Sense and Sustainability - A sustainable procurement podcast

Send us Fan Mail Bob Willard from Canada in conversation with Shaun McCarthy OBE about the development of sustainable procurement practice in North America, starting with Wal Mart demanding better sustainable practices from their suppliers in the 1980s. Video version of this podcast is linked here: https://youtu.be/AVenGzwcKWY

Send us Fan Mail Bob Willard from Canada talks about his long career with IBM and how a more sustainable approach to business emerged in this sector. Video version of this podcast is linked here: https://youtu.be/-BMQHbTPBpc

Send us Fan Mail Following a long and successful career in the music industry, Robert Stephenson now divides his time between Ireland and Africa through his organisation Climate Action Now. Hear how he engages young people in the topic through the mediums of art, music and sport. If you wish to listen to the go environment video Robert mentions 19minutes into the podcast please click this link:  (...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a world where you take your waste to a point in your neighbourhood or in your home and put it into a machine that turns it into gas. Meet Tarun Batchu, a young American technology specialist working on amazing sustainable innovations including small scale carbon capture and storage technology and domestic scale waste pyrolysis systems.

Send us Fan Mail Dannie Yung describes her early experience as a female engineer in a male dominated profession in Hong Kong and goes on to share her thoughts about the critical relationship between design and procurement in delivering sustainable supply chains.  

Send us Fan Mail Understand how Ali plans to deliver a convention like no other to create a movement of people to take practical measures towards a sustainable future.

Send us Fan Mail Find about Campassiviste, Ali’s vision to engage millions of people by bringing people together in person, using the arts and entertainment as a catalyst.

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Ali’s heartfelt story about his journey from riches to rags as he started to understand the impact of his “success” in the financial services sector.

Send us Fan Mail Vaishali Baid of Action Sustainability reflects on her international experience in supply chain management and on the chellenges to incorporate social value into supply chains.

Send us Fan Mail Julia Freer Goldstein is an academic and consultant in Circular Economy, she has written several books and academic papers on the subject in addition to real world experience as a consultant. In this podcast she reflects on the issues and challenges we face today and in the future.

Send us Fan Mail  Emma Jane Allen (known to everybody as EJ) shares her experience in working in depth to understand the real sustainability risks in supply chains

Send us Fan Mail EJ has been with Action Sustainability since we started in 2006 but she had an interesting career before she joined us and an inspirational career path with us  

Send us Fan Mail Co-Directors of Action Sustainability, Ian Heptonstall and Shaun McCarthy share perspectives on their 30 year journey in sustainable procurement. For more information about Ian and Action Sustainability visit https://www.actionsustainability.com/team/ian-heptonstall/ 

Send us Fan Mail  Understand how Imperial College London is using a sustainable procurement strategy to enable collection of more accurate Scope 3 data.  

Send us Fan Mail Hear how Imperial College London has used ISO 20400 to develop their sustainable procurement strategy

Send us Fan Mail Shaun McCarthy discusses the role of audit in the context of wider sustainable procurement with Laura Dombi of DNV.

Send us Fan Mail Shaun McCarthy discusses the value of audits to support sustainable procurement with Laura Dombi from DNV.

Send us Fan Mail Cathryn Greville from the UK talks about the role of supply chains in improving workforce diversity

Send us Fan Mail Cathryn Greville from the UK talks about the value of a diverse workforce to employers and wider society. visit our website: https://www.iso20400.org/

Send us Fan Mail From the UK to New Zealand, from public procurement to private procurement and how sustainable procurement doesn’t cost more money. Fact !

Send us Fan Mail Star shares her learning from the progress she has made in sustainable procurement for the Higher Education sector  

Send us Fan Mail Star Scott talks about the challenges facing the Higher Education Sector in sustainable procurement of laboratory supplies  

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Send us Fan Mail Richard Collins from CSR talks Shaun McCarthy OBE about sustainability accreditation. visit our website: https://www.iso20400.org/

Send us Fan Mail Luka has a conversation with Shaun McCarthy OBE about how his radically new way of procuring healthcare consumables can help to address sustainability challenges.