Ollie, Tom and Dexter are getting back into the swing of it for the new year – and setting the context for what’s shaping Scope 3 work right now.

First up, they discuss the continued momentum behind mandatory reporting around the world, with a particular focus on developments in Asia – and what that means for Scope 3 becoming unavoidable for more listed companies. They also touch on CBAM – or the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism – and the role policy mechanisms like carbon pricing can play in creating a clearer business case, even as political narratives shift in different directions.

Then, we have two great guest conversations that bring different, practical angles on execution.

First up is with Katy Newhouse, Director of Sustainability Technology at Equinix. Katy talks through her path from renewable energy and Amazon to the White House sustainability team, where she led work on the US government’s Scope 3 strategy, including the move to quantify supply chain emissions tied to federal spend and the importance of prioritising the biggest suppliers for impact.

Now at Equinix, she shares what it looks like to be on the ‘supplier side’ of Scope 3, how customers are using (and sometimes struggling to access) the data available to them, and why standardisation is essential if the industry is going to spend less time responding to surveys and more time decarbonising.

Then, Tom meets up with Yann Risz from AITrack Solutions by Bureau Veritas who explains how his work began with a simple frustration: corporate-level footprinting is scalable but blunt, while product-level LCAs are granular but historically slow and hard to scale. He unpacks what changes when you combine scalable product footprinting with ‘boots on the ground’ verification – and why, in his view, supplier engagement works best when it’s built around incentives, trust, and commercial relevance rather than pressure alone.

Listen right to the end when Ollie shares what the Scope 3 Peer Group is leaning into for 2026, including supplier engagement at scale, deeper procurement leadership involvement, and a stronger push toward practical decarbonisation support, alongside tools and governance work to make progress easier to navigate.

🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast.

This episode has a bit of everything: hard-won progress, honest challenges, and something of a new format.

First up, Ollie sits down with the awesome team of Kristen Chambers and Matthew Yamatin from Thermo Fisher Scientific – one of those rare companies that isn’t just talking about supply-chain emissions, but quietly getting on with the work. They unpack how Thermo Fisher has built the internal systems, data foundations and supplier relationships needed to operate at scale, including how they’ve generated 80,000 product carbon footprints in a single year, how they balance customer demands with supplier realities, and why “good products from good suppliers” has become a practical decision-making framework rather than a slogan.

Then, Tom and Dexter are joined by Pierre François Thaler, co-founder of EcoVadis, for a wide-ranging conversation on how sustainability expectations are really landing in global supply chains. Pierre François reflects on building EcoVadis through financial crises, shifting regulations and rising ambition – and explains why embedding sustainability into procurement decisions is still the single biggest unlock for progress.

There's also a new Ask the Expert segment, where real, unfiltered questions from Scope 3 practitioners are put directly to Pierre-François. Topics include supplier engagement without overload, using sustainability scores in RFPs, rewarding suppliers for action (not just disclosure), and how AI is changing the way companies collect and use sustainability data.

Along the way, the team also share insights from hundreds of recent practitioner challenges, revealing what’s really keeping sustainability and procurement teams awake at night – and what’s finally starting to change.

All episodes are available at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast

Episode 40 marks a big moment for the show: Ollie and Tom have officially turned their double-act into a threesome. Dexter Galvin joins as a host, fresh from CDP and now juggling advisory roles at EcoVadis, CO2 AI and more. He’s no stranger to the show (or to firing off LinkedIn posts that get far more engagement than Ollie will ever forgive him for), and now he joins the show to share his genuine wisdom and musings.

This week, the boys catch up on:

• Why companies are freaking out about re-baselining their targets – and why Dexter insists it's a sign of progress, not backsliding.

• COP30 in Brazil, including the big deal behind the GHG Protocol x ISO alignment announcement, and what it means for reporting, suppliers, and everyone who doesn’t have time to untangle five different standards.

• What actually happened at the Tools Clinic, where Ollie herded 200 sustainability professionals through nine 10-minute tool demos, all without Zoom exploding.

• The launch of this year’s Scope 3 Peer Group Tools Review (link in show notes — yes, you should fill it in).

Then we dive into two brilliant conversations:

Katja Hantel, VP of ESG at Smith+Nephew tells the story that blew the roof off Ollie’s Scope 3 Peer Group Chicago meeting: how she reframed sustainability inside a med-tech company under real financial pressure. She explains why talking about efficiency, cost and resilience works better than leading with ‘green’ – and how this approach delivered a 60% Scope 3 reduction since 2021. Smith+Nephew also comes with hip implants, tendon repair tech, wound care – and now, a pretty compelling playbook for getting sustainability taken seriously in tough times.

