RISK & RESILIENCE
Sustainability throughout supply chain operations has been on the periphery for many years, viewed as a bonus but not a necessity. Now, with an increase in global instability and ongoing climate disasters, climate risk is something that every business leader is aware of.
Major weather incidents, like floods, droughts and forest fires have become common occurrences, instances to predict as opposed to shock-events to respond to. Caused by decades of unoptimised supply chain operations and sustainable solutions being added on rather than implemented during planning and preparation, global supply chains are finding themselves increasingly at the mercy of climate risk.
As a result, there has been a major shift in recent years to integrate thorough sustainability initiatives into every step of a supply chain, with businesses taking major steps towards reducing their Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
Now, it is no longer enough to react to climate events. Instead, businesses are working with new technologies to actively predict volatility, or making sustainable operations a standard process throughout their company to reduce their contribution to climate risks.
Levent Ergin, Chief Climate, Sustainability & AI Strategist at Informatica, and Sandra Leyva Martinez, Head of Sustainability for the Americas at CHEP are two people who are leading their companies
92 April 2026