Sense and Sustainability - A sustainable procurement podcast

Episode 78 - How to overcome ESG reporting challenges - Part 2 of 2

18 Mar 2026

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Send a textIn Part 2 of 2 Podcasts, Charles Naud from Action Sustainability talks about the challenges of ESG reporting and offers some practical advi...

Episode 77 - Method to establish ESG reporting 

26 Feb 2026

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Send a text In Part 1 of 2 Podcasts, Charles Naud from Action Sustainability explains how to get started with ESG reporting 

Episode 76 - How can AI support procurement excellence (and what it doesn’t do)

17 Feb 2026

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Send a textYoung American entrepreneur describes how AI solutions can help procurement professionals do things they never could do before. This does n...

Episode 75 - VSME – sustainability reporting for small businesses - With Lex de Bruijn

15 Dec 2025

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Send us a textLex de Bruijn from the Netherlands explains how VSME, the EU standard for sustainability reporting for small businesses can support comp...

Episode 74 - Reflecting on ISO 20400 with Lex de Bruijn

08 Dec 2025

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Send us a textLex de Bruijn represented the Netherlands on the original ISO 20400 committee. He reflects on the impact in the EU and across the world

Episode 73 - Sustainable procurement challenges in Australia

25 Nov 2025

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Send us a textAlastair Coulstock discusses the challenges of delivering sustainable supply chains in Australia

Episode 72 - Sustainability standards in Australia

09 Nov 2025

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Send us a textAlastair Coulstock discusses standards for sustainable buildings and infrastructure in Australia

Shaun McCarthy OBE accepts individual contribution award

25 Sep 2025

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy Co-founded the UK Supply Chain Sustainability School in 2012 and chaired its advisory board until 2024. Here is his accep...

Episode 71 - Growing a global sustainability certification scheme with David Baggs

15 Sep 2025

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Send us a text Following our previous conversation with David Baggs, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of developing a global scheme, parti...

Episode 70 - Sustainable procurement in India’s private sector with Swapnil Dubey

08 Sep 2025

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Send us a textSwapnil Dubey shares his significant experience in sustainable procurement within India’s private sector

Episode 69 - How sustainable is India’s procurement?

02 Sep 2025

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Send us a textAn expert panel discuss the achievements and challenges of sustainable procurement in India.Many thanks to our Guests:Sanjay Kumar, CEO,...

Episode 68 - The challenges of carbon reporting - Part 2 of 2 - With Graeme and Laurence

30 Jun 2025

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Send us a textThe Directors of Litmus Sustainability explore sustainable procurement topics with Shaun McCarthy OBE, including their concerns around “...

Episode 67 - Helping businesses to become “The partner of choice” in sustainability - Part 1 of 2

23 Jun 2025

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Send us a textMeet Graeme and Laurence, co-founders of Litmus Sustainability in the UK. They provide insights into ways in which businesses are challe...

Episode 66 - Star Scott talks about the challenges of social certification and the new administration in the USA

17 Jun 2025

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Send us a textWe were delighted to revisit Star Scott from the University of Atlanta to discuss the challenges faced in social certification for labor...

Episode 65 - Mel’s world of sustainable procurement - Part 2 of 2 -Mel D'Silva

03 Jun 2025

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Send us a text Sustainable procurement expert, Melita D’Silva reflects on her experience from implementing ISO 20400 and how the standard is being ...

Episode 64 - Sustainable procurement is good procurement - Part 1 of 2 - Mel D'Silva

23 May 2025

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Send us a textAn experienced procurement professional and international sustainable procurement expert, Melita D’Silva talks about her experience. I...

Episode 63 - Sanjay Kumar – the man who wrote a book about sustainable procurement

28 Apr 2025

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Send us a textThere are few people in the world who have authored a book on sustainable procurement. Sanjay Kumar talks about his reaction to his book...

Episode 62 - The role of standards in delivering a sustainable procurement strategy - Paul McNelis

23 Apr 2025

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Send us a textPaul McNelis talks about his long career working with standards in supply chains and sets out his thinking about the role of standards i...

