Guest: Sammy Lakshmanan – Principal, ESG, PwC

Host: Erik Derenne – Director, Center of Excellence, SAP North America, Intelligent Spend & Business Network

New ESG regulations seem to be popping up every day – locally, nationally and even globally.  How are businesses supposed to keep up while still delivering value to their customers?  How does this impact the procurement and supply chain processes within an organization as well as collaborations with their suppliers, customers, logistics carriers, and others?

Our guest today is Sammy Lakshmanan, Principal for ESG at PwC.  Sammy has spent over 20 years helping companies shape and implement their Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and sustainability strategy.  He’s also co-chair of the Open Footprint Forum to support companies to share their Greenhouse Gas and sustainability data.

Sammy shares many valuable insights on what some of the latest ESG regulations mean for procurement and supply chain as well as strategies for how technology can help provide the necessary traceability required to be compliant and transparent about where goods are sourced, produced, manufactured, and shipped to and from.  Sammy also explains how companies that embrace this change can also drive significant value through optimizing their supply chain, providing product genealogy transparency to their customers, and enhancing their overall brand reputation in the market.

So, let’s dive in, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe. I am your host Erik Derenne, and you’re listening to The Future of Procurement Podcast. 

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