At this year’s Sustainable Supply Chain Conference, taking place on 25 June 2024 in London, Logistics Manager will host a panel discussion on how to balance cost with progress towards sustainability goals in today’s economy.
Emily Uwemedimo, editor of Logistics Manager
The discussion will be moderated by Logistics Manager’s editor Emily Uwemedimo and will see experts discuss the challenges associated with implementing sustainable business practises from a financial perspective, as well as ways a business can be both sustainable and profitable.
Session title: How can companies balance sustainability and profitability in today’s economic landscape?
• C-suite attitudes to sustainability
• Government support for switching to sustainable business practises
• Long-term vs short-term sustainability strategies and how external factors can influence them
Lucy Jeffrey, Founder of Bare Kind
First to join the panel is Lucy Jeffrey, founder of Bare Kind and co-founder of Candid Founders.
Bare Kind is her main business, selling bamboo socks that help save endangered animals by donating 10% of the profits to save the animal on the socks. The company was founded in 2018 and is a certified B Corp.
Candid Founders is a YouTube channel and B2B marketing agency that helps brands grow on wholesale marketplaces such as Faire.
David Carter, COO at The Cheeky Panda
Joining Jeffrey on the panel for this discussion is David Carter, COO at The Cheeky Panda, a sustainable business that manufactures household, baby and beauty products out of bamboo. The Cheeky Panda is a certified B Corp, selling over 16 products in 25 countries around the world.
Carter is accustomed to managing supply chain, transportation, international trade regulations and manufacturing across multiple geographies. His responsibilities include sourcing, supply chain, logistics, HR and legal.
Esther Knight, founder of Fanfare Label
Also on the panel will be Esther Knight, founder of Fanfare Label, an award-winning sustainable fashion house leading the way for circularity and positive change.
Before setting up Fanfare Label, Esther Knight spent over a decade as a buyer in the fashion industry, working for many high street and designer brands including Vivienne Westwood.
Experiencing first-hand over the years how fashion businesses drive their financial profits at the expense of the people who make the clothes and our precious planet, Knight recognised the need for urgent radical change. Rather than leave the industry, she set her sights on creating a solution to transform not only the way garments are made but the way we buy, wear and consume clothing too.
Committed to creating real change from day one, Knight’s championing of the sustainable fashion economy has been recognised by Forbes, Drapers, The Guardian and Stylist to name but a few.
The conference, which will be held at 30 Euston Square, is a one-day face-to-face event where delegates can hear directly from industry-leading speakers about how business sustainability can influence their bottom line. It is totally free to attend for buyers of logistics services.
Innovation will continue to drive supply chain sustainability in the years to come. At the Sustainable Supply Chain Conference, delegates will learn how to ‘go green’ throughout their end-to-end operations, discussing topics such as procurement, operations, retirement, data and communication. Overall, the conference will consider the environmental and human impact of products, from cradle to grave.
From raw materials sourcing, production, storage and delivery to every transportation link in-between, the journey is not easy – the complexity of many supplier relationships and border crossings makes supply chain sustainability extremely challenging. But the payback for getting it right is priceless, delivering on the three Ps of the bottom line – people, profits and the planet.
Among the list of speakers already announced for the conference are those from the likes of Nestlé, Sipsmith, Abel & Cole, Quorn Foods, The Cotswold Company and Cross River Partnership. Keep an eye out on Twitter and LinkedIn for more speaker announcements as the event draws closer.
Click here to find out more and register for this unmissable event!
