Achilles data covering 150,000 suppliers across 40 countries shows measurable ESG and compliance progress in 2025, even as disruption alerts jumped 33%.
Global supply chain ESG and compliance maturity improved year-on-year in 2025, according to new data released by Achilles, a global leader in supply chain risk and performance management. The findings, drawn from risk intelligence spanning more than 150,000 suppliers across over 40 countries, show clear progress despite a sharp rise in potential business disruption events.
Environmental performance was the fastest-improving ESG dimension, with Europe, Latin America, and North America recording improvements of between 5% and 10%. Social performance remained the strongest and most stable dimension, improving by 2 to 4% globally at an average score of 77 to 78. Compliance performance remained consistently high, with year-on-year changes within 1% across all regions. Latin America emerged as the fastest-improving region overall, driven by strong gains in financial stability and governance.
However, the volume of potential business disruption alerts rose by approximately 33%, from around 44,000 in 2024 to 59,000 in 2025, driven by geopolitical instability and climate-related hazards including flooding, extreme weather, conflict escalation, and trade restrictions.
Luis Olivié, President and Board Member at Achilles, said that while ESG is becoming firmly embedded in organisational priorities, resilience today is no longer determined by supplier fundamentals alone, but by the ability to continuously anticipate, monitor, and respond to risk as conditions evolve.
