Resilient Supply Chain How to Stress-Test a Supply Chain for Climate Risk
In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Ollie Carpenter, Director of Environmental Risk Analytics at Risilience, to unpack how global businesses are moving from climate ambition to action, through risk-informed decision making.
Ollie and his team work with companies like Nestlé, Burberry, and Maersk, helping them build digital twins of their operations and supply chains to stress-test climate and nature-related risks. What I found particularly insightful is how this risk-based lens shifts the sustainability conversation from “nice-to-have” to essential business planning.
We covered:
- The difference between physical and transition risk, and why both matter for supply chain resilience
- How regulation like CSRD and TNFD is raising the bar on climate disclosure
- The evolving role of procurement in decarbonisation, supplier engagement, and scope 3 measurement
- Why near-term transition plans (to 2030) are more actionable than distant net-zero targets
- The hidden vulnerabilities in agricultural supply chains most companies still overlook
- And how employee pressure is becoming a key driver of sustainability inside firms
If you’re trying to embed sustainability into operational planning, link it to financial outcomes, or simply stay ahead of climate-related disruptions, this one’s really worth a listen.
🎧 Listen now, and find out why Ollie thinks sustainability teams may one day disappear entirely.
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