The Zero100 Podcast

Now more than ever, supply chains live at the nexus of the global economy, sustainability and technology. As a result, supply chains have never been more critical to economic, environmental and social progress around the world. In today’s episode, recorded live from Zero100’s annual Forum conference, Kevin unpacks the meaning of responsible supply chains – and what it takes to actually achieve them – with Anne-Laure Descours, chief sourcing officer at PUMA, Reginaldo Ecclissato, chief business operations and supply chain officer at Unilever, and Dave Clark, CEO of Flexport. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• Dave Clark | Flexport  
• Anne-Laure Descours | PUMA  
• Reginaldo Ecclissato | Unilever  
• Zero100 Forum  
• Flexport: Make a Positive Change. Go Carbon Neutral.  
• PUMA & the environment 
• Unilever: Climate action 
• What is ESG? 
• Bloomberg predicted trends to 2030  
• Anne-Laure Descours discusses sustainability marketing 
• Choking on Scope 3 GHG: Tech Vendors to The Rescue on Carbon Management   
• How to get to a sustainable supply chain 
• 'Green-hushing' is the new greenwashing 
• Future of Supply Chains from TPM 

Digital innovation and investment in social media and e-commerce has created an imbalance in the balance of power in supply and demand, while supply chain digitization lags significantly in comparison. This bullwhip effect, which is being amplified by social media, is getting louder and increasingly more complex as consumers demand more transparency from manufacturers. In today’s episode, recorded live from Zero100’s annual Forum conference, Matt chats about the impact of TikTok and Gen Z on sustainable supply chains with climate communicator, influencer and lecturer Nicole Loher and Zero100 research director Mike Silverman. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• Nicole Loher 
• Zero100 Forum 
• #SupplyChain TikTok 
• TikTok Supply Chain 
• TikTok ban pushed blocked in Senate 
• The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains 
• The Prof G Pod: 2023 Predictions 
• FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) 
• IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Sixth Assessment Report 
• Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets 
• Demand Driven to Zero Carbon: The Infinite Loop 
• Bloom over Doom | Move to Zero | Nike 

Water is critical to both mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change. It’s also essential to supply chains – from growing crops to manufacturing, to how consumers use products. In recognition of World Water Day, Kevin is joined by Emilio Tenuta, the SVP and chief sustainability officer at Ecolab, and Carmen de Miguel, the strategic marketing manager for the water and wastewater segment at Schneider Electric, for a conversation about the digital solutions at the heart of tackling increasing global water insecurity. 

Show notes: 

• World Water Day 
• Emilio Tenuta 
• Ecolab 
• Carmen de Miguel 
• Schneider Electric 
• A wave of change: The role of companies in building a water-secure world (CDP Global Water Report 2020) 
• Alliance for Water Stewardship 
• Ecolab Smart Water Navigator 
• Ecolab Water Risk Monetizer 
• Water Flow Intelligence 
• Ecolab Global Intelligence Center 
• BRK Ambiental 
• Doug Baker 
• Christophe Beck 
• Ecolab Global Survey 2023  
• UN 2023 Water Conference 
• Water Resilience Coalition: A CEO-led initiative committed to reducing water stress by 2050 
• World Resources Institute 

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we're joined by a panel of senior leaders in supply chain who reflect on the challenges and opportunities of being women in our field: Sarah Bonnaud, the vice president of supply chain transformation for the Estée Lauder Companies, Jennifer Han, the chief product supply officer of nutrition for Unilever, and Sheri Hinish, host of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast. They share candid insights about why they are drawn to their work, how their work aims to pave the way for other women, and what they hope the future looks like for women in supply chain. 

• Sarah Bonnaud 
• Estée Lauder Companies 
• Miss Estee Lauder 
• Roberto Canevari 
• Jennifer Han 
• Unilever 
• Sheri Hinish 
• Supply Chain Revolution 
• Always Ask a Man? 
• Women in the Workplace 2022 
• UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – 17 Sustainable Development Goals 
• The Not-So-Great Resignation (Adam Grant on stay interviews) 
• Period poverty 
• What is responsible sourcing? 
• What Is the Glass Ceiling? 
• Discovering the Glass Cliff: Insights into addressing subtle gender discrimination in the workplace 

With at least one third of food in the US going to waste every day (despite 34 million people nationwide living with food insecurity) and acting as the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in landfills, we need urgent solutions when it comes to food waste. In today’s episode, Victoria talks with two people whose work uses digital solutions to tackle this issue: Giulia Stellari, director for ESG and impact at Fall Line Capital, and Jackie Suggitt, director of capital, innovation and engagement at ReFED. Zero100 head of research, Colin Gilbert, joins Victoria to help synthesize what these insights mean for the future of zero percent carbon, 100% digital supply chains. 

