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Supply Chain Program: Responsible Sourcing

Proceeds from this event went to support a future program with Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council.

Key topics:

  • What is responsible sourcing?
  • How to identify if your sourcing is responsible.
  • Where to begin if your company has been focused on cost, quality, and service and has always assumed your suppliers were doing things right.
  • Responsible sourcing challenges and how to overcome them.
  • What about your suppliers’ suppliers?

Speakers:

  • Jim Townsend, CPO, Walgreens 
  • Ahmet Hepdogan, CPO, Ferrara
  • Eugene Campbell, Director, Supplier Inclusion and Sustainable Procurement, Allstate
  • Giuseppe Mora, Director of Purchasing, Barilla America
  • Jose Silva, Global Head, Supplier Diversity and Sustainability, Abbott Labs
  • Lauren Stone, Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Walgreens
  • Harry Haney (moderator), Director, Supply and Value Chain Center, Loyola University Chicago

This event was co-presented by Loyola University Chicago’s Supply and Value Chain Center, ISM-Chicago, and the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, and sponsored by Walgreens.

 

Proceeds from this event went to support a future program with Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council.

Key topics:

  • What is responsible sourcing?
  • How to identify if your sourcing is responsible.
  • Where to begin if your company has been focused on cost, quality, and service and has always assumed your suppliers were doing things right.
  • Responsible sourcing challenges and how to overcome them.
  • What about your suppliers’ suppliers?

Speakers:

  • Jim Townsend, CPO, Walgreens 
  • Ahmet Hepdogan, CPO, Ferrara
  • Eugene Campbell, Director, Supplier Inclusion and Sustainable Procurement, Allstate
  • Giuseppe Mora, Director of Purchasing, Barilla America
  • Jose Silva, Global Head, Supplier Diversity and Sustainability, Abbott Labs
  • Lauren Stone, Senior Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Walgreens
  • Harry Haney (moderator), Director, Supply and Value Chain Center, Loyola University Chicago

This event was co-presented by Loyola University Chicago’s Supply and Value Chain Center, ISM-Chicago, and the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, and sponsored by Walgreens.