Your Podcast experience – what to expect - With Shaun McCarthy OBE & David Smith

19 Mar 2025

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy and David Smith talk about the Podcast series “Sense and Sustainability” and describe the process for getting involve...

Share your story in our Podcast series!

13 Mar 2025

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Send us a textWe would love to hear your experiences and stories!Want to contact us, please contact David Smith (Podcast Programme Manager) at davids@...

Episode 61 - Don Weatherbee - From gas to gold – a case study in circular economy

17 Feb 2025

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Send us a textTruly circular economy initiatives are tough to achieve. Challenges around technology, logistics and markets must be addressed but more ...

Episode 60 - John Morrison - John Morrison, author of “Just Transition” Part 2 of 2

27 Jan 2025

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Send us a textIn Part 2 of 2 episodes, John Morrison shares his world view on the opportunities and barriers to Just Transition to a low carbon econom...

Episode 59 - John Morrison - author of “Just Transition" - Part 1 of 2

21 Jan 2025

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Send us a textIn Part 1 of 2 episodes, John Morrison talks about his early career and his influential role with the Institute for Human Rights and Bus...

Episode 58 - Simon Henzell Thomas talks about his role at IKEA and his perspective on COP 29

23 Dec 2024

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Send us a textSimon and Shaun first met in 2004 when Simon was at Business in the Community. Since then Simon has had a stellar international career w...

Episode 57 - Bob Willard talks about emerging best practice in sustainable procurement. Part 2 of 2

02 Dec 2024

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Send us a textBob Willard from Canada in conversation with Shaun McCarthy OBE about the development of sustainable procurement practice in North Ameri...

Episode 56 - Bob Willard talks about developing a pioneering sustainable approach n the tech sector. Part 1 of 2

25 Nov 2024

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Send us a textBob Willard from Canada talks about his long career with IBM and how a more sustainable approach to business emerged in this sector.Vide...

Episode 55 - Robert Stephenson FRSA – Climate Action Now

28 Oct 2024

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Send us a textFollowing a long and successful career in the music industry, Robert Stephenson now divides his time between Ireland and Africa through ...

Episode 54 - Tarun Batchu, a young inventor form USA talks about the innovative sustainable technology of the future

21 Oct 2024

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Send us a textImagine 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 ...

Episode 53 - Sustainable design at the heart of sustainable procurement - Dannie Yung

14 Oct 2024

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Send us a textDannie Yung describes her early experience as a female engineer in a male dominated profession in Hong Kong and goes on to share her tho...

Episode 52 - Ali Horriyat – The future of Compassiviste - Part 3 of 3

07 Oct 2024

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Send us a textUnderstand how Ali plans to deliver a convention like no other to create a movement of people to take practical measures towards a susta...

Episode 51 - Ali Horriyat – Influencing millions of people towards a sustainable future - Part 2 of 3

30 Sep 2024

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Send us a textFind about Campassiviste, Ali’s vision to engage millions of people by bringing people together in person, using the arts and entertai...

Episode 50 - Meet Ali Horriyat – the man who gave away $100M - Part 1 of 3

23 Sep 2024

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Send us a textListen to Ali’s heartfelt story about his journey from riches to rags as he started to understand the impact of his “success” in t...

Episode 49 - Vaishali Baid - The “S” of ESG

16 Sep 2024

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Send us a textVaishali Baid of Action Sustainability reflects on her international experience in supply chain management and on the chellenges to inco...

Episode 48 - An expert perspective on Circular Economy - Julia Freer Goldstein

09 Sep 2024

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Send us a textJulia Freer Goldstein is an academic and consultant in Circular Economy, she has written several books and academic papers on the subjec...

Episode 47 - Modern Slavery and due diligence with EJ - Part 2 of 2

02 Sep 2024

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Send us a text Emma Jane Allen (known to everybody as EJ) shares her experience in working in depth to understand the real sustainability risks in su...

