The Environmental and Social of ESG and human rights in Supply Chains

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SupplyESChange, works for Environmental and Social Change in the often 80% or more footprint that is global supply chains, with ESG Investors, Companies, and other actors.

SupplyESChange Founder Kate A Larsen is a

  • University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) featured faculty trainer, FinanceUnlocked featured Course presenter for banking teams, and

  • has in recent years trained ESG and investment teams in ABN Amro, Alliance Bernstein, Baillie Gifford, Manulife, for Morgan Stanley, PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment), EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction & Development), Robeco, SRI-Connect, and more,

  • including PE, fund managers, analysts, venture capital, and more.

SupplyESChange help Investors and Business better understand Supply Chains ESG Environmental and Social Realities.

We apply insights from years working in China, Asia and globally.

Tutor Experience

Kate A Larsen has had a 20 year career spanning global issues across numerous industries.

A Chinese mandarin speaker lived and worked in China, Hong Kong and Japan for 11 years, including in Beijing and Wuhan, Kate has visited and worked with sites and organisations across Asia.

Kate regularly guides on modern slavery, forced labour, and other risks in Italy, the UK, and globally for ESG and human rights due diligence. She has led projects in Uganda, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey, and the Middle East.

Kate was a UK Top 100 Modern Slavery corporate influencer 2018 and her MSc Environmental Management was on preventing Scope 3 emissions reductions in China supply chains.

A Chinese mandarin speaker who has lived and worked in China and Hong Kong and Japan for 11 years, including in Beijing and Wuhan, Kate has worked with sites and organisations across Asia.

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Working in Beijing China

SupplyESChange Founder Kate A Larsen meeting Chinese officials in a non-profit role in Beijing, China, 1999.

SupplyESChange Founder Kate A Larsen and team regularly guide on managing risk of and remediating modern slavery, forced labour, exploitation, and other risks in Italy, China, Japan, the UK, and globally for ESG and business human rights due diligence (HRDD).

Kate has led projects in Uganda, on Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey, and the middle east, and considerably across Asia.

Kate was a UK Top 100 Modern Slavery corporate influencer 2018, and her MSc Environmental Management was on China supply chains and preventing Scope 3 emissions, and causing reductions.

She has worked with teams in China, Asia, and globally on Environmental and Social in supply chains, and now Trains exec, impact, and investment teams from this experience.

Learn About How we Help businesses understand ESG of Human Rights and Environmental, in global Supply Chains.

Reduce risk, Cause Environmental and Social Change:
Scope 3 Carbon Emissions reductions, Waste water pollution reductions, Decent Work, Living Wage, Social Impacts. SDGs.

If you’re an investor looking at ESG to assess investees, improve ESG engagement, or monitor projects:

If you’re a company working on Responsible Sourcing and Sustainable Sourcing, to deliver Supply Chains Human Rights Due Diligence:

Founder Kate on the BBC

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Kate Larsen, Founding Director SupplyESChange spoke on BBC World Service TV 2021 on reports of forced labour of Uyghur and other minorities in some cotton production in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of PR China.

Kate has seen and interviewed Uyghur people in forced labour in factories in China where Han Chinese workers had freedoms (whilst Uyghurs were locked in dormitories at night and could not leave, etc), as well as migrant workers in bonded labour modern slavery in other countries (Japan, Italy, Malaysia, India, etc).

Kate has applied her China and industry experience to Training Investment Teams looking at ESG and Company executive teams to better understand risk of Forced Labour in global and China supply chains, and the business Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) against Modern Slavery and exploitation which new laws (and consumers, and investors looking at ESG) expect Companies to do. 

Kate and SupplyESChange team also consult to companies and organisations on policies, risk mapping, China and other supply chain risk reviews, deep investigative social audit, and how to influence remediation and report in Modern Slavery statements and other corporate reporting (e.g. to CHRB, WBA standards, etc). 

SupplyESChange Founding Director Kate Larsen has trained on ESG and Human Rights in Supply Chain to and for:

Learn from SupplyESChange dedicated experts

With the help of experts, shift from confusion about the array of new laws to a clear roadmap; from Modern Slavery or exploitation to causing Decent Work and Social Impact; from lack of visibility to engaging for Environmental Sustainability

Testimonials.

  • "Kate is without doubt one of the most talented, dedicated and passionate CR/Sustainability practitioners I have had the pleasure to work with."

    “Kate and I built Burberry's approach to Corporate Responsibility from scratch. Kate's input and innovative solutions to Ethical Trade issues was a key aspect of how Burberry were able to assume a leadership position within the sector. Kate is culturally astute. She really understands Corporate Responsibility in the Asian context.”

    Ben Eavis | Senior Consultant | Robertsbridge, Former Head CR Burberry, Sainsburys, VP Pepsi, PVH Inc.

  • "Kate has an extraordinary ability to keep worker needs front-and-center in any project, and a tremendous network through which she builds effective alliances for high-impact."

    Marcus Chung | Former VP Responsible Sourcing | The Children’s Place (Nasdaq: PLCE).

  • "I worked with Kate at Burberry, where she kept our team updated on China and Asia supply chain labour risks, and how these would be prevented. Kate showed a pragmatic understanding of sourcing work. Ethical Trade was not silo’d rather our teams worked together for responsible procurement."

    Chris Kirkham​ | Former QA Director Aritzia | Former Head Quality Mgmt | Burberry​.

SupplyES Founding Director Kate has trained and advised for:

How we help

  • Our team of Consultants apply decades of experience and understanding of Environmental and Social (labour standards, modern slavery risks) issues in global Supply Chains.

  • We like to help Companies and Investors understand for themselves the risks companies face in their global supply chains (which we’ve seen on the ground), the expectations of emerging business human rights due diligence.

  • Sometimes clients need us to deep-dive into an issue that we know well, or guide them as they start their Ethical Trade, supplier assessments, or technology innovations. We apply our expertise to help projects and efforts get up.