Turning ESG from Friction into Value Across the Supply Chain
Join me to uncover why supply chain ESG due diligence is broken and how it is eroding supplier engagement and trust in ESG itself. In the push to manage risk, organisations have created systems that are extractive, repetitive, and misaligned with the very principles ESG is meant to uphold. The result is growing resistance from suppliers, limited visibility over real risk, and a process that often fails to deliver meaningful outcomes.
This session challenges the traditional audit model, reframing ESG as a tool for managing non-financial risk and exposing the indirect vulnerabilities that exist across the supply chain. It will explore why current approaches are not only ineffective, but increasingly unsustainable for both businesses and their suppliers.
I will introduce a fundamentally different approach one that removes friction, supports suppliers rather than burdens them, and creates measurable value across the entire value chain. This is not about refining existing practices, but rethinking them entirely to deliver stronger engagement, better risk management and real commercial advantage.