Figure 2
A Venn diagram with three intersecting circles representing supplier tensions, company tensions, and buyer tensions. The supplier tensions circle includes the issue of supplier cost versus procurement sustainability goals, highlighting sustainability premiums. The company tensions circle addresses business metrics versus procurement sustainability goals, emphasizing conflicting logics. The buyer tensions circle focuses on individual cost targets versus procurement sustainability goals, noting capability and perception gaps. The intersections detail inter-knot effects on supplier market knots, such as reduced willingness to pay sustainability premiums and limited scope for supplier collaboration. Another intersection highlights inter-knot effects on people and functional knots, including reinforced buyer resistance to sustainability initiatives and heightened uncertainty about procurement's sustainability mandate.Cost-related knotted tensions. Source: Authors' work