Episode 46 - Emma Jane Allen (EJ) from Action Sustainability - Part 1 of 2

26 Aug 2024

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Send us a textEJ has been with Action Sustainability since we started in 2006 but she had an interesting career before she joined us and an inspiratio...

Episode 45 - 30 years in sustainable supply chains and counting - Ian Heptonstall

19 Aug 2024

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Send us a textCo-Directors of Action Sustainability, Ian Heptonstall and Shaun McCarthy share perspectives on their 30 year journey in sustainable pro...

Episode 44 - Understanding Scope 3 in a leading university operation – Part 2 of 2

12 Aug 2024

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

Episode 43 - Sustainable Procurement Higher education sector – Part 1 of 2

06 Aug 2024

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Send us a textHear how Imperial College London has used ISO 20400 to develop their sustainable procurement strategy

Episode 42 - Laura Dombi on audit in context Part 2 of 2

29 Jul 2024

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy discusses the role of audit in the context of wider sustainable procurement with Laura Dombi of DNV.

Episode 41- Laura Dombi and the value of audits Part 1 of 2

22 Jul 2024

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy discusses the value of audits to support sustainable procurement with Laura Dombi from DNV.

Episode 40 - Workforce diversity and the supply chain - with Cathryn Greville Part 2 of 2

06 Jul 2024

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Send us a textCathryn Greville from the UK talks about the role of supply chains in improving workforce diversity

Episode 39 - The value of a diverse workforce with Cathryn Greville Part 1 of 2

01 Jul 2024

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

Episode 38 - Jane O’Toole in conversation with Shaun McCarthy OBE

24 Jun 2024

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Send us a textFrom the UK to New Zealand, from public procurement to private procurement and how sustainable procurement doesn’t cost more money. Fa...

Episode 37 - Star Scott from USA shares her achievements - Part 2 of 2

17 Jun 2024

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Send us a textStar shares her learning from the progress she has made in sustainable procurement for the Higher Education sector 

Episode 36 - Star Scott from USA on laboratory procurement challenges Part 1 of 2

10 Jun 2024

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Send us a textStar Scott talks about the challenges facing the Higher Education Sector in sustainable procurement of laboratory supplies 

Episode 35 - Welcome to the new self assessment tool at ISO20400.org

14 May 2024

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Send us a textCheck out the new and improved version at Home - ISO20400.org

Episode 34 - CSR Accreditation by Richard Collins

22 Apr 2024

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

Episode 33 - Luka Yancopoulos from USA takes some expert sustainability advice Part 2 of 2

15 Apr 2024

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

Episode 32 - Luka Yancopoulos from USA talks about healthcare procurement - Part 1 of 2

08 Apr 2024

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Send us a text Luka describes how a college project during the Covid pandemic has led to a revolution in procurement of healthcare consumables in the...

Episode 31 - Sustainable procurement in Germany with Yvonne Jamal - Part 2 of 2

01 Apr 2024

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Send us a textYvonne Jamal talks to Shaun McCarthy OBE about how knowledge sharing and training is driving sustainable procurement in Germany 

Episode 30 - Yvonne Jamal from Germany and her background in tourism - Part 1 of 2

25 Mar 2024

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Send us a textYvonne describes her transition from sales to procurement and how this power enabled her to deliver sustainability outcomes.

Episode 29 - Sustainable procurement in the building materials sector with Mark Lewis

18 Mar 2024

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Send us a textMark Lewis, Head of Capital and Sustainable Procurement at Tarmac UK talks about his experience and challenges in sustainable procuremen...

Episode 28 - Innes Christison of Delphiseco talks about Scope 3 carbon Part 2 of 2

11 Mar 2024

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Send us a textInnes talks about Delphiseco green cleaning products and how he has defined their Scope 3 carbon emissions as a key part of the product ...

Episode 27 - Innes Christison discusses sustainability and sport - Part 1 of 2

01 Mar 2024

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Send us a textInnes talks about his early career and interest in sustainability and sport with Shaun McCarthy OBE in context of his London 2012 experi...

