Happy Earth Day 22! In episode 70 (yes) host Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) joins Chief Evangelist Tom Raftery (SAP) for an EARTH WEEK discussion that zeros in on the Sustainability Imperative across climate, social equity, and responsible business.

Key topics include:

🔹 The world is changing – the global economy is about to become the climate economy

🔹 Business decisions will not only be weighed by financial implications, but climate implications

🔹 Both employees & customers have high expectations around the sustainability

agenda set by companies

🔹 Actions Organizations Should Take to set targets, measure and report, and convert

🔹 2020s & ‘The Decade of Action’ - What the 2030s & 2040s will look like as it relates to climate

🔹The social impact of climate

🔹How this shows up in responsible business

To learn more about Tom Raftery and his podcasts: visit https://www.climate21podcast.com/

To learn more about the Supply Chain Revolution podcast: visit supplychainqueen.com

Today, the transportation industry operates in silos that lead to a lack of coordination and waste. 30% of the trucks on the road drive empty. This directly leads to massive excess carbon emissions that can be significantly reduced through better planning and network coordination. Not to mention a 90% driver turnover, uncovering well-being, safety, and social sustainability opportunities in the logistics industry.

Have you wondered how to drastically reduce your corporate carbon footprint by filling the empty miles driven by your carriers?

According to Leaf:

— 30% of truck carbon emissions are not associated with material utility for value-added goods delivery 

— Independent drivers spend 30% of travel time without a paid load 

— Companies spend 30% of their logistics budgets on non-value-added services 

In episode 69, host Sheri Hinish chats with Anshu Prasad, CEO of Leaf Logistics and Transportation-Tech extraordinaire who is building a more transparent industry-wide network that reveals exponentially more opportunities for people and planet positive network coordination. When shippers, carriers, brokers, and other partners coordinate across the Leaf platform, over $100 Billion in efficiencies can be identified in this $1 Trillion industry. 

Learn more about why sustainable logistics and transportation planning/execution is a key driver in CO2e reductions toward SBTi and net-zero targets.

To reach out to Anshu directly, visit [email protected], https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshuprasad/ or https://www.leaflogistics.com/

Read more about IBM's alliance with Leaf https://www.ibm.com/blogs/services/2022/01/12/the-profitable-journey-to-sustainable-logistics-operations/

While environmental sustainability goals have become a high priority for consumers and businesses with a global call to action on climate change, other ESG issues haven’t gotten as much attention. For many organizations advocating for human rights in the supply chain is a material priority, and one of the most pressing issues involves ensuring there is no forced labor and child labor in supply chains. But how do you know?

-In its 2016 study, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that 40.3 million people worldwide were victims of modern slavery at any given time, 25 million of whom were in forced labor.

-To narrow the focus further, an estimated 16 million people were exploited in the private sector. A few years earlier, in 2014, the ILO estimated that forced labor generated annual profits estimated at USD 150 billion.

-Women and girls are disproportionately affected, accounting for 71% of those affected by modern slavery. Children represent one-quarter of the total number of victims.

President Biden on Dec 23, 2021 signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that bans imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless the importer can prove they were not made with forced labor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-uyghur-labor-law/2021/12/23/99e8d048-6412-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html

In Episode 68, Justin Dillon, CEO of FRDM shares that, “The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us how broken and opaque supply chains truly are. Supply chain operations and oversight has lagged far behind the innovation curve. Companies today are expected to solve bigger and deeper problems in their supply chains, such as environmental and human rights risks.”

➡️ I am proud to have Justin back as a retuning guest on MLK day to kick off 2022 and to help organizations ensure human rights are protected across global networks by:

– Understanding and mapping your network

-Organizing your company’s supplier and spend data

– Creating a predictive bill of materials for everything you buy and applying estimates about environmental, social and business continuity risks

– Helping you engage with suppliers, using its toolkit to reduce risk and increase your resilience

– Producing helpful reports for your team, stakeholders and regulators

– Helping you track improvements to your supply chain and constantly improving your resilience

FRDM is the next wave in predictive and proactive ESG risk resilience to realize sustainable outcomes. Organizations that lead on sustainability and impact do not approach them as secondary objectives. They integrate the related objectives into their core motivation, radically altering the corporate equation for success. Companies face numerous barriers to addressing modern slavery, but technology can be an enabler for change. Modernizing the supply chain for greater transparency can create a more visibility and equity for all.

FREE WHITE PAPER ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eEr_hWv7

Learn more FRDM and Justin here - FRDM.co

Sending a big shout out to everyone for your support and it's been TWO YEARS! This episode is a holiday takeover. Since we released the 2020 holiday takeover last year, it's received thousands of downloads. We're coming back again with a bolder, Rebel take on what's hot in 2022.

2021 has been another "Year of the Pledges". From setting 2030 to 2050 goals and claiming carbon-neutrality, one thing is for sure...you can pull up to many tables, but which ones? Has this been the year of social and green washing and what can we expect in the new year?

