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What if your biggest carbon win is not where your team is looking?
In this episode of Resilient Supply Chain, I’m joined by John Beath, CEO and Chief Technical Director of John Beath Environmental. John brings a process engineer’s eye to sustainability, which means fewer slogans and far more practical questions about supply chain resilience, risk, data, visibility, and what actually moves the emissions number.
You’ll hear how companies often spend huge effort on visible fixes while missing the real hotspots buried in raw materials, suppliers, logistics, waste, and Scope 3 emissions. John shares a brilliant example of a company working hard to remove styrofoam cups from a cafeteria, when a tiny thermostat change could have had a far larger impact. Painful? Slightly. Useful? Absolutely.
We break down why lifecycle assessment matters, why primary supplier data beats assumptions, and why “greener” materials do not always reduce your footprint. You might be surprised to learn that one solar panel manufacturer thought silicon was the issue, only to discover the aluminium frame was the real carbon culprit. Changing that cut the product footprint in half.
We also get into cost, green claims, recycling, waste, clinical trials, patient travel, and why carbon measurement only matters if it leads to better business decisions.
🎙️ Listen now to hear John Beath explain how better data can help leaders stop chasing the wrong carbon fixes.
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What if your supply chain isn’t underperforming, you just can’t see it clearly enough? Cost, service, and emissions all suffer when logistics data is fragmented.
In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain podcast, I’m joined by Constantine Komodromos, founder of VesselBot, to explore a problem hiding in plain sight: most companies still don’t have a single, real-time view of their logistics operations. And in a world of tariff shocks, geopolitical disruption, and rising pressure around sustainability and resilience, that lack of visibility is no longer a technical nuisance. It’s a strategic risk.
We dig into why historical averages and patchy reporting can distort transport decisions, and why better data visibilitycan change far more than emissions reporting. You’ll hear how granular, shipment-level insight can uncover outdated contracts, low truck and container utilisation, and operational waste that quietly drives up both cost and carbon. We break down why supply chain resilience increasingly depends on seeing cost to serve, time to serve, and emissions to serve in one place, not across disconnected systems and spreadsheets.
You might be surprised to learn that some of the biggest wins don’t come from grand sustainability initiatives at all, but from spotting simple inefficiencies hidden inside day-to-day logistics. This is a conversation about sustainability, yes, but also about risk, decision-making, and the competitive advantage that comes from finally seeing your operations as they really are.
🎙️ Listen now to hear how Constantine Komodromos and VesselBot are challenging old assumptions about supply chain resilience, logistics visibility, sustainability, and data-driven decision-making.
Interestingly, the sharpest twist in this episode is that better emissions data turns out to be less about reporting, and more about exposing management blind spots.
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And remember you too can become a Resilient Supply Chain+ subscriber  - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent episodes like this one and give you access to bonus episodes of topical, timely supply chain resilience analysis.

Podcast Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you/your organisation is interested in sponsoring this podcast - I have several options available. Let's talk!

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What happens when weak carbon data stops being a reporting problem and starts raising your cost of capital?
Because that’s no longer hypothetical. It’s starting to hit financing, insurance, and risk in the real world.
In this episode, I’m joined by Cynthia Lai, former banker, executive coach, and board advisor, with nearly 20 years’ experience in tier-one banking, including HSBC and Bank of China. We dig into why this matters now for supply chain resilience, sustainability, risk, data, and visibility. The big shift? Banks and insurers are increasingly treating emissions data as a risk signal, not a box-ticking exercise.
You’ll hear how weak or missing carbon data can push companies into a higher-risk bucket, raising borrowing costs and insurance premiums. We break down why Scope 3 is no longer just an ESG reporting issue, but a commercial one with real consequences for supply chain leaders. And you might be surprised to learn that if you don’t provide the data, the market may fill in the blanks for you using proxy figures you probably won’t like.
We also get practical. Cynthia lays out an 80/20 approach to getting started: focus on the 20% of suppliers driving 80% of the impact, build a workable heat map, and start the conversation before perfect data arrives. Because in this environment, having a credible plan may matter almost as much as having the final numbers.
🎙️ Listen now to hear how Cynthia Lai connects sustainability data, financing, insurance, and supply chain resilience in a way every senior leader should understand.
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Gary Lynch
And remember you too can become a Resilient Supply Chain+ subscriber  - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent episodes like this one and give you access to bonus episodes of topical, timely supply chain resilience analysis.

