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Take a deep dive into our report
Discover the key themes shaping indirect procurement in 2026, from business pressures and category management through to ESG.
Business Pressures: Procurement is now the front line of resilience
Discover how our Indirect Procurement Report shows procurement under pressure with costs, risks, and expectations all rising.
Category management and MRO procurement: control, consolidation and clarity
Explore how digitisation and supplier rationalisation are changing the way category management operates.
ESG: Progress under pressure
Our Indirect Procurement Report found ESG is firmly embedded in organisations. Yet cost pressures mean companies are now pursuing strategies and prioritising tactics that pay for themselves.
Uncertainty is rewriting the rules of efficiency
Discover how new industry-wide research from RS & CIPS identifies Procurement as the essential strategic lever for managing cost, risk, and compliance in a volatile environment.