The Scope 3 Podcast

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...

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...

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 Procur...

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...

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 Suppl...

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 structu...

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 pro...

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 div...