The Supply Chain Dialogues - Podcast
S03E12 - Planet - The Great Climate Spending Paradox: When Actions don't match words
While politicians talk climate action, they're pouring billions into fossil fuel subsidies - we follow the money trail in our latest episode. Join us for a data-driven revelation of the great climate spending contradiction and what it means for your business future:
S03E11 - Profit/Planet - Cracking the Carbon Code: One System to Rule Them All
In this episode of the Supply Chain Dialogues, host Daniel Helmig and AI co-host AImee work through the details of global, regional, and local greenhouse gas regulations. They stress the importance of understanding the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Scope 1, 2, and 3 requirements as a foundation for compliance with more specific rules such as the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, Germany's Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, and France's Climate and Resilience Law. The episode offers practical advice on data collection, risk management, and compliance strategies, emphasising the benefits of finding the right consolidated approach to meet diverse regulatory demands. Daniel and AImee discuss companies' challenges due to overlapping regulations and provide actionable tips for navigating this complex legal environment.
S03E10 - Planet - Scope 3 - Emission Impossible: Getting your suppliers to work on GHG Emission Reduction
This podcast episode focuses on how companies can encourage their suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The hosts emphasize the importance of setting science-based targets, incorporating sustainability into supplier selection, providing training and resources, ensuring transparency and accountability, leveraging technology and innovation, and collaborating on solutions. The episode stresses that sustainability is not just a moral imperative but also a strategic advantage for businesses, as it can lead to cost savings, enhanced reputation, and stronger investor appeal.
S03E08 - Planet - Net-Zero Made Simple: A Practical Guide for Small to Medium Enterprises
In this extended episode of "Supply Chain Dialogues," Daniel Helmig and AI co-host AImee go all out and offer a detailed guide for small to medium-sized companies on achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, covering Scopes 1, 2, and 3. They provide a thorough overview of each scope, explaining their roles in a company’s carbon footprint and sharing strategies, tactics and tips for reducing emissions. The podcast gives practical steps for transitioning to renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency, and leveraging technological innovations. Additionally, Daniel and AImee emphasise the importance of collaboration and engaging suppliers and stakeholders in sustainability initiatives. They are not afraid to point out who the boss is in this kind of conversation. Listeners are encouraged to tackle emissions methodically and adopt a systemic approach, positioning their companies toward net-zero GHG emissions while potentially cutting costs.
S02E12 - Planet - Talking supply chain, technology, procurement relevance, sustainability incl. potable water with former Group CEO of CIPS - Meeting Malcolm Harrison
CPO, Nestle, Group CEO of CIPS and CEO of British Crown Commercial Services are just some of the positions my guest held over his career.
Malcolm Harrison is one of the most distinctive procurement and supply chain leaders in Europe.
He's probably one of the most well-known and well-connected people I know in our field. Having been in charge of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain, CIPS, gives him a much wider view of many different industries than the average CXO in the supply chain.
He has a passion for driving competence and knowledge into the supply chain profession. As well as helping companies to manage sustainability challenges besides cost quality and supply chain resilience, bringing his FMCG background to the table to solve the issues.
Enjoy!
S02E11 - Planet - Net-zero - here we come: The ’all-inclusive’ solution for GHG emission management: measuring, reporting, reducing
Do you have a good handle on your GHG emissions in your supply chain? Do you get all the data from your suppliers you need? Can you do Product Carbon footprint reporting? Do you know, where your low-hanging fruits are to reduce your carbon footprint in your supply chain?
If you are like many practitioners and leaders in the supply chain or operations areas, you struggle to get your suppliers to provide you meaningful GHG emission reporting and reduction plans for net zero. You will have an even tougher time using the data to draw actionable conclusions.
Thankfully in this episode, we have a dialogue with Prof Dr Christian Heinrich, co-founder of carbmee® and Professor of Digital Transformation to talk about ways to alleviate your struggle to become a GHG emission net zero, even in record time.
Enjoy!
S02E10 - People - The Perfect Storm: Skills, Competency, and Learning Management in the Age of AI & De-carbonization
Did you or your company change the skill and competency framework based on what we all have seen on the AI front?
If not, just wait until your customers bring products out in half of the normal cycle time of the industry or at 30% less cost.
ChatGPT is just the tip of a gigantic mushroom cloud of new applications, innovation, and job profiles that emerged in just the last 12 months.
And how about the engineering skill set you have defined in your R&D and manufacturing departments?
Have they been adapted based on the need for new solutions in material science, manufacturing techniques or transportation models due to the de-carbonization of your operations and that of your supply base?
How do you figure out which skill levels might already exist in your organization, that you so far have not clocked, in since the changes were coming from left field? And which skills you have to hire in - now?
Kais Louizi, co-founder and Managing Partner from edligo has some interesting insights for us in “The Supply Chain Dialogues”.
Enjoy.
S02E05 - GHG - Game Theory or...what robbing a bank and getting to net zero have in common
There is a field in economics, that is a good bet to excel in if you like to earn a Nobel prize. Up to now, 15 scientists receive it in this field. We're talking about game theory. Game theory solutions can be applied to all walks of life including negotiations between states, companies, or how to solve nearly unsolvable dilemmas for mankind. Now, besides scientists, there are companies that play in this field. TWS Partners is the leading economics consulting firm with a strong focus in game theory since 2001.
Dr. Sebastian Moritz and Daniel talk about how to apply game theory when robbing a bank, or achieving net zero emissions for a company.
Enjoy
S02E03 GHG - The last business card you ever need
We are lucky to get CEO & co-founder of contactify, Lars Sager, into our studio to talk about transforming a category with a most innovative concept to net zero, maybe even negative zero.
To ease into the overall topic of getting all categories to net zero before 2050, we start with something that most of us use(d), although 80-90% of the category ends in the trash bin one week after being used...business cards.
Ten billion business cards are printed in the USA alone...
Lars will talk us through how easy it is to be innovative (I'd say even cool), improve branding and marketing, achieve stickiness in CRM, and do it carbon-neutral...while even saving money.
Enjoy & why not make it a habit to source categories with a net zero footprint...by taking the first step with...the last business card you'll ever need.
Ep. 02: GHG emission net-zero in 1’000 days
Do we have to wait until 2030 or 2050 before we have net-zero GHG emissions in our supply chains? Daniel believes that this is possible in 1’000 days - if we put our hearts and minds to it.