Introduction
The success of any company’s operations is dependent on an efficient supply chain. The recent economic landscape has exposed the potential vulnerabilities a company can face in the provision of goods and services they rely upon and the challenges that supply-chain disruption can present.
This report investigates the importance of supply-chain issues to IR. It examines how much attention investors pay to the supply chain and how this level of engagement has changed in recent years.
The report further looks at what information investors want from the IR team about the supply chain and how satisfied they are with the information they receive. We also identify the level of importance to investors of ESG in the supply chain.
This report uses the term ‘IRO’ to represent IR professionals in general and the term ‘investor’ to represent members of the investment community, both buy side and sell side.
Findings in this report are based on data from IR Magazine’s Global IR Survey conducted in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023 and IR Magazine’s Global Investor Survey in Q4 2022. Data is broken down by geographical region, buy side and sell side for investors and market cap size for IROs.
The regions we look at in this report are North America, Europe and Asia, while market cap is broken down as follows:
SMALL CAP: <$1 BN
MID-CAP: $1 BN-$5 BN
LARGE CAP: $5 BN-$30 BN
MEGA-CAP: >$30 BN
