161. Driving sustainability in procurement

Guest Name: Eugenia Ceballos Hunziker, Group Head of Sustainable Procurement at Holcim, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 27. 2021

Eugenia coordinates the Group’s efforts to deploy responsible sourcing practices across the supply chain, in the 70 markets where Holcim operates. Her main role is to lead the “Supply chain due diligence“ and “CO2 - Scope 3” programs in the Group. In addition to this role, she manages the Holcim’s Integrated Profit & Loss statement and represents the Group in the newly formed non-for-profit “Value Balancing Alliance”: a cross-sector initiative aiming to standardize and scale-up impact measurement and valuation.

Eugenia holds a MBA from ETH Zürich, a master executive in supply chain management from EOI Spain and a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from UTN Argentina. She is also CPSM certified (Certified Professional Supply Management by ISM USA) and she is graduated with an executive diploma in sustainable business from University of St. Gallen and Lausanne Business School.

Some of the highlights of questions from the podcast include:

1. What is sustainable procurement and why does it matter?
2. As a procurement professional, what does sustainability really MEAN to you?
3. How can we apply sustainability in the procurement process of the business? Can we take a look a little bit from the experience you might have with Holcim?
4. What are key success factors to drive sustainability in procurement?

Connect with Eugenia on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenia-ceballos-hunziker-94261318/