Sustainable Supply Chain - Supply Chain Leader’s Academy Module #6

Supply chain leaders have enormous sustainability impact. How can we impact the future and create sustainable growth - living up to rules and regulations and turning it into competitive advantage?

In this session we start out with understanding sustainability in a SCM context. What is scope 1,2 and 3 emisions, what other parametres than emisions do we consider and which rules and regulations are we following in EU. Next you will gain an understanding of a core question for most company top-leaders and leaders in the supply chain: How to decouple company growth from emissions? We will end the module by diving into packaging, the legislation and supply chain implications, and discuss how a correctly designed packaging will make your supply chain function better in many ways – resulting in less cost, improved flow and perfect customer experience.

Speakers:

• Henrik Knak - leading supply chain sustainability partner in Unify Partners will talk about the current trends and topics in sustainable supply chains and why sustainability is here to stay as a fly in. Henrik is examiner at DTU targeting Sustainability and Operations, and are involved in a seminar series on Decoupling in the Construction industry. 

• Manon Chloé Villers – is a PhD student from DTU Construct and the Centre for Absolute Sustainability in her final year. She will reveal the findings of a PhD research project she isfinalizing, and a 2026 seminar series focusing on ‘Decoupling’, i.e. how a company succeed in building a supply chain-based business model where growing revenue results in reduced overall emissions. The initiative and findings focus on the Construction industry which represents ~37% of the total CO2 emissions in Denmark.  

• Christian Pilegård – Founder of ReCykla, will introduce how packaging legislation – including producer responsibility and PPWR – impacts your business and how you as a leader can turn compliance into a competitive advantage. Drawing on a real-life case, you will gain a practical understanding of how to map your packaging footprint across the value chain, identify low-hanging fruits, and turn data into decisions that reduce both emissions and costs. ReCykla has since 2017 assisted companies in navigating packaging legislation and offers hands-on support in documenting and improving the circularity of their packaging. 

• Connie Solheim - Founder of TÓKI, will share her experiences from LEGO, GN Group, Nilfisk, and now TÓKI on how packaging - when designed correctly from the very beginning - can influence far more than it is typically credited for in the supply chain. Connie has four key messages to you as a new leader:

• Packaging is often underestimated and treated as a “last‑mile” decision
• In practice, it is one of the few elements that affects the entire value chain 
• Many companies lose value due to a lack of holistic thinking 
• Strategically approached, packaging can both reduce costs, improve flow, and strengthen brand and customer experience.

By the end of this session, you’ll have a clear understanding of sustainable and circular supply chains, a good understanding of how you could lead the way forward within your own value chain to improve sustainability, especially regarding decoupling and packaging.

PROGRAM – 4th JUNE 2026 @Unify Partners, Alva Myrdals Plads 3, 2nd floor.

• 17:30: Welcome /Peter17:35: Sustainability in supply chains – a new normal /Henrik

• 17:50: Decoupling – how to grow while emitting less /Manon

• 18:15: Sandwich or similar, and networking

• 18:35: Packaging – legislation incl. producer responsibility and PPWR /Christian

• 19:00: Packaging – the hidden superhero in the value chain /Connie

• 19:25: Certificates

• 19:30: End of program + socialise

• 20:00 Close of doors

If you are unable to attend, please remember to cancel your registration. A "no show" fee of 200 DKK (300 DKK for non-members) will be charged if you do not cancel, or if you cancel after the cancellation deadline.

Certificates

As this is also the last session of our cources series there will also be a ceremony of handing our certificates for those who have attended all 6 courses.

Your IDA host is Peter Brønd.

About the course:

This meeting is part of a 6 meeting serie which is aimed at introducing topics

relevant to supply chain leaders.

The full meeting series is: 

• #1 Leadership 

• #2 Supply Chain Process Analysis 

• #3 Strategy Deployment 

• #4 Project management 

• #5 Business cases 

• #6 Sustainability in supply chain

Participants that are attending all series will get a certificate from IDA Supply Chain.

Information of the meeting series and the other meetings can be found here.