Doug Johnson-Poensgen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Circulor. We covered a lot of ground in this 25-minute podcast and this podcast is going to be exceptionally beneficial to you if you are currently looking at your supply chain and wondering how can we improve visibility, how can we reach our sustainability goals using our supply chains and how do we know what is in this product? 

I think all of us, regardless of sector, are starting to have more conversations around this.   Circulor describes itself as a company that provides Traceability-as-a-Service to verify responsible sourcing, to underpin effective recycling and to improve efficiency. We reach parts of OEM's supply chains that most currently have little real visibility into.  

Circulor boasts high profile clients such as Jaguar Landrover, Volvo, Polestar and Boeing. Circulor is built upon traditional databases and distributed ledger technology from Hyperledger, a blockchain company. 

Check out the timestamps for this Procurement Podcast Below:

• Intro 00:00


• What Mica is and how it is used in Electric Vehicle Battery Technology 1:11  


• Doug’s Business background 2:21Carbon Emissions in the Car Manufacturers supply chains 3:35


• How Procurement Teams can aid net-zero manufacture 4:40


• Insight into Circulor’s customers: Jaguar Landrover, Daimler, Polestar (who have just committed to their first Net Zero Car by 2030) 5:00


• How Doug Came up with the idea to found Circular 5:41  


• How Circulor uses databases and Blockchain 8:17 (https://www.hyperledger.org/use/fabric) (https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/publications/tantalum-case-study) 


• Doug is a sceptic on blockchain 9:12


• The changing role of the Procurement Profession 12:15


• There are visionary procurement professionals in sustainability 16:35  (Martina is a visionary - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martina-buchhauser/)


• Volvo’s use of traceability in its Procurements 18:23


• What procurement can do to drive sustainability and change the status quo 19:38


• A future vision that Procurement can help build 24:40


• Where to find Doug and Circulor 26:00

Find our more about Circulor here: https://www.circulor.com

Connect with Doug: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougjohnsonpoensgen/

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