Episode 26 - Sustainable Procurement in the health sector - With Neil Hind and Gillian Askew

19 Feb 2024

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Send us a textNeil Hind and Gillian Askew discuss the opportunities and challenges for sustainable procurement in the UK health sector.

Episode 25 - Tim Weedon talks to Shaun McCarthy OBE part 2 of 2

12 Feb 2024

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Send us a textTim talks about how repurposed IT hardware can save money while reducing carbon emissions.The podcast can be found on multiple apps, cli...

Episode 25 - Tim Weedon from the UK talks to Shaun McCarthy OBE Part 1 of 2

05 Feb 2024

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Send us a textTim talks about his personal journey from accounting to sales of repurposed IT hardware.

Episode 24 - Zack Abdi from Canada talks to Shaun McCarthy OBE

29 Jan 2024

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Send us a textZack gives his views on circular economy and net zero

Episode 23 - Part 2 of 2 - Dane Mclndoe - Repurposed IT for social value

22 Jan 2024

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy talks to Dane about using procurement to drive re-purposed IT hardware and how this can also deliver social value in New ...

Episode 23 - Part 1 of 2 - Dane McIndoe talks about his long career in sustainability

15 Jan 2024

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy discusses Dane’s long career in procurement and his continuing passion for sustainability

Episode 22 - Part 3 of 3 - Ethical product certification - David Baggs

03 Jan 2024

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy OBE talks to David Baggs of Global GreenTag about certifying the ethical standards in building products.

Sustainable Procurement in 2024

02 Jan 2024

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy OBE looks forward to improving sustainable procurement in 2024!

Episode 22 - Part 2 of 3 - Sustainable building products - David Baggs

27 Dec 2023

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Episode 22 - Part 1 of 3 - Sydney 2000 to London 2012 - David Baggs

11 Dec 2023

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Send us a textDavid Baggs and Shaun McCarthy discuss their sustainable Olympic legacies.https://www.iso20400.org/

Episode 21 - The future of EV charging

06 Nov 2023

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy OBE discusses his experience as an EV driver over the past 4.5 years and learns about the innovative new service under de...

Episode 20 - Just Transition with Helen Carter and Dr James Cadman from Action Sustainability in conversation with Shaun McCarthy OBE

11 Oct 2023

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Send us a textIn this recording Helen Carter and Dr James Cadman introduce the concept of "just transition" from a carbon and human rights p...

Episode 19 - The story behind Green Doors

21 Jul 2023

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Send us a textMeet Levi and Joe the two young men with a vision and a sustainable success story to inspire everyone.

Episode 18 - SPLC summit with Josh Jacobs

17 Jul 2023

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Send us a textLink to the event: https://www.summit23.sustainablepurchasing.org/

Episode 17 - Part 5 of 5 - Elise and Helen … The full conversation!

14 Jul 2023

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Send us a textElise Groulx Diggs is a renowned international human rights lawyer, qualified in Canada and France. An international member of a Barrist...

Episode 17 - Part 4 of 5 - Elise Groulx and Helen Carter discuss “Just Transition

13 Jul 2023

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Send us a textElise Groulx Diggs is a renowned international human rights lawyer, qualified in Canada and France. An international member of a Barrist...

Episode 17 - Part 3 of 5 - Best practice in addressing human rights through supply chains

12 Jul 2023

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Send us a textElise Groulx Diggs is a renowned international human rights lawyer, qualified in Canada and France. An international member of a Barrist...

Episode 17 - Part 2 of 5 - The evolution of procurement practice around human rights

11 Jul 2023

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Send us a textHelen Carter is an experienced senior procurement professional with world leading expertise in procurement and human rights. She talks a...

Episode 17 - Part 1 of 5 - Elise Groulx talks about the evolution of international legal frameworks for human rights

10 Jul 2023

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Send us a textElise Groulx Diggs is a renowned international human rights lawyer, qualified in Canada and France. An international member of a Barrist...

Episode 16 - Buyer beware! ISO20400 Cannot be certified!

