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Cerian Atwell

Cerian Atwell

Sustainability Lead at Marks & Spencer, focused on supply chain decarbonisation and supplier engagement

Jun 29, 2026

27:48
What's the secret to effective engagement with those, particularly those top tier suppliers?
27:53
I think there's that ongoing drumbeat that you keep with the suppliers.
27:56
We engage at a lot of different levels.
27:58
We provide capacity building training.
28:00
We have teams in region who are real experts and able to talk to our suppliers one-to-one and do site visits.
28:06
And then having kind of like a multi-layer of programs that we work with suppliers on so that we've even got foundational compliance across all of our suppliers and then how we engage on a deeper level with those that are really making moves to decarbonize or improve other environmental impacts.
28:21
within their facilities and those real kind of like top movers who need a bit more in-depth help with their decarbonisation and technical advice and feasibility studies.
28:35
What's the secret to that as well? How do you make that work?

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