Economist Impact’s 10th annual Sustainability Week | March 2-4, 2025

Emma Arnold, Sustainability Director at Trio, spoke at Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week on the panel "Stewards of Scope 3: Taking Responsibility for Supply-Chain Decarbonization."  

Panel description: 

Getting all of a firm’s suppliers to have a green strategy is the holy grail of sustainable procurement. Seeing the whole supply chain and its scope 3 emissions is challenging enough. Most big businesses are now segmenting their complex supply chains to apply tailored approaches to groups among their diverse suppliers. Through a series of case studies, the session will explore what initiatives and ways of thinking are taking hold, from the board-level down, to educate internal stakeholders and supply-chain partners on cutting scope 3 emissions. Where is there a backlash against green initiatives? How can firms work with suppliers who plan to achieve net zero well beyond 2030, with pace and progress? What is the market intelligence showing us, and is the EU doing better on supply-chain ESG management compared to other regions? 

Speakers: 

• Yann Teste, Vice president, purchasing, Volvo Construction Equipment
• Oliver Hurrey, Founder and chair, Scope 3 Peer Group
• Radharaman Jha, Vice-president, supply chain, Flaconi
• Stella Constantatos, Global supplier climate programme lead, Unilever
• Emma Arnold, Sustainability Director, Trio
• Jarrod Glover, Procurement director, Santander UK Plc 

Looking for more? Check out some of our key takeaways from the event.