James George from the Pyxera Global has taken over the Supply Chain Revolution® in this special holiday edition - Episode 67. We explore BOLD topics and trends in 2021 and what is front of mind in circularity, sustainability, and supply chains in 2022, including:

How can you get people to care, more, about sustainability? And an inspirational message in the rise of empowerment where how you show up in the world matters. Do people ever go back and check build sustainability commitments?

Lastly, how can we actually get people to care? 2021 has been the rise of empowerment in many ways. Where and how you show up in the world matters. You have control over what you do and mobilizing can be transformative.

We all have a sphere of influence. How will you use yours in 2021?

To Learn more about James please visit the link below:

James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-george-20995b75/

Find us, connect, and explore at supplychainqueen.com & https://www.supplychainqueen.com

According to McKinsey’s latest study, 'more than 19 million US workers—and counting—have quit their jobs since April 2021, a record pace disrupting businesses everywhere. Companies are struggling to address the problem, and many will continue to struggle for one simple reason: they don’t really understand why their employees are leaving in the first place. If the past 18 months have taught us anything, it’s that employees crave investment in the human aspects of work. Employees are tired, and many are grieving.

They want a renewed and revised sense of purpose in their work. They want social and interpersonal connections with their colleagues and managers. They want to feel a sense of shared identity. Yes, they want pay, benefits, and perks, but more than that they want to feel valued by their organizations and managers. They want meaningful—though not necessarily in-person—interactions, not just transactions.’ (https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/great-attrition-or-great-attraction-the-choice-is-yours?cid=soc-web)

In episode 66, host Sheri R. Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) chats with Jonathan Wright, Global Managing Partner in Supply Chain Transformation at IBM about a myriad of topics surrounding talent, leadership, the future of work, and most timely, the great attrition or attraction so many organizations are navigating in the work force. Jonathan believes that Covid accelerated digital 10 years and describes being purpose-led and tech for good can mitigate the Great Resignation by using technology to make humans better versions of themselves. People want choice - most - in this period of great reset. In closing thoughts, Jonathan encourages Rebels to challenge orthodoxes from the past, that we are living in the future now and everyone has something to meaningfully contribute. 

Other key topics include:

• How access is the new capital.
• Creating New Pathways in STEM and supply chain
• Servant leadership
• Technology equalizers for employment you can use in your journey
• Diversity is a key ingredient to solve complex problems

To learn more about Jonathan visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanwright2/ + https://www.ibm.com/services/supply-chain

To learn more about the podcast: visit https://www.supplychainqueen.com

‘Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.’ Join host Sheri Hinish LIVE from the COP26 floor with returning guest James George (formerly of Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now with Pyxera Global). Part 3 unpacks which is more effective: the carrot or the stick approach. We also delve into where real impact happens and the answer may surprise you. Other topics include dialogue around policy and public-private partnerships. Amongst the walls and halls of pledges, panels, and provocative dialogue, this 3 part series will bring you the pulse of COP, the highlights and what doesn't make the headlines.

Sending a big thank you for tuning in and please follow us on social media as we unveil insights LIVE from the COP26 Green Zone starting next week. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”

—Jane Goodall

To learn more about James, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-george-20995b75/ and https://www.pyxeraglobal.org/

Learn more about the podcast at supplychainqueen.com

Join host Sheri Hinish LIVE from the COP26 floor with returning guest James George (formerly of Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now with Pyxera Global). Supply chains came up ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY! Amongst the walls and halls of pledges, panels, and provocative dialogue, this 3 part series will bring you the pulse of COP, the highlights and what doesn't make the headlines.

In Part 2, we explore how reliable is data + if disclosures really create transparency, financing the gap in climate transition, the types of data and insights that create space to rage against the machine (systems change/stress testing we need). 30 year legacy data feeds won't model scenarios for the next 10 years. We discuss a real world example shared over lunch that nearly had us in tears.

We need data to see where we should focus our efforts, but not let perfect get in the way of starting. IPCC report came out 3 months ago, and not much heard now. We all have to change and disrupt our quality of life and the types of choices we make. If we don't do it now, it will only get worse.

Where are the grown ups? Consumerism is destroying our planet.

COP26 aspirational goals and commitments to impact include:

1. Secure global net zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach

Countries are being asked to come forward with ambitious 2030 emissions reductions targets that align with reaching net zero by the middle of the century.

To deliver on these stretching targets, countries will need to:

• accelerate the phase-out of coal
• curtail deforestation
• speed up the switch to electric vehicles
• encourage investment in renewables.

2. Adapt to protect communities and natural habitats

The climate is already changing and it will continue to change even as we reduce emissions, with devastating effects.

At COP26 we need to work together to enable and encourage countries affected by climate change to:

• protect and restore ecosystems
• build defences, warning systems and resilient infrastructure and agriculture to avoid loss of homes, livelihoods and even lives

3. Mobilise finance

To deliver on our first two goals, developed countries must make good on their promise to mobilize at least $100bn in climate finance per year by 2020. 

International financial institutions must play their part and we need work towards unleashing the trillions in private and public sector finance required to secure global net zero.