Then, we hear from George Sandilands who leads Sage Earth. George shares how a chaotic brand-activation project (involving a pile of giant gift boxes and a perfume company changing its mind) accidentally pushed him into climate action. He unpacks how Sage Earth is now helping half a million SMEs measure carbon through their accounting data – automatically – and why SMEs hold the keys to unlocking meaningful supply-chain action.

He also talks honestly about life after acquisition (“from speedboat to cruise ship”) and the industry’s biggest blocker: lack of standardised data.

Stuff mentioned this time:

• Tools Review – https://sustainabilitytoolfinder.com/tools-review

• Dexter’s LinkedIn post on re-baselining – https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7399374243290828802/

• The GHG Protocol + ISO announcement – https://ghgprotocol.org/blog/release-iso-and-ghg-protocol-announce-strategic-partnership-deliver-unified-global-standards

• Sage Earth – https://sage.com

• Smith+Nephew – https://www.smith-nephew.com

It’s a packed episode, with a new host, two killer interviews, some healthy moaning, one ball-pit-based birthday party, and a reminder that yes, Ollie really does talk about Liverpool every episode (he’s a bit obsessed).

🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast.

What does Scope 3 look like when your product is a three-storey wind turbine packed with steel, copper and rare earths? And what happens when AI agents start doing the reporting for us?

In this episode, we go deep with Dr. Maximilian Schnippering, Head of Sustainability at Siemens Gamesa, who breaks down how the company is tackling Scope 3 across one of the most complex industrial supply chains on the planet. Max talks openly about steel decarbonization, supplier transparency, mining impacts, customer demand, and why collaboration across the energy transition is the only way forward.

Then we switch gears with Map Collective founders Tara Gupta and Issac Hicks, who give us a look into the future of Scope 3 data. They explain how AI agents, interoperability, and a global resource intelligence layer could finally help companies move from reporting to real insight, forecasting and decarbonization.

🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast, including more extensive show notes.

Buckle up for another Scope 3 Podcast with Ollie and Tom. So, what’s inside this episode?

📜 Standards shake-up: GHG Protocol and SBTi updates on indirect mitigation and market-based accounting – squeaky bum time avoided.

⚖️ Litigation and emissions: A €4B chemical plant vs 3.8 million tons of CO₂. Oof.

💼 The people problem: WRI’s Grace Flynn joins Tom to unpack The Elephant in the Boardroom — why only 12% of supply chain goals consider people.

🥚 Sacred cows and comfy beds: Will Silverwood, Head of Sustainability at Whitbread dishes on the procurement–sustainability dream team and how they’re tackling emissions across construction, food, and comfy hotel rooms.

🎯 Supplier engagement: The top challenge in Scope 3? Getting suppliers to care. Ollie lays out what's coming in 2026, from tool clinics to supplier energy programs and the ultimate playbook of decarbonisation levers.

👋 Shout-outs this episode: Ben Frick (Whitbread), Leo Raymond (Eden Lab), and the mighty Scope 3 Peer Group.

📝 Links and references:

• WRI Report – The Elephant in the Boardroom: https://www.wri.org/research/elephant-boardroom

• Whitbread Sustainability: https://www.whitbread.co.uk/sustainability/

• Zero Carbon Forum: https://www.zerocarbonforum.com

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  🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast

Join Ollie and Tom unpack a big couple of weeks in Scope 3 – from lagging US data maturity to a powerful new playbook launched by the World Economic Forum. Tom sits down with Imran Dassu, a senior partner at Kearney, to dive into the just-released Green Procurement Playbook, a rare bit of practical guidance aimed at helping CPOs turn ambition into action. They talk about operationalisation, pre-competitive collaboration, AI, and why the next generation of procurement leaders will look very different.

Then, Ollie is joined by the brilliant Anju Verghese, Head of ESG Strategy at Indian life sciences company Syngene. Her remarkable story – from journalism to science to Scope 3 leadership – shows how one person can ignite a company-wide transformation. Anju shares how Syngene built supplier engagement from scratch, tackled SBTi commitments, and found unexpected power in storytelling.

