Supply Chain Resilience Across Global Markets: Where Companies Stand in 2026
Supply chain risks are already translating into tangible business impact. Among companies with 1,000 or more employees, 83% in Europe and 63% in the United States have experienced sustainability-related risks with significant financial or operational consequences over the past three years. Yet risk visibility often ends with direct suppliers: only 11% of European and 17% of US companies have visibility across multiple supply chain tiers.
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The Global Supply Chain Risk & Resilience Study 2026 examines how companies across Europe, the United States, and Asia-Pacific and other markets are responding to this challenge. Based on insights from 631 procurement, supply chain, sustainability, compliance, and risk management professionals, the study explores what strengthens supply chain resilience – and where critical capabilities are still missing.
83 / 63% of large companies in Europe / the United States have experienced sustainability-related supply chain risks with significant financial or operational impacts over the past three years.
11 / 17% of European / US companies have visibility across multiple supply chain tiers.
36% deploy AI beyond isolated pilot projects to manage sustainability-related supply chain risks.
Despite different regulatory environments and market conditions, the study reveals a striking finding: large companies across regions are often closer in their supply chain risk management maturity than expected.
European and US companies report broadly similar levels of supply chain resilience, integrated sustainability risk management, and AI adoption. The differences become more pronounced in specific capabilities. US companies, for example, report greater visibility beyond Tier 1 and are more likely to attribute concrete business benefits to their sustainability efforts.
The report provides a direct, size-matched comparison of companies with 1,000 or more employees, helping decision-makers understand which challenges are truly regional – and which are shared across markets.
For many organizations, risk transparency still stops at the first supplier tier. 57% of European and 46% of US companies have visibility limited to Tier 1, leaving potential blind spots deeper in their supply chains.
The findings show a clear relationship between visibility and perceived resilience. Companies that see beyond Tier 1 are more likely to rate their supply chain resilience as high.
The study explores how greater transparency, integrated risk management, and more adaptable sourcing strategies can help companies move from reacting to disruption toward identifying vulnerabilities earlier.
Sustainability-related supply chain management is firmly established in most large organizations. But the degree of integration varies.
Around half of the companies surveyed have integrated sustainability into key processes or embedded it in strategic decision-making.
The findings also point to a broader shift. Companies with integrated risk management approaches are twice as likely to have visibility beyond Tier 1. At the same time, forward-looking capabilities such as scenario planning, flexible supplier strategies, and early-warning systems remain less established.
AI adoption is advancing, but scaled deployment remains uncommon. 36% of companies deploy AI beyond isolated pilots, while only 9% of European and 11% of US companies have scaled AI across workflows or achieved end-to-end integration.
For companies already leveraging AI, the results are encouraging: most users report clear value, particularly through greater efficiency, improved risk visibility, and faster decision-making.
The next challenge is moving beyond automation. While companies continue to invest in data processing and continuous risk monitoring, the next step is to strengthen risk anticipation and prediction. The report examines what this shift could mean for more proactive supply chain risk management.
Most companies see positive effects from their supply chain sustainability efforts, but relatively few measure them systematically.
The findings indicate that impact measurement can play an important role in moving sustainability beyond compliance. Companies that measure value are more likely to base investment decisions on a quantified business case rather than external requirements alone.
The study provides data-driven insights into key questions facing global supply chain, procurement, sustainability, and risk leaders:
The study was conducted in collaboration with international management and technology consultancy BearingPoint and, specifically for the DACH region, the Berlin Institute for Supply Chain Management. It draws on 631 responses from procurement, supply chain, sustainability, compliance, risk management, and executive professionals across 38 countries.
The global report brings together three samples: 394 respondents in Europe, 202 in the United States, and 35 across Asia-Pacific and other markets. To enable meaningful regional comparisons, the main analysis compares companies of similar size, focusing on 468 organizations with 1,000 or more employees.
The Asia-Pacific and other markets sample is used as a directional indicator rather than a representative regional benchmark due to its smaller sample size.
For a deeper look at individual markets, you can also explore the European results and the DACH report (German only).
Discover how companies across global markets are managing sustainability-related supply chain risks – and which capabilities can help turn greater transparency, integrated risk management, and AI into stronger resilience and measurable business value.
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