4. Work together to deliver

We can only rise to the challenges of the climate crisis by working together.

At COP26 we must:

• finalize the Paris Rulebook (the detailed rules that make the Paris Agreement operational)
• accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis through collaboration between governments, businesses and civil society.

To learn more about James, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-george-20995b75/ and https://www.pyxeraglobal.org/

Learn more about the podcast at supplychainqueen.com

Where are all the grown ups? In early October, the IPCC issued a CODE RED for humanity. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 brings together the world's parties (leaders, industry giant, communities, voices unheard, and technologists) to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The event focused primarily on climate action and Net-Zero goals.

Join host Sheri Hinish LIVE from the COP26 floor with returning guest James George (formerly of Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now with Pyxera Global). You can't do business on a dead planet, right? Amongst the walls and halls of pledges, panels, and provocative dialogue, this 3 part series will bring you the pulse of COP, the highlights and what doesn't make the headlines.

COP26 aspirational goals and commitments to impact include:

1. Secure global net zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach

Countries are being asked to come forward with ambitious 2030 emissions reductions targets that align with reaching net zero by the middle of the century.

To deliver on these stretching targets, countries will need to:

• accelerate the phase-out of coal
• curtail deforestation
• speed up the switch to electric vehicles
• encourage investment in renewables.

2. Adapt to protect communities and natural habitats

The climate is already changing and it will continue to change even as we reduce emissions, with devastating effects.

At COP26 we need to work together to enable and encourage countries affected by climate change to:

• protect and restore ecosystems
• build defences, warning systems and resilient infrastructure and agriculture to avoid loss of homes, livelihoods and even lives

3. Mobilise finance

To deliver on our first two goals, developed countries must make good on their promise to mobilize at least $100bn in climate finance per year by 2020. 

International financial institutions must play their part and we need work towards unleashing the trillions in private and public sector finance required to secure global net zero.

4. Work together to deliver

We can only rise to the challenges of the climate crisis by working together.

At COP26 we must:

• finalize the Paris Rulebook (the detailed rules that make the Paris Agreement operational)
• accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis through collaboration between governments, businesses and civil society.

To learn more about James, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-george-20995b75/ and https://www.pyxeraglobal.org/

Learn more about the podcast at supplychainqueen.com

The decisions we make this decade are the most important in human history. You have to ask yourself: if our economic system actively destroys the biosphere and fails to meet many people's basic needs, what actually the point of it all? With COP26 weeks away, answering the call in climate action and equity for all, how will we emerge and redesign our world, our systems, supply chains, and economies?

In episode 62, Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) explores key themes in our world's transformation with two thought leaders - Mark Perera (Founder of Procurement Leaders and CEO of Vizibl) + Peter Smith (CIPS and the epic OG of Procurement, literally). Mark and Peter have authored a new, provocative book called 'Procurement with Purpose' and encourage everyone to look deep in your supply chain to make a world of difference. (https://www.procurementwithpurpose.com/)

Procurement with Purpose describes a powerful new movement - how organizations can use the money they spend with suppliers to help address these issues. That “buying power” is now being used to drive change across the business world. 

Mark and Peter share case studies from firms including Unilever and Bayer that have taken the lead in Procurement with Purpose, as well as good practice advice on implementing these ideas  at all stages of the buying cycle. We unpack supplier diversity, and development. and insightful analysis of  “purposeful business” concepts and describe the key environmental, social and economic issues that can be addressed through these approaches. 

Both an inspirational call to action, and a practical guide to implementing real change, Procurement with Purpose suggests that we can still change the world for the better thru disruptive thinking and disrupting incrementalism in sustainable transformation.

Pre-order your copy here (https://www.procurementwithpurpose.com/) All profits from the book will go to support environmental, social and health charities. 

The mystery of human existence lies in finding something to live for; what wakes you up each morning? Will you join us?

Follow Mark Perera https://www.linkedin.com/in/markperera/

Follow Peter Smith https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpetersmith/

"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. "– Chief Seattle, 1854

In Episode 61, Sheri Hinish joins Sandra Macquillan, EVP + CSCO of Mondelez, an epic leader and Rebel extraordinaire who is forging a bold path for sustainability and being people positive across supply chains in the world we share.

Sewing the threads of sustainability to form the basis of transparency is no easy task. In this episode, you'll learn how Sandra started her journey as an engineer and was drawn to supply chain because she loves people and the chance to make an impact.

We unpack moving from ambition to insights in Consumer Sustainability and how Mondelez puts the consumer experience and building a better world at the heart of every transaction. This includes exploring cool innovation in agri-tech and empowering smallholders.

Sandra describes how to fund sustainability in your organization + the transition from specialist to leadership in a vulnerable and elegant message to 'always be yourself' explaining why diversity wins.

Lastly, we settle the debate of lowest cost versus risk competitiveness: is lowest cost a thing of the past in disruptive transition?

To learn more about Sandra, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandramacquillan

To learn more about the podcast, visit supplychainqueen.com