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How Walmart and Danish energy company Ørsted are tackling supply chain emissions
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What do Walmart, one of the world's largest retailers, and big multinational power company Ørsted have in common? They're both taking steps to decarbonize their supply chains that could ultimately result in wide-ranging changes across sectors.
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're continuing with the theme we covered last week of decarbonizing supply chains. We speak with Walmart's Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Kathleen McLaughlin. She tells us that the company is engaging across all its supply chains to create systemic changes to production and consumption.
"Our ultimate goal is to make the everyday product that anybody might buy the sustainable choice. We're trying to make sustainability mainstream," Kathleen says.
We also speak to Virginia Dundas, Head of Strategic Environment Programmes at Ørsted. She explains how Denmark's largest energy company is teaming up with buyers in other sectors to drive supply chain decarbonization. She says collaboration is a key pillar of the company's net zero plan.
"It's not one company's problem," Virginia says. "Everyone has to chip in and play their part."
Listen to last week's episode on decarbonizing supply chains here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/why-collaboration-is-critical-to-cutting-supply-chain-emissions
We'd love to hear from you. To give us feedback on this episode or share ideas for future episodes, please contact hosts Lindsey Hall (lindsey.hall@spglobal.com) and Esther Whieldon (esther.whieldon@spglobal.com).
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