leadership teams to embed ESG into core decision-making—supporting regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and long-term value creation.

Yes. Fair Supply delivers defensible, standards-aligned ESG data that supports external reporting and investor engagement. It helps you demonstrate proactive risk management and alignment with global sustainability benchmarks.

Fair Supply is built for scale—whether you're rolling it out across multiple procurement teams, subsidiaries, or international portfolios. The platform requires minimal input to get started and can support both global and decentralised operating models.

Fair Supply reduces the cost and complexity of ESG risk assessment by automating supplier and portfolio screening, supporting regulatory readiness, and lowering exposure to reputational, operational, and compliance risk. This translates into more informed decisions, streamlined reporting, and increased stakeholder trust.