Driving Sustainability & Social Impact Through the Supply Chain

In this episode, we speak with Sammie Ho Dumas, Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Williams-Sonoma, about her 20 year career focused on elevating sustainability and social impact through the supply chains of leading brands.Timestamps:00:18 - Welcome to Sustainable Ambassador Podcast01:00 - Sammie Dumas Ho introduction 02:00 - Lessons from factory floors03:05 - Asssessing compliance failures 04:30 - Educating workers and factory owners 06:00 - Assessing the environmental & social complainace of a factory07:25 - Learninig to manage expectations08:55 - Helping global stakeholders understand on-the-ground-reality10:00 - Bringing balance between global standards and local realities11:00 - Early steps / lessons in developing CSR career12:00 - Staying relevant with ongoing education and certifications13:25 - Anticipating emerging lessons15:45 - Planning future career development and areas of focus16:55 - Source of motivation and maintaining passion18:20 - Measuring personal success & impact through work19:10 - Advice to young professionals entering CSR/ sustainability careersAbout Sammie:Sammie Ho Dumas is the Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Williams-Sonoma. At Williams-Sonoma, she collaborates with leadership across the business to achieve the goal of 75% of products purchased from suppliers who offer worker wellbeing programs by 2030. She is a CSR practitioner with 20 years of experience. She has managed CSR and sustainability programs at Target, C&A, Abercrombie & Fitch, and American Eagle Outfitters.Contact Sammie:- Instagram: instagram.com/sammiehodumas- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammiehodumas/- Twitter: twitter.com/sammiehodumasAbout Collective ResponsibilityBased in Shanghai, Collective Responsibility is a strategic advisory firm founded by Richard Brubaker, one of Asia’s most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership.Founded with the fundamental belief that a sustainable world can only be achieved through awareness of issues, finding tangibility in business cases, and development of cross-sector collaboration, Collective Responsibility acts as a knowledge base, catalyst, and facilitator between stakeholders.Our mission is to:– Create a knowledge base and catalyze discussion of issues related to the development of civil society, business sustainability and social development in Asia.– Develop tangible interests, engagement, and action on issues of sustainability (economic, environmental and societal).– Develop organizational capacity with the aim to help create stable and profitable enterprises.Follow Us:Website: http://www.coresponsibility.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CollectiveRe...LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coll...Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/beyondbauWeChat: http://www.coresponsibility.com/wechat/Contact Us:[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.