08 Jun 2023

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy OBE, one of the ISO 20400 committee leaders explains how the ISO 20400 sustainable procurement guidance standard was crea...

Episode 15 - Shaz Khan - How ESG is impacting procurement technology

23 May 2023

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Send us a textShaz Khan is founder and CEO of Vroozi, based in Los Angeles, California. They serve a global client base with their Procure to Pay plat...

Day 10 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - ISO 20400 and the future

19 May 2023

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Day 9 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Marie d Huart

18 May 2023

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Send us a textMarie d Huart from Beligium talks about why organisations are not yet allocating responsibilities for sustainable procurement throughout...

Day 8 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Annie Sorel

17 May 2023

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Send us a textAnnie Sorell from France talks about how robust the ISO 20400 sustainable procurement guidance standard is and why

Day 7 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Lex de Bruijn

16 May 2023

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Send us a textLex de Bruijn from the Netherlands talks about saving money through sustainable procurement

Day 6 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Josh Jacobs

15 May 2023

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Send us a textJosh Jacobs from the USA talks about the triple bottom line benefits from sustainable procurement

Day 5 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Farid Yaker

12 May 2023

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Send us a textFarid Yaker  - International talks about the uptake of the ISO 20400 and sustainable procurement and SDG 12.7

Day 4 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Shaun McCarthy

11 May 2023

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Send us a textShaun McCarthy OBE from the UK tells us about supply chains, sustainable procurement and it’s benefits

Day 3 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Carole Ann Smith

10 May 2023

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Send us a textCarole Ann Smith from the UK tells us about the free global  website ISO20400.org and the resources you might find useful

Day 2 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Tanya Harris

09 May 2023

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Send us a textTanya Harris from Australia tells us what we need from ISO 20400 and why

Day 1 of 10 days of ISO20400.org - Looking back to 5 years ago!

08 May 2023

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Send us a textIn 2017 the ISO 20400 sustainable procurement guidance standard was launched. Here’s what the steering group said at the time

Episode 14 - ISO 20400 – the next 5 years

03 Mar 2023

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Send us a text Now the ISO federation has voted to “Confirm” ISO 20400 after five years, the standard will continue unchanged for another five ye...

Episode 13 - Speedy Expo

24 Jan 2023

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Send us a textSpeedy held an in person event in Liverpool to celebrate the amazing achievements of their organisation and especially their staff.  Sp...

Episode 12 - Dale Barry - Innovation in renewable energy

07 Nov 2022

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Send us a textThis week's podcast with Dale Barry from Veropower, please find his details below:Dale Barry - Veropowerhttps://veropower.co.ukhttp...

Episode 11 - Supply Chain Talk – how supply chains can help to deliver our sustainability challenges

20 Sep 2022

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Send us a textDuncan Brock, Director of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and Shaun McCarthy OBE, Director of Action Sustainability, j...

Episode 10 - Sanjay Kumar - Understanding sustainable public procurement

21 Jul 2022

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Episode 9 - Jonathon Porritt - Supply chain school 10 year anniversary

19 Jul 2022

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Episode 8 - Luca Guzzabocca - Right Hub

15 May 2022

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Send us a textThe founder of Right Hub in Italy talks about his career and his current work in everything from disabled employment opportunities to mo...

Episode 7 - Nantes to Sydney and back - Jean-Louis Tourneux

12 Apr 2022

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Send us a textJean-Louis Tourneux talks about his sustainable procurement career in France and Australia 

Episode 6 - Lost in translation - Two nations divided by a common language - Featuring Josh Jacobs

11 Feb 2022

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Episode 5 - Sustainable procurement international review

21 Dec 2021

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Episode 4 - ISO 20400 - Do you really need a certificate on the wall?

05 Dec 2021

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Episode 3 - Should sustainable procurement cost more?

29 Nov 2021

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Episode 2 - Sustainable procurement it doesn't matter what you call it

25 Nov 2021

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Episode 1 - An Introduction to the Podcast

05 Nov 2021

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Send us a textA brief introduction to the new ISO20400 podcast, name to be confirmed......