Sustainable Supply Chains: The Hidden Frontier of Climate Leadership | Terri Bloore, Nico Nicholas, Adam Garfunkel, Jay Gaines

Supply chains determine climate strategy success, and most companies have not yet treated them as the critical path they are. Terri Bloore of FINN Partners, Adam Garfunkel of Junxion Strategy, Jay Gaines of Worldly, and Nico Nicholas of ZEERO Group explore the fundamental barriers to supply chain transformation at the Climate & Sustainability Leadership Forum, including fragmented data systems, complex supplier networks, limited buyer leverage, and the persistent misalignment between procurement and sustainability objectives. The panel examines how Worldly's Higg Index enables single data submissions across multiple buyers to improve participation rates, how ZEERO's waste-to-biofuel technology achieves price parity through strategic partnerships, and why radical transparency about limitations combined with demonstrated progress is the most credible posture for companies navigating supply chain climate commitments.