Episode highlights:

• 🌍 Why North America is behind on supplier data, and what needs to shift

• 📖 What makes the Green Procurement Playbook actually useful (not just another PDF)

• 🧠 How CPOs are redefining procurement as a driver of value, not just cost

• 🔁 The overlooked power of supplier partnerships and pre-competitive collaboration

• 🇮🇳 Anju’s inspiring work to get 81% of Syngene’s (mostly SMEs) suppliers SBTi-ready

• 🧰 Lessons in leadership, communication, and capability-building from the field

🔗 Resources mentioned:

Download the Green Procurement Playbook from WEF: https://www.weforum.org/publications/green-procurement-playbook-the-cpo-s-guide-to-delivering-value-for-business-and-planet/

Join the Scope 3 Tools Clinic (19 November 2025): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XhzAO9k5Q2-UHHc34OBoGQ?mc_cid=474d9559d6&mc_eid=32a23ffc7d#/registration
🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast

The boys are back behind their desks – Tom more fresh-faced than Ollie, who looks like something of a broken man – following their New York exploits.

First up, they’re joined by Luke Abbott, CEO and co-founder of Equipoise, to talk about the launch of the rather exciting Scope 3 Procurement Training. Developed with the Scope 3 Peer Group and companies like Amazon, AstraZeneca and GSK, it’s a first-of-its-kind programme designed to turn procurement teams into climate problem solvers – giving buyers the knowledge, language, and confidence to act on emissions in their supply base.

Then, Larisa Maya-Drysdale, Senior Sustainability Lead at Novo Nordisk, joins the show to share how her career has spanned consultancy, life-cycle assessment, and now one of the world’s most ambitious corporate sustainability programmes. Larisa talks about the evolution of Scope 3, the challenges of harmonising carbon data, and why capability-building across people and partnerships might just be the most powerful lever of all.

A grounded, honest conversation about where Scope 3 action really happens – not in boardrooms, but in teams, supply chains, and the day-to-day work of getting it done.

Resources

• Learn more about the Scope 3 Procurement Training: https://www.equipoise.earth/scope-3-procurement-training

• Register for the Scope 3 Peer Group February Strategy Days: scope3peergroup.com/meet

🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast.

Yes, it’s another of our special episodes recorded live in New York for Climate Week. This time, your hosts, Oliver Hurrey and Tom Idle reflect on a whirlwind week of collaboration, action and unexpected breakthroughs in the world of supply chain decarbonization. From rooftop conversations to packed roundtables, the week revealed not only the urgency of the Scope 3 challenge but also the growing appetite for solutions that move beyond data collection and into business benefit and real action.

We dive into the growing momentum around product carbon footprints, putting this long-discussed idea into practice in new ways. Terralytiq’s Will Glazener describes PCFs as “the unit price of sustainability” and explains how procurement teams can now benchmark suppliers and shift markets through smarter purchasing. Naama Avni Kadosh, Director of PACT, highlights the community’s role in building trust, breaking down silos, and bringing suppliers into the conversation by making data exchange comparable, practical and actionable.

Heat decarbonization also takes center stage. Jon Hughes from ERM outlines how the new Supplier Heat Decarbonization pilot could help companies tackle one of the most overlooked sources of emissions in their value chains. By pooling resources, testing technologies, and scaling lessons learned, this collaborative effort aims to unlock solutions for what can account for up to half of Scope 3 emissions in some industries.

We hear from Nancy Gillis of the Scope 3 Peer Group, who reflects on a week where procurement showed up in force and where companies asked sharper, more pointed questions than ever before.

The episode also features Elizabeth Geller, Senior Director of Climate Strategy, 3Degrees, who explains how market-based mechanisms are helping companies shift from measurement paralysis to reduction in Scope 3. From renewable energy in supply chains to collaborative initiatives like the Low Carbon Fertilizer Alliance, she describes the practical tools that Fortune 500s and other global brands are now using to claim real, verifiable progress in complex value chains.

Throughout the conversation, your hosts capture the energy of Climate Week NYC 2025: the sense that standards are straining to keep pace, the recognition that collaboration is essential, and the refreshing honesty of companies sharing not just what has worked, but what hasn’t. They close with reflections on the renewed optimism across the Scope 3 Peer Group, the importance of building friendships and trust as well as strategies, and the need to carry this momentum forward.

🎧 Enjoy. And remember: all of our previous episodes are available online at www.scope3peergroup.com/podcast.