Sustainable Natural Rubber Procurement & ESG Assessment

Sustainable Natural Rubber Procurement & ESG Assessment Form

Natural rubber is a critical raw material for the tire manufacturing industry, but its production carries significant environmental and social risks. Deforestation, biodiversity loss, and smallholder farmer welfare are pressing concerns that demand rigorous ESG oversight. This Sustainable Natural Rubber Procurement & ESG Assessment form template helps tire manufacturers and rubber procurement teams evaluate suppliers against environmental, social, and governance criteria.

Purpose and Use Case

This form enables procurement teams to systematically assess rubber suppliers on key sustainability indicators including deforestation risk, biodiversity conservation measures, smallholder farmer support programs, traceability systems, and compliance with international standards like the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) guidelines.

Use this template for:

• Supplier onboarding and qualification to ensure ESG compliance before contracts are signed
• Annual supplier audits to monitor ongoing performance and identify areas for improvement
• Risk assessments to flag high-risk sourcing regions and practices
• Due diligence reporting for internal stakeholders and external ESG disclosures

Why Paperform for ESG Reporting

Paperform's flexible editor allows you to customize this template to match your company's specific ESG frameworks and reporting requirements. The conditional logic ensures you capture detailed information only when relevant—for example, requesting additional documentation when high deforestation risk is identified.

Once submitted, responses can be automatically routed to your ESG team, compliance officers, or procurement managers. Connect the form to your existing systems using Stepper to create automated workflows—flag high-risk suppliers, trigger follow-up tasks, update sustainability dashboards, or generate reports for quarterly board reviews, all without manual data entry.

For suppliers requiring formal commitments, use Papersign to turn approved assessments into legally binding sustainability agreements with digital signatures, keeping your entire ESG procurement process documented and auditable.

Target Industries and Roles

This template is designed for tire manufacturers, automotive suppliers, rubber processing companies, and sustainability consultants working in the natural rubber supply chain. It's particularly valuable for ESG managers, sustainability directors, procurement officers, and supply chain compliance teams who need to demonstrate responsible sourcing and meet investor, customer, and regulatory ESG expectations.

With Paperform's professional design capabilities, your ESG assessment forms can reflect the seriousness and sophistication of your sustainability commitments while remaining easy for suppliers to complete and for your team to manage.