Show notes: 

• Giulia Stellari 
• Fall Line Capital 
• Jackie Suggitt 
• ReFED 
• Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns 
• UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021 
• Feeding the World Sustainably 
• Food Waste and its Links to Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change 
• From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste 
• Regenerative Agriculture 101 
• California’s Water Emergency: Satisfying The Thirst Of Almonds While The Wells Of The People That Harvest Them Run Dry 
• Cutting edge technologies to end food waste  
• Bowery Farming 
• Mimica Lab 
• Olleco 
• The Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment 
• Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Food Waste in Grocery Retail 
• The National Goal for Reducing Food Loss and Waste 
• UN: 17% of all food available at consumer levels is wasted 
• Food inflation is also hitting farmers, says Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford 

Reporting from the factory floor in Massachusetts for our very first case study episode, Mike sat down with three of the operations leaders of global apparel brand New Balance: Dave Wheeler, the Chief Operations Officer, Gabriella Wortmann, the VP of global planning and operations, and Kevin McCoy, the VP of MADE, the company’s domestic manufacturing program.

Show notes:

• New Balance 
• Dave Wheeler 
• Gabriella Wortmann 
• Kevin McCoy 
• The MADE in USA Collection 
• Nearshoring and reshoring are reshaping global supply chains 
• The Kickback podcast 
• Microsoft – What is ERP? 
• o9 Solutions 
• New Balance Aims to Produce 100,000 PPE Face Masks A Week 
• New Balance x Carhartt 
• New Balance x Bodega 

Our guest today is Bart Derde, the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Haleon, who’s joining us for the very first episode of our new In Conversation series. Haleon, a consumer healthcare company that recently spun out from GSK and is based in the UK, is home to household brands like Sensodyne toothpaste, Theraflu, and Advil. Bart talks with Kevin about some of Haleon’s big initiatives in artificial intelligence and carbon reduction, along with insights on what he believes the future of responsible supply chains looks like. 

Show notes: 

• Haleon 
• GSK Demerger – What You Need To Know About Haleon 
• Bart Derde  
• Haleon and Microsoft use AI to enhance health product accessibility for people who are blind or partially sighted 
• Sensodyne 
• Sensodyne and Aquafresh make switch to recyclable tubes 

We’re kicking off the new year with some supply chain forecasting: what will 2023 mean for the profession? Kevin invites Angel Mendez, a 30 year supply chain veteran and the executive chairman on the board of LevaData, and Zero100 head of research, Matt Davis, on to discuss the year ahead, including insights on the digital transformations they hope and expect to see in the coming months.

Show notes:

• Angel Mendez 
• Microsoft Invests in Silicon-Battery Material Upstart 
• Group14 Technologies 
• Amazon’s started to deliver orders by drones in California and Texas 
• Zero100 Supply Chain Predictions for 2023 
• Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 
• FourKites: Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility Platform 
• Advanced Supply Chain Visibility | project44 
• Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS) 
• New Research: Reskilling & Upskilling in the Age of Automation 
• These buzzwords show how work changed in 2022 
• Gen Xers Get Skipped Again And Yep, That's Exactly What They Expected Anyway 
• Honeywell 
• 2030 Skills: From Nice-to-Have to Must-Have 
• World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, Davos 

Ongoing pandemic woes, inflation and geopolitical turmoil have put supply chains at the top of headlines nonstop for the past three years, and 2022 was no exception. In today’s episode, Kevin unpacks the biggest supply chain stories of the year with Marc Engel, the former CSCO at Unilever who currently sits on the boards of Zero100, Unilabs and Maersk, and Deborah Dull and Mike Silverman, two senior researchers at Zero100.  

Show notes: 

• Marc Engel  
• Updated Unilever statement on the war in Ukraine 
• Green Mining Brazil 
• COP27 Failure 
• ESG should be boiled down to one simple measure: emissions 
• The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode 
• Netflix Security Tools: Chaos Monkey and Chaos Gorilla 

Global supply chains are still recovering from pandemic disruptions, while also trying to evolve toward sustainable operations. As we plan for the new year, supply chain leaders must ensure the right priorities and strategies are baked into their 2023 digital roadmaps. In today’s episode, Kevin dives into digital roadmap strategies and some real world examples with guests Willem Uijen, Chief Procurement Officer at Unilever, and Colin Gilbert, Head of Research Science at Zero100.

• Stress Test Your Digital Roadmap for Resilience and Recovery
• Google Ngram Viewer
• Unilever
• William Uijen