Proud partner of the future climate leadership

The 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders initiative consists of 60+ partners, including Unilever, IKEA, Ericsson and others coming together to explore and actively co-create sustainable solutions to decarbonize global supply chains. Today, the initiative launches the 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide, an online collaborative platform containing The 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders’ tools and best practices from their work to halve GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the value chain before 2030 so far.

Join the official launch of the 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide at 3 Nov, 6-7 PM, CET.

A collaborative approach to a better future

Working together across the value chain is an absolute necessity for large corporations with net-zero ambitions. Openly sharing tools and best practices aim to engage peers to drive more significant emission cuts in their value chain and encourage their suppliers to halve emissions by 2030 – if the world is to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C.

Supply Chain Leaders’ Corporate Executives stress the importance of drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions as a first priority throughout the value chain; thus, Jarkko Sakki, CPO & Vice President - Sourcing, FSS and Supply Chain (Telia Company), Moti Gyamlani, Head of Group Sourcing (Ericsson), Gabrielle Ginér, Head of Environmental Sustainability (BT Group), Andreas Ahrens, Head of Climate (IKEA Group) and Marc Engel, Chief Supply Chain Officer (Unilever), Allan Melgaard, Global CEO (Scan Global Logistics), Sandeep Chandna, Chief Sustainability Officer (Tech Mahindra), Carlo Manuel Drauth, Head of Responsible Business and Human Rights (Telefónica):

"We have committed to reducing our respective greenhouse gas emissions across our value chain in line with the 1.5°C ambition and to making climate targets a key factor in our purchasing criteria. Halving emissions in less than a decade requires radical collaboration. By openly sharing our practical tools and learnings in the 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide, we wish to inspire and enable other companies, big or small, to do the same."

Best practices so far – open to copy and use

Ranging from management commitments, supply chain mapping, procurement, supplier engagement, and reporting, some of the concrete examples include;

• BT Group and Ericsson's supplier letters from CPO - stating the expectations on suppliers and resources to support supplier transition.
• Telia's training for procurement teams on implementing the 1.5°C ambition with suppliers.
• IKEA's supplier sustainability solutions booklet provides concrete suggestions for suppliers to act on climate.
• Unilever's Climate Programme explains the company's approach to work with a subset of suppliers with the most significant impact on climate.

Together is the way forward

We are proud to be part of the future climate leadership and fully support the necessity to take action now for the generations to come.

“The latest IPCC report is crystal clear: we have code red for humanity, and all businesses need to step-up action now to stay competitive in the next decade. Exponential climate action, radical collaboration and innovation is required in order to reach the Paris Agreement. To get a critical mass of businesses taking action to halve emissions by 2030 in the Race to Zero, it is essential that all large corporations collaborate with their suppliers and peers to remove blockers,” says Johan Falk, CEO Exponential Roadmap Initiative.