You can't build or develop sustainably without a sustainable supply chain. This episode unpacks the groundbreaking Supply Chain Sustainability School. Hear from Elaine Billington, Dale Turner and Nick Baker on how this collaborative platform is upskilling thousands, reducing costs and raising industry standards for a more sustainable future. Guests in this episode: <ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="list"> <li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"> Nick Baker, Sustainable Supply Chain Manager, Skanska Group </li> </ul> <ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="list"> <li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"> Dale Turner, Director of Procurement and Supply Chain, Skanska UK </li> </ul> <ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="list"> <li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"> Elaine Billington, Chief People Officer, National Highways, UK </li> </ul> Host: John Ambrose

<description>&lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;You &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;can't&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; build or develop sustainably without a sustainable supply chain. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;This episode unpacks the groundbreaking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Supply Chain Sustainability School&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;. Hear from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Elaine Billington, Dale &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Turner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Nick Baker on how this collaborative platform is upskilling thousands, reducing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;costs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; and raising industry standards for a more sustainable future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Guests in this episode:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="list"&gt; &lt;li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Nick Baker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;, Sustainable Supply Chain Manager, Skanska Group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="list"&gt; &lt;li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Dale Turner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8" lang="SV-SE" xml:lang="SV-SE" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;, Director &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Procurement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; and Supply &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Chain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;, Skanska UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="list"&gt; &lt;li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW99865500 BCX8" lang="SV-SE" xml:lang= "SV-SE" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Elaine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Billington&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="TextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8" lang="SV-SE" xml:lang="SV-SE" data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;, Chief &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;People&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; Officer, National &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Highways&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{"335557856":16777215,"335559739":0}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props= "{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW99865500 BCX8"&gt;Host: John Ambrose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP Selected SCXW99865500 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

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Uncover the secret to building resilient, profitable places. Snøhetta's Marius Hauland Næss and Skanska's Ida Granqvist discuss how people-centric design and collaboration drive long-term value for everyone involved. Host: Malin Dalén

<description>&lt;p&gt;Uncover the secret to building resilient, profitable places. Snøhetta's Marius Hauland Næss and Skanska's Ida Granqvist discuss how people-centric design and collaboration drive long-term value for everyone involved. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Host: Malin Dalén&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Cultivating Connection: Architecture as Social Infrastructure #45

Discover how neuroscience and neurodesign are transforming workplaces to truly work for everyone. Dr. Elizabeth Nelson and Anna Wiśniewska reveal why designing beyond the "average brain" – by offering choice, catering to diverse needs, and embracing biophilic elements – leads to lower burnout, less stress, and more vibrant, productive environments. Tune in to understand the future of human-centered workplace design. Host: John Ambrose

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"&gt;Discover how neuroscience and neurodesign are transforming workplaces to truly work for everyone. Dr. Elizabeth Nelson and Anna Wiśniewska reveal why designing beyond the "average brain" – by offering choice, catering to diverse needs, and embracing biophilic elements – leads to lower burnout, less stress, and more vibrant, productive environments. Tune in to understand the future of human-centered workplace design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"&gt;Host: John Ambrose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Designing for a better day: Workplaces that work for everyone #44

Unlock the secrets to improved productivity in construction. Dr. Jan Elfving from Skanska Finland reveals how new methods are slashing project times, enhancing quality and reducing environmental impact. Host: John Ambrose

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);"&gt;Unlock the secrets to improved productivity in construction. Dr. Jan Elfving from Skanska Finland reveals how new methods are slashing project times, enhancing quality and reducing environmental impact. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61);"&gt;Host: John Ambrose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Half the Time: A New Era of Construction Efficiency #43

The world faces a looming freshwater crisis, but innovative collaboration is providing solutions. In this Highlight episode, Siân Thomas (Anglian Water) and Jon Kiteley (Skanska) explain how strategic partnerships, data-driven insights, and nature-based solutions are helping safeguard water resources and build resilience.

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(9, 9, 11);"&gt;The world faces a looming freshwater crisis, but innovative collaboration is providing solutions. In this Highlight episode, Siân Thomas (Anglian Water) and Jon Kiteley (Skanska) explain how strategic partnerships, data-driven insights, and nature-based solutions are helping safeguard water resources and build resilience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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