Why Procurement Holds the Key to Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management Artwork

Resilient Supply Chain

The Resilient Supply Chain Podcast is where global leaders tackle the future of supply chains, and how to make them stronger, smarter, and more sustainable.
Hosted by Tom Raftery, technology evangelist, sustainability thought-leader, and former SAP Global VP, the show features C-suite executives, founders, and innovators from across the world’s most influential companies. Together, we explore how organisations are building supply chains that can withstand shocks, adapt to change, and lead in a decarbonising economy.
Every Monday at 7 a.m. CET, new episodes drop - packed with real insights, not PR fluff.
From supply chain resilience and risk mitigation to AI-driven visibility, circular design, and ESG transformation, we unpack the data, systems, and strategies shaping global operations.
You’ll hear from the people actually doing the work - the ones leading on:
Business continuity and crisis response
Scope 3 emissions and supply chain sustainability
Digital twins and predictive resilience
Ethical sourcing and due diligence compliance
Nearshoring, automation, and future-ready logistics
Because a supply chain can’t be sustainable unless it’s resilient, and it can’t be resilient unless it’s sustainable.
⚡ Resilient Supply Chain+ subscribers unlock full access to 460+ episodes featuring world-class leaders.
🆓 Everyone else can listen free to the latest 30 days of conversations that matter.
If you’re a supply-chain executive, sustainability strategist, or technology leader, this is your edge.
Subscribe now and join the global conversation redefining how the world moves, makes, and measures everything.

All Episodes

Resilient Supply Chain

Why Procurement Holds the Key to Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk Management

Subscriber Episode • June 30, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 74

This episode is only available to subscribers.

Sustainable Supply Chain +

Get access to the entire back catalog of the show

Send me a message

Procurement has come a long way, from back-office cost-cutting to a central role in driving sustainability, risk management, and supply chain resilience. In this episode of the Sustainable Supply Chain podcast, I sat down with Pierre Laprée, Chief Product Officer at SpendHQ, to unpack what that transformation looks like in practice.

Pierre shares sharp insights on how procurement teams can baseline and reduce scope 3 emissions, track supplier diversity, and manage supply chain risk, not with static spreadsheets, but with actionable, real-time data. We explored how supplier risk has expanded from purely financial to include cyber threats, ESG exposure, and geopolitical volatility, and how too many organisations are still flying blind.

He explains how SpendHQ’s performance management platform helps procurement leaders move from annual targets to rolling forecasts, enabling faster course correction and real impact, not just reporting.

We also discussed:

Why ESG issues like forced labour and deforestation are no longer just reputational risks, they’re operational liabilities
How procurement can help suppliers get better, not just cheaper
The critical role of data quality in turning AI from buzzword to business tool

If you’re in supply chain, procurement, or sustainability and trying to make sense of today’s risk landscape, this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen now and find out why procurement needs to think more like sales, and why data might be your most undervalued supply chain asset.

Elevate your brand with the ‘Sustainable Supply Chain’ podcast, the voice of supply chain sustainability.

Last year, this podcast's episodes were downloaded over 113,000 times by senior supply chain executives around the world.

Become a sponsor. Lead the conversation.

Contact me for sponsorship opportunities and turn downloads into dialogues.

Act today. Influence the future.

Podcast supporters
I'd like to sincerely thank this podcast's generous Subscribers:

Christian Sederberg
Kristal Maharaj
Alicia Farag
Kieran Ognev

And remember you too can become a Sustainable 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 the full back catalog of over 460 episodes.

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.

Thanks for listening.