EBG | Network welcomes EcoVadis to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm — an Expert organisation EBG has worked alongside since 2016. EcoVadis hosts a Roundtable, on the difference between knowing your supplier risk and actually reducing it. The table EcoVadis hosts at CPO Outlook 2026 Roundtable runs twice on Day 1. Same topic, […]
Ivalua join CPO Outlook 2026 —bringing the foundations question with it
EBG | Network welcomes Ivalua back to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm — an Expert organisation we have worked alongside since 2017. Here is why a company that spent a decade building the foundation, not the feature, is worth a conversation in the year everyone discovered agents. The thesis, before the praise. In […]
EBG | Insight: The most powerful force for sustainability? Your supply chain.
Ten years after their first interview, EcoVadis co-founder and co-CEO Pierre-François Thaler is interviewed by Anna Bjärkerud, EBG on what they’ve built — and where the market is heading. When EcoVadis first joined an EBG conference in 2016 — the year sustainability became a fixed part of EBGs agenda — the state of the art […]
Coupa join CPO Outlook 2026 — bringing the autonomy question with it
EBG | Network welcomes Coupa back to CPO Outlook 2026, 14–15 October in Stockholm. Here’s why a company on a three-acquisition AI run is worth a conversation, not a logo. The thesis, before the praise. The interesting thing about Coupa’s last twelve months is not the acquisitions. It is the bet underneath them — that […]
From Reactive to Proactive: Why Supply Chain Risk Intelligence Has Become Mission-Critical
Prewave returns as Platinum Partner for CPO Outlook 2026, bringing four years of practitioner insights on moving beyond Tier 1 visibility When Prewave first partnered with CPO Outlook in 2023, the conversation around supply chain risk was already shifting. Three years later, that shift has become a transformation. The gap between organizations with deep supply […]
More Responsibility. Less Control. Faster Change.
EBG | Xperience Stockholm 2026 brought thirty procurement leaders together at Scandic Grand Central for a focus day on AI, risk, leadership and transformation. The day’s red thread, set out at the opening: more responsibility, less control, faster change. Three expert organizations — Coupa, Accenture and IntegrityNext — opened the day with views from the […]
The New Engine in the Old Factory — and Why Change Is Harder Than It Looks
There is a statistic circulating right now that keeps coming back: ninety-five percent of generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable financial impact. Not because the technology doesn’t work. Because deploying it in a way that delivers results turns out to be an organizational challenge, not a technical one. At EBG | Network, we have […]
Nordic CPO of the Year Award: Recognizing Leadership That Moves the Profession Forward
The first independent recognition program for Chief Procurement Officers in the Nordic region. Welcome Björn Stenecker, CPO at Vattenfall – our fourth and final addition to the Nordic CPO Award jury in 2026! Procurement is one of the most strategically complex leadership roles in a modern organization. CPOs operate at the intersection of commercial performance, […]
EBG | Play: What Does Your AP System Know About Your Suppliers That You Don’t?
Webinar recap: Fredrik Rydqvist from Medius on why the invoice might be the most underused data source in procurement The starting point: one step no supplier ever skips Every step in the source-to-pay process can be bypassed. Requisitions get skipped. POs forgotten. Contracts ignored. Receipts go missing. But there’s one step no supplier ever skips: […]
EBG | Play Scope 3 Supplier Engagement at Kongsberg Maritime
EBG | Play Webinar Recap | February 2026 “Supplier engagement does not start with emissions.” That statement from Anna Grabska, Sustainability & Process Lead at Kongsberg Maritime, captured the central insight from last month’s webinar with IntegrityNext. In a session that drew strong engagement – including a 20-minute Q&A that still couldn’t cover all the […]