Podcast Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you/your organisation is interested in sponsoring this podcast - I have several options available. Let's talk!

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If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to just send me a direct message on LinkedIn, or send me a text message using this link.

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What if the real bottleneck in warehouse performance isn’t the tech, but the people, decisions, and systems needed to make it work together? Keith Moore says it plainly: software is easy, people are hard.
In this special Resilient Supply Chain roundtable, I’m joined by Mor Peretz, CEO of CaPow, Keith Moore, CEO of AutoScheduler, and Gonzalo Benedit, CRO of Aera Technology, to unpack what warehouse orchestration really means and why it matters now. For leaders focused on supply chain resilience, sustainability, risk, data, and visibility, this is a timely conversation about moving beyond isolated optimisation and getting the whole operation to work in sync.
You’ll hear how even well-equipped sites can still lose serious performance because the pieces don’t fit together properly, and why downtime can represent 10% at a really good site to 30 or 40% of the time just wasted. We break down why more automation is not always the answer, why companies so often become data rich but insight poor, and how orchestration can help teams act faster, not just see more.
You might be surprised to learn how often the real failure point is change management, not technology. We also get into energy as infrastructure, the cost of siloed decisions, and why the future is shifting from visibility to velocity. If you care about resilient operations, better decisions, and smarter growth, there’s a lot in here for you.
🎙️ Listen now to hear how CaPow, AutoScheduler, and Aera Technology are rethinking warehouse performance through orchestration, better data, and sharper decision-making.
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Alicia Farag
Kieran Ognev
Gary Lynch
And remember you too can become a Resilient Supply Chain+ subscriber  - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent episodes like this one and give you access to bonus episodes of topical, timely supply chain resilience analysis.

Podcast Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you/your organisation is interested in sponsoring this podcast - I have several options available. Let's talk!

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If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to just send me a direct message on LinkedIn, or send me a text message using this link.

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What if the real reason transformation stalls isn’t the tech, but the fact that everyone is making decisions with a different rubric?
And what happens when you start training AI on processes built 30 years ago?
In this episode of the Resilient Supply Chain Podcast, I’m joined by Don Mahoney, Global Head of Products and Innovation at SNP Group. Don has had a ringside seat to some of the world’s largest enterprise transformations, and he brings a sharp perspective on what actually drives supply chain resilience, business agility, and better decision-making when the pressure is on.
We get into why transformation is no longer a one-off event, but an ongoing capability, and why so many firms still get trapped between “lift-and-shift” modernisation that delivers weak ROI and greenfield ambitions that exceed what the business can absorb. You’ll hear how Don thinks about the sweet spot in the middle, why organisational change is often the real constraint, and why “your plan, my plan, our plan” matters far more than most people admit.
You might be surprised to learn that 80-something percent of enterprise data sits outside ERP systems, much of it unstructured, which makes data quality, visibility, and trust far more strategic than they look on a slide. We also break down one of my favourite lines in the episode: the shift from running a transaction machine to building a decision machine. That’s where the real value is.
🎙️ Listen now to hear how Don Mahoney and SNP Group are rethinking supply chain resilience, data, visibility, and transformation in an AI-driven world.
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Podcast supporters
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Alicia Farag
Kieran Ognev
Gary Lynch
And remember you too can become a Resilient Supply Chain+ subscriber  - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent episodes like this one and give you access to bonus episodes of topical, timely supply chain resilience analysis.

Podcast Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you/your organisation is interested in sponsoring this podcast - I have several options available. Let's talk!

Finally
If you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - feel free to just send me a direct message on LinkedIn, or send me a text message using this link.

If you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover it. 

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