How Baringa Champions Sustainability in Supply Chains

The turbulent business environment of the last few years has prompted company leaders to re-evaluate their supply chains, seeking resilience through more than just traditional management solutions.

A growing understanding is that long-term stability and sustainability are linked.

Building strong supplier relationships with a focus on transparency, visibility and shared resources is becoming a key method for creating robust supply chains and advancing cohesive decarbonisation strategies.

Building sustainable and resilient supply chains

As climate change presents an increasing threat to global supply chains, the need to adhere to regulatory compliance and develop strategies that build long-term value is growing. A company’s sustainability status is connected to that of its suppliers. Addressing emissions across the entire supply chain can be a complex technical process but it also provides an opportunity to forge stronger supplier relationships and foster sustainable growth.

Baringa, a business consulting firm, is focused on this intersection of resilience and sustainability. The firm uses a collaborative people-first approach to help business leaders manage risk and meet sustainability goals. With a global presence across Asia, Australia, Europe and the US, Baringa partners with companies to transform their supply chain operations.

Baringa applies its expertise across technical, regulatory and commercial fields to help businesses meet their sustainability targets. Utilising in-house tools, frameworks and deep sector knowledge, Baringa collaborates with clients to tailor solutions. This partnership model aims to ensure businesses can meet evolving ESG regulations while understanding the benefits of implementing sustainable practices.

Its teams, which have real-world experience and are digitally enabled help to boost efficiency, reduce costs and make intelligent data-driven decisions.

The role of supplier relationships in decarbonisation

Achieving a sustainable value chain is not a solitary effort. It relies on transparent and positive supplier relationships to succeed. Baringa’s approach to building smart and resilient supply chains involves partnerships across planning, logistics and supplier financing. Baringa advocates that tackling emissions throughout the value chain creates a chance to develop these deeper connections with suppliers, fostering a shared commitment to environmental goals.

This people-centric view is central to the firm’s philosophy. While business-led, technology-enabled transformations are a key focus, Baringa recognises that people are the critical factor in ensuring successful and meaningful change. This is particularly relevant when implementing new operating models or negotiating multi-region supply contracts with sustainability clauses.

Leadership in climate mastery and supply chains

Expertise in this area is represented by Maureen O'Shea, Supply Chain and Sustainability Partner at Baringa. With 20 years of experience in supply chain leadership at local, regional and global levels, Maureen is an expert on the connection between supply chain management and sustainability. Her work at Baringa centres on climate mastery and positioning people at the core of this transition.

At the upcoming Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: The Net Zero Summit, Maureen will participate in The Supply Chain Management (SCM) Forum Panel. Panellists will explore how to balance resilience, efficiency and environmental impact with the pursuit of long-term business growth. Maureen brings knowledge of building sustainable supply chains, having previously managed a US$100 million spend pool, supplier relationship function and negotiated multi-year multi-region supply contracts.

About The Net Zero Summit

Join us at the QEII Centre in London on 4–5 March 2026 for Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE: The Net Zero Summit, the essential meeting place for senior procurement and supply chain leaders shaping transformation across the UK and Europe.

Designed for a procurement and supply chain-focused audience, the summit will address sustainable sourcing, supplier collaboration on net zero and innovation in responsible supply chains.

Attendees will gain practical insight from industry experts, hear real-world case studies and connect with peers and key decision-makers who are turning sustainability commitments into measurable outcomes.

Once again, PSC LIVE: The Net Zero Summit will be co-located with Sustainability LIVE: The Net Zero Summit. 

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