Disruptive digital innovations and big data have the potential to revolutionise supply-chain sustainability by enabling greater traceability, compliance, decarbonisation, logistics optimisation and circular business models.
The panel emphasises the importance of digitalisation in achieving transparency, verifying manufacturers' green commitments, ensuring supplier compliance and addressing challenges in determining product carbon footprints in complex global supply chains.
It will explore the digital drivers for sustainable supply chains, including improved measurement, information flow, energy-efficiency strategies, network planning and sustainable production methods. We will hear from companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups and technology providers about their contributions to advancing value-chain digitalisation. The speakers will also demonstrate how collaboration between players on the product journey can help achieve better collective intelligence.
We will also showcase the EBRD's products for value-chain stakeholders, highlighting tailored digital advisory services for SMEs and presenting a value proposition for corporates through the new Sustainable Supply Chain Financing Framework.
Speakers:
- Lucy Hockings, News Presenter/Moderator, BBC
- Vivek Agarwal, Senior Vice President & Global Head- Procurement, Manufacturing & Tech. Services, Olam Global Agri Pte Ltd
- Peadar Mac Canna, Global Head of Core Trade, Citi
- Paolo Monaco, Director, SME Finance & Development Group, EBRD