Decision Point: Identification Process

You have started your trainee period in the procurement department. BB is now working on developing a series of environmentally friendly products in response to climate change, so the procurement process needs to be refined.

Your team leader, Helen, wants you to come up with a list of the eco techniques of both existing and potential suppliers so she can report to the research and development $($R&D$)$ manager about the material's availability.

To complete your task, you need to go through an identification process. What inputs and outputs are needed for this identification process?