CITI 卓异品牌
2019年IPE首次推出“CITI卓异品牌”，旨在推动品牌在供应链环境管理中与供应商构建更平等的伙伴关系：从品牌发现一个问题联系一个供应商，转变为推动供应商更主动地承担污染治理的主体责任，及时采取整改措施并向公众作出公开说明。
CITI卓异品牌的准入标准如下：
1. 在绿色供应链CITI指数评价中排名领先；
2. 利用蔚蓝生态链或其他等效的自动化系统，开展高水准的供应链环境管理工作，保证品牌和供应商之间保持密切沟通；
3. 推动核心供应商通过蔚蓝生态链或其他等效的自动化系统，实时关注自身的环境表现，接受公众监督。
IPE每年推出一个CITI卓异品牌，入选此榜单的品牌将不再参与年度绿色供应链CITI指数评价。
2019年的CITI卓异品牌是连续五年蝉联CITI评价榜首的苹果。自2012年起，苹果已经追踪并推动223家供应商通过GCA审核验证整改措施有效性，彰显出其持续推动供应商实现环境合规的努力。2019年，苹果加入蔚蓝生态链，并承诺推动其供应商通过蔚蓝生态链持续关注的自身环境表现。
CITI Masters
IPE took a new step in the CITI Green Supply Chain program to inaugurate a CITI Master category in 2019. This category has been conceptualized to drive aspiring Masters to mature their supply chain programs to the point of equal partnerships with suppliers – such that accountability for compliance issues rests equally on the brand’s and its suppliers’ shoulders, rather than relying on the continued efforts of the brand to detect problems and inform the supplier of its responsibilities, issue public explanations, and lead corrective action efforts each time a problem arises.
To qualify as a CITI Master, exemplary brands must:
1. Rank as a top performance brand in the annual CITI;
2. Maintain high performance standards in their supply chain environmental management through the Blue EcoChain or equivalent data system, which enables brands and suppliers to communicate dynamically.
3. Requires all key suppliers to track their environmental performance via Blue EcoChain or equivalent data systems to ensure their own accountability on a dynamic basis.
The CITI Master category will recognize the single top brand performer in supply chain responsibility each year. Once designated a Master, the brand is no longer scored in annual CITI evaluations, making room for a new top performer in the coming year.
Apple was designated as the inaugural CITI Master in 2019. The company has ranked #1 in CITI annual reporting for five years in a row. It has been tracking and rectifying compliance problems for 223 suppliers in China in coordination with IPE and the Green Choice Alliance since 2012 and has delivered high levels of compliance among its suppliers with its diligence and persistent work. Most notably, the company has recently joined Blue EcoChain in 2019 and has committed to bringing all of its existing suppliers into the Blue EcoChain.