02 · Assessment
The EVA³™ 3×3 Scan
Score your organisation against the nine cells of the EVA³™ operating matrix. Ten minutes. Four-point scale. The output is a private readout: your weakest cells, what typically moves them in a hundred days, and an honesty check.
Score where you are
Not where you would like to be. Aspirational scoring poisons the rest of the exercise. If every cell comes out "established", the diagnostic was performative.
Evidence, not intent
Each band describes something observable — a clause, an audit, a number on a scorecard. Pick the band you could show an auditor, not the one you are "committed to".
Private by default
Nothing leaves your browser unless you choose to send the readout. Your answers are kept locally so you can come back to them.
The first E
Equity
Does the organisation act in ways that respect the dignity, rights and economic prospects of the people inside its operations and across its value chain? Zero tolerance for forced labour with audited evidence; a just transition; inclusion in design.
Equity × Evidence-based
Cell 1 of 9Audited human-rights data; modern-slavery diligence with primary evidence; inclusion metrics with provenance.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: What audited human-rights evidence exists for your tier-two and tier-three sources?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Equity × Institutionally focused
Cell 2 of 9Procurement covenants on labour standards; board-level oversight of supply-chain ethics; ombudsperson mechanisms in contracts.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: What labour-standards covenants are in the master agreement, and what consequences are written into them?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Equity × Systemically aware
Cell 3 of 9Whole-supply-chain dignity; just-transition planning across all tiers; community impact assessed alongside operational change.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: If you consolidate volume to one supplier, what happens to the smaller suppliers who share it today — and to their workforces?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
The second E
Environment
Are targets, plans and investments aligned with the science of a 1.5 °C future? Validated targets; a real avoid–reduce–substitute–remove plan; reporting that withstands an external assurer.
Environment × Evidence-based
Cell 4 of 9SBTi-validated targets across Scopes 1, 2, 3; primary supplier emissions data; assured public reporting against the GHG Protocol.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: What is the verified Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity of your largest suppliers per unit of product?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Environment × Institutionally focused
Cell 5 of 9Net-zero in board mandate and CEO scorecard; supplier-emissions clauses in master agreements; capex governance with a carbon hurdle.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: Has the supplier set, or committed to set, a science-based target — and is that commitment in your contract?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Environment × Systemically aware
Cell 6 of 9Lifecycle-emissions thinking; sectoral collaboration on shared infrastructure; design-for-circularity in product development.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: What are the upstream and end-of-life emissions of this material across its full lifecycle?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
The third E
Economy
Does the organisation build durable economic value through, not despite, its sustainability programme? Clear-eyed ROI; a partnership posture toward suppliers; carbon priced into the decision.
Economy × Evidence-based
Cell 7 of 9True Carbon Count™ layer in should-cost; financial models that price climate risk and opportunity; transparent ROI on sustainability capex.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: What is the True Carbon Count of this material, and how does it shift the should-cost versus alternatives?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Economy × Institutionally focused
Cell 8 of 9ESG-aligned procurement KPIs; long-term supplier contracts that reward emissions performance; CFO co-ownership of the transition plan.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: Are your buyer KPIs and incentives consistent with selecting the lower-carbon option, or do they create friction?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Economy × Systemically aware
Cell 9 of 9Just-transition financing across the supply base; investment in supplier capability; resilience as a strategic asset, not a cost line.
The question a buyer should be able to answer: What is the total cost of ownership across the contract horizon, including avoided regulatory and disclosure exposure?
Add a one-line rationale (optional — it makes the readout more useful)
Your readout
Nine cells, scored.
Priority cells — where targeted investment pays back disproportionately
The two or three lowest-scoring cells. What the next band looks like, and the moves that typically get an organisation there inside a hundred days. Indicative: a menu, not a prescription.
A 100-day plan starter
The white paper's four phases, with your priority-cell moves slotted into Phase 3. Every line needs a named owner before it means anything.
By Day 100 the test is not how much has been delivered, but whether the conditions for sustained delivery are in place: charter, governance, capability, KPIs, contracts, and a credible roadmap.
The Scan is a self-assessment against the EVA³™ matrix. It is not an audit, an assurance opinion, or a statement about any company's compliance with SBTi, CSRD or any other regime.