Assessing Risks and Monitoring Performance for Sustainable Supply Chains

Currently, businesses need to consider complex topics such as resource scarcity, trade tensions, and regulatory changes. These varied considerations are interlinked, and interdependent, and can disrupt even resilient supply chains. Any disruption has a cascading effect which can cause delays or shortages and affect the bottom line. Such potential disruptions accelerate the importance of supplier monitoring to reduce environmental impacts, increase customer satisfaction, and conduct business responsibly. 

This complimentary 1-hour webinar with Q&A, “Assessing Risks and Monitoring Performance for Sustainable Supply Chains” will help you understand how artificial intelligence and digital technology supports supplier risk assessment and measurement and how supplier audits facilitate compliance towards evolving due diligence obligations.

Learn how you can embed/ integrate supply chain audits as a best practice to build a resilient and diligent network of suppliers. 

Sign up today for this complimentary on-demand webinar, using the form on the right.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND THIS WEBINAR?

• Get actionable insights to assess and manage risks in your supply chain
• Understand how critical supply chain regulations can impact your operations, such as: 
  
  • CA Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires that certain companies doing business in CA disclose their efforts to eliminate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains. Companies that fail to disclose their efforts may face fines or other legal consequences.
  • U.S. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act which applies to any company believed to be importing goods made utilizing prison, forced or indentured labor.
  • Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labor in Supply Chains requires reporting of measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk of forced or child labor in supply chains, with non-compliance fines of up to $250k.
  • The U.S. SEC Disclosing the Use of Conflict Minerals Rules which requires companies to disclose where minerals such as tantalum, tin, gold or tungsten have originated from to ensure they are not from conflict affected regions.
• Discover how supplier professional auditing in the field of sustainability can help avoid business risks such as penalties, fines, loss of business as well as brand reputation.

About the speakers

Alberto Sartori

Global Product Manager Social Area, TÜV SÜD Business Assurance

Alberto Sartori has 20 years of experience in sustainability-related assurance, auditing and certification programs. He is experienced in the management of international projects and standards. Over the years he has developed specific expertise in sustainable procurement and supplier auditing. Working in the Sustainability area within TÜV SÜD's Business Assurance Division, Alberto is within the Division responsible globally for the development and coordination of services in the field of Social Auditing and Sustainable Procurement.

Harald Nitschinger

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Prewave GmbH

Harald Nitschinger created a global, AI-based supply chain intelligence platform. The proprietary AI algorithm uses publicly available data from local news, social media, and other databases to understand, analyze and report on risks impacting suppliers and raw materials at every stage of the supply chain. This platform has sources in more than 50 languages and over 100 risk categories for their clients. Harald Nitschinger graduated with a degree in International Management from FH Joanneum and worked as Technical Consultant and Presales Specialist at Netconomy before Prewave.