We’re back from our Summer break – Ollie sounding very fresh, Tom less so after he spent the whole of last week walking the North Downs on a charity trek. But there’s excitement in the air. The world of Scope 3 has been incredibly busy in the past few weeks, and Ollie brings you up to speed on what’s happening. And the boys are delighted to welcome two great guests to the show. Bertrand Conquéret is the first Chief Procurement Officer to feature. And he’s something of a hero in Scope 3 circles. Not only is he the CPO of Henkel, a company that makes everything from hair care products and laundry detergents to adhesives and sealants (and a company for which he has strategically transformed the global supply chain to support carbon reduction), he’s also co-founder of the brilliant Together for Sustainability initiative. Oh, and he was also instrumental in establishing the Sustainability Procurement Pledge in 2019, empowering procurement teams to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals. “Procurement is much more than a role. It’s a responsibility,” he tells Ollie. Meanwhile, Tom sat down with the really impressive CEO of Terrascope, Maya Hari. With the Land-Based Economy accounting for over a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, equipping companies in the food and drink sector with dynamic insights that help them make the right decisions is crucial. This is something Maya knows all too well, leading a company that has spun out of the agri food commodity giant OLAM, a business with an incredibly complex supply chain. Enjoy the show. And remember, all episodes are available at www.scope3peergroup.com.

Ollie is fresh from taking the Scope 3 Peer Group to Chicago, and is full of insights and reflections (and a slight croakiness), reporting from his hotel room in the Windy City. Elsewhere, the brilliant Nicole Anderson Brodin, Sustainable Procurement Manager at Essity, sits in the hotseat to reflect on both her successes and challenges that still remain on her supply chain decarbonisation journey. The Stockholm based business has a huge portfolio of products, covering everything from tissue paper to incontinence products. So, she certainly has a big job on her hands. As she tells Ollie, she’s more than up to the job, not least because she’s with a business that gets it – and has been collecting supplier site data for the last 20 years. Next stop: Product Carbon Footprints. We think you’ll get a lot out of listening to her approach and philosophy to the Scope 3 challenge. Meanwhile, Tom sat down with the impressive Stijn Gysemans. He’s the Co-Founder and CEO of ClimateCamp, a really interesting solutions business that doesn’t believe that Scope 3 can be solved by way of a risk based approach. No, it’s all about giving suppliers a platform to shine so that brands everywhere can achieve their net zero goals. It certainly makes for an interesting chat. Enjoy the show. And remember, all episodes are available at www.scope3peergroup.com.

Ollie has been travelling again, this time to Vermont in the US from whence he returned carrying bags of anecdotes from his time spent with a large group of chief sustainability officers from some of the world's biggest companies. “What are we going to do when we all miss our Scope 3 targets?” they ask themselves. It makes for a fascinating listen. Sitting in the 'Scope 3 Practitioner Hot Seat' this time is Emma Howcroft, Global Sourcing Sustainability Director at the life sciences business, Avantor Sciences. The former Caffè Nero and GSK sustainability star has been engrossed in all manner of ESG challenges over the years – from packaging to human rights. And she is full of nuggets of wisdom on the subject of supply chain emissions. She’s especially vocal on the subject of data – capturing it, organising it, using it and, crucially, sharing it. Meanwhile, Tom sits down with the impressive team behind Muir AI, co-founders Harris Chalat and Peter Williams. After leaving behind impressive roles at SpaceX and Amazon, the pair have quickly cemented their position in solving the biggest challenge of our time: supply chain emissions. Harris and Peter explain how their business is providing scaled product-level insights for supply chain optimisation – and what the future holds for Muir AI as an engine for decarbonisation of global supply chains. Enjoy the show. All episodes are available at www.scope3peergroup.com.

We make no apologies for featuring another pharma business on the show this time; the sort of collaboration that is going on in that industry is to be truly admired. Ollie chats with Bridget Ferrari, Director of Supplier Sustainability, Takeda who has plenty of recommendations for the solutions provider market. Elsewhere, she explains her relationship with procurement, the importance of curiosity and her delight that solving Scope3 is “no longer a check the box exercise….we can create real impact!” Tom catches up with Tim Weiss, co-founder and CEO of Optera – another fantastic carbon solutions founder that previously made headway in the renewable energy space before hitting on a concept for creating a scalable software business to solve the climate crisis.  We also bring you up to speed on all you need to know about in the world of Scope 3, including updates and insights from the new Low's Home Improvement, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Boots climate programmes.

In this episode, Ollie and Tom discuss the news coming out of Microsoft about its increased Scope 3 emissions – and their new strategy to address it. They also discuss the projects and initiatives of the Scope 3 Peer Group, including the development of a methodology for procurement to incorporate carbon pricing into commercial evaluation.  Ollie sits down with Chris Low, Head of Packaging Procurement and Sustainability at the consumer healthcare business, Haleon, who talks about the firm’s recent introduction of a carbon pricing mechanism for suppliers. It’s a bold move that Chris is hopeful will drive some serious positive impact within the firm’s supply chain. Meanwhile, Tom chats with co-founder of Watershed, Taylor Francis. “We set out to build the software that we wish we could have had access to,” he says, referring to his previous role at Stripe. Today, 1% of the world’s emissions come from companies that use Watershed to measure, track and reduce those emissions. The pair explore the challenges and opportunities of Scope 3, the importance of accurate data collection, the role of AI in reporting, and the need for actionable solutions.

