Driving Change: Our Founder’s Vision for Impact Chain and Sustainable Supply Chains
Kia ora, I’m Lauren, the Founder of Impact Chain, and we’re on a mission to help one of humanity's most important industries—the global supply chain. The significance of this sector became crystal clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now it faces another wave of disruption. Why? Because a freight train of compliance is heading straight for supply chains. In fact, if you're exporting to Europe, trade agreements are already demanding compliance.
Why Compliance Matters
A staggering 60% of global emissions stem from the supply chain, prompting global regulatory bodies to mandate new compliance regulations aimed at combating climate change. Companies must now meticulously report and audit their emissions and ethical behaviours across the entire supply chain, spanning from raw material sources to end consumers.
Do You Have Supplier Visibility?
Do you have the necessary visibility and data transparency across your suppliers to accurately report your supply chain's carbon footprint and social impact? Currently, 95% of companies can only see their tier one suppliers, like a brick in a wall, the brick only sees the bricks around it, it doesn’t see the wall.
The Challenge and Impact Chain's Solution
Navigating compliance today is complex, manual, and costly. Gathering data at scale relies heavily on supplier cooperation, leading to significant gaps in education and skills. Impact Chain steps in as a pioneer in addressing this global imperative. We utilise AI to transform supply chains into profitable, net-zero powerhouses where compliance isn't just mandatory but a catalyst for innovation and sustainable growth.
Our Unique Approach
We offer the world's first AI solution that educates, incentivises supplier cooperation, and reports compliance at scale in seconds. What sets up apart is our AI driven approach for real time recommendations and predictions that manage trade-offs, and balance time, cost and emissions. We believe balance is very important as profitability is a sign of a healthy and sustainable business. Operating a profitable business while balancing the needs of our people and planet is essential to make a positive impact on the world.
Our Journey
Since March, we've gained significant traction with an anchor customer and partner, along with participation in the Ministry of Awesome Electrify accelerator. We also have amazing R&D partners, Supahuman.ai and together we have developed our working prototype, AI Recommendation Engine for recommending suppliers showing trade-offs of cost, time and emissions, and launching our Advisor. Hear more about our recommendation engine below (full podcast here).
Launching Impact Chain AI Advisor
We're excited to introduce Impact Chain Advisor, an AI that simplifies compliance for businesses. Get instant and clear answers to your ESG compliance questions with our AI-powered advisor. No need to be an expert, use our free tool and learn what compliance means to your business and how you can have significant impact. This is a free tool, there is no cost to use it. Sign up here.
Join Us on the Journey
We have an exceptional team and advisory board with deep expertise across Product, AI, supply chain, start-ups & VC, and Sustainability. Follow us as we introduce our team members over the next few weeks and embark on a capital raise to accelerate our growth in a booming market projected to reach $1.96 trillion by 2030. For our customers, we will be focussing on our anchor customers and partner, hear more below.
Gain a competitive advantage - Be an Early Adopter
Are you interested in gaining a competitive advantage as an early adopter of innovative compliance solutions? Reach out to us to learn more about Impact Chain here or email me directly at lauren@impactchain.ai.
Why It’s Important to Me
As the founder of Impact Chain, I've dedicated over 25 years to pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation in international supply chains. I understand the complexities of supply chains firsthand and have successfully driven innovation in this field, contributing to many of today’s supply chain advancements.
My goal was to create something more than just another sustainability dashboard—I aim to truly revolutionise the core of supply chain operations by using compliance as a catalyst for innovation. This approach seeks to balance day-to-day operational decisions with considerations for emissions and, in the future, ethical behaviours.
Ultimately, it's about creating resilient supply chains that can meet the needs of future generations.
