Bob Glotfelty
SUSTAINABILITY - NET ZERO
Industries ripe with opportunity , yet are still in the early stages Ripe with opportunities to partner with suppliers to drive environmental change together , it is time for the procurement industry to grow its maturity when it comes to sustainability and achieving its net zero ambitions .
“ Most companies are still in the very early stages of their ESG maturity ,” says Glotfelty , who attributes this to a couple of key challenges :
1 . Making decisions . Within an organisation , such activities can take time , so a consensus needs to be achieved in order to move an initiative forward . It can be very challenging for organisations to make big and complex decisions .
2 . Is the entire company brought into ESG ? Such initiatives often require a strong top-down approach in order to be successful .
Adding to Glotfelty ’ s comments , Costas Xyloyiannis , CEO of HICX , says : “ Companies often neglect to view the supply chain as a whole and instead think only about their own environmental impact . A more mature approach is to recognise the direct and indirect impact that their actions have on their suppliers ’ ability to reduce emissions .
Bob Glotfelty
TITLE : CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER COMPANY : TAULIA INDUSTRY : FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY LOCATION : SAN FRANCISCO , UNITED STATES
My name is Bob Glotfelty , and I am the Chief Growth Officer at Taulia .
Based in San Francisco , I oversee our marketing teams , our supplier outreach teams , partnerships , and new geographic expansion activities – in particular , our China operations .
I have been with Taulia since 2014 , joining the company as the Director of Marketing Operations .
Since then , I have held three other roles at the company prior to the job that I do today . These include : Head of Supplier Success ; Vice President of Customer Success ; and Vice President of Growth .
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