This time, Ollie and Tom are joined by sustainability comms legend Solitaire Townsend to chat through the fallout of the recent SBTi drama in potentially allowing offsets to cover Scope 3 emissions. “Promise instability and promise a wild ride to your board,” the co-founder of Futerra says. Rob Williams, Director of Sustainable Procurement in the Global Procurement team at AstraZeneca joins Ollie to talk about all things change management, bringing people with you, decarbonising heat, and helping to translate sustainability into procurement. He also explains what he and his team – and is CPO – have achieved. And it’s a lot. Including the fact that more than 60% of AstraZeneca’s spend is now with suppliers that have got a science based target for emissions reduction. Apparently, it’s Ollie’s favourite conversation so far on the podcast (but we’re sure he says that every week). The final guest is Julia Salant who heads up carbon solutions at EcoVadis, a company with a rich history in developing great tools and solutions for different companies these past 16 years. Julia explains the company’s vision: to bring sustainability data to where procurement decisions are made. Today, some 100,000 suppliers are using EcoVadis, and exchanging scorecards with multiple customers to maximise impact. There are more extensive show notes on the Scope 3 Peer Group website, so just head to ⁠www.scope3peergroup.com⁠.

Long-time sustainability pioneer Unilever features on the show this week. The consumer goods giant, behind the famous brands we know and love (Hellmans and Ben & Jerry’s among them) has been driving sustainable thinking into every corner of its operations for the last two decades. In the supply chain, as with most companies, it’s been a slower burn. In Stella Constantatos, the company’s Supplier Climate Programme Lead, they have a real star. She started working for the business more than 20 years ago when she joined the process engineering team in her home nation of South Africa. Today, she’s charged with tackling Scope 3 and not least in working with Unilever’s procurement organisation to find ways to leverage the firm’s enormous buying power to drive down emissions and benefit suppliers and customers alike. Find out how she's doing it. We are also joined by the brilliant Martin Chilcott, CEO of Manufacture 2030. Martin is in a hurry to speed up the pace of decarbonisation across huge manufacturing supply chains. Today, he and his team are managing 50 global supply chains of some of the biggest and most ambitious companies, including Toyota, Pfizer and Unilever. His philosophy: it’s all about making decarbonisation a real commercial opportunity for supplier companies. All episodes are available at ⁠www.scope3peergroup.com⁠ too.

There’s plenty to learn and take away by listening to this, our third episode of the Scope 3 Podcast. Christophe Quiquempoix, VP for global procurement at Schneider Electric, has picked up many plaudits (and one or two awards) for his company’s approach to decarbonising the supply chain. Ollie asks him to explain why and how he’s doing so well.  Christophe’s insights into how his team is structured, how he’s building capability internally and how he plans to go further, by optimising what the business buys (as opposed to simply reducing the supply chain footprint). Then, we hear from Neil D'Souza, founder and CEO of Makersite, a company that has created product lifecycle intelligence software for good reason. “If you want to solve the climate problem you have to solve the product problem,” he says. With one billion products currently in existence somewhere in the world, sustainability folk have only really assessed around a quarter of a million of them (or 25%).  With two decades of product sustainability thinking and doing under his belt, Neil is frustrated. And he hopes Makersite is the answer, helping product teams deal with highly complex supply chain data – and spend less time on disclosures, and more time on designing and sourcing better, more sustainable products. All episodes are available at ⁠www.scope3peergroup.com⁠ too. Enjoy.

In this, our second episode of the Scope 3 Podcast, we kick things off by delving into the ramifications of the SBTi’s decision to downgrade hundreds of net zero commitments, and what that means for Scope 3 efforts. We're joined by not one, but two guests. First, we have Mat Langley on board. He’s Global Head of Procurement for Sustainability at CBRE, one of the world’s biggest commercial property firms. And he’s joined by Mauro Cozzi, a tech entrepreneur and CEO and Co-Founder of Emitwise, a solutions provider on a mission to make it easier – and more profitable – for companies to decarbonise. Not only have both chaps got an interesting story to tell, but we’re treated to a rare insight into what makes a client-supplier relationship succeed (hint: it’s all about the long term). All episodes are available at ⁠www.scope3peergroup.com⁠ too. Enjoy.

In this very first episode of the show, Ollie and Tom explain why they've decided to launch a podcast on Scope 3. We're then joined by Suzanne Greene, the Global Procurement Sustainability Lead at Dow Chemical who tells her story, her strategy, and her philosophy for solving the Scope 3 challenge. And she has plenty of nuggets of advice and wisdom to share. We also kick start our deep dive into some of the solutions, technologies and platforms. This time, we meet the team behind Persefoni, one of the big software companies really leading the charge on supply chain decarbonisation. Oh, and Ollie rekindles his bromance with Miguel Cossio, Gartner's font of all knowledge on Scope 3 solutions. All episodes are available at www.scope3peergroup.com too.