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Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group · Sustainability to Action
Abu Dhabi: financing the transition
Dexter joined the economist and CFO panel at the 10th Abu Dhabi Sustainable Business Leadership Forum. The session connected natural capital, climate risk and sustainable growth. The organiser’s short clip records the panel with Martin Lok, Derar Almanaseer and Khalil Ammar, moderated by Eva Ramos Perez-Torreblanca.Read the originalSustainability Magazine
Ecovadis’ Galvin: The Era of Spend-Based Carbon Data is Over
Summary: David Weston’s interview with Dexter examines primary supplier emissions data, EcoVadis’s Carbon Data Reliability Levels and the evidence behind reported numbers. It connects better information with targeted supplier engagement and procurement decisions that support decarbonisation.Read the originalEcoVadis
The US Scope 3 blind spot
A US-specific analysis of the 2026 Carbon Action Report quotes Dexter on why more accurate supplier data can initially increase a reported footprint while providing the basis for better decisions, measurable reductions and investment returns.Read the originalFrom the archive
CDP Europe Awards
Brussels, 2017
CDP Europe Awards · Brussels · 20 November 2017
Celebrating Natural Capital Business Leadership
Speaking and presenting awards at CDP’s 2017 European gathering. Photographs: CDP; supplied by Dexter Galvin.
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Abu Dhabi: financing the transition
Dexter joined the economist and CFO panel at the 10th Abu Dhabi Sustainable Business Leadership Forum. The session connected natural capital, climate risk and sustainable growth. The organiser’s short clip records the panel with Martin Lok, Derar Almanaseer and Khalil Ammar, moderated by Eva Ramos Perez-Torreblanca.
Ecovadis’ Galvin: The Era of Spend-Based Carbon Data is Over
Summary: David Weston’s interview with Dexter examines primary supplier emissions data, EcoVadis’s Carbon Data Reliability Levels and the evidence behind reported numbers. It connects better information with targeted supplier engagement and procurement decisions that support decarbonisation.
The US Scope 3 blind spot
A US-specific analysis of the 2026 Carbon Action Report quotes Dexter on why more accurate supplier data can initially increase a reported footprint while providing the basis for better decisions, measurable reductions and investment returns.
Leaving Climate Week: AI, resilience and the need to act
Dexter reflects on a Climate Week dominated by AI, then returns to the practical climate agenda: credible data infrastructure, faster supply-chain action, and urgent investment in resilience and adaptation.
Climate resilience, investability and the urgency of Scope 3 action
Dexter reflects on Climate Week discussions about adaptation and resilient supply chains, then turns to PACT and the need to accelerate credible Scope 3 implementation without allowing perfect data to delay action.
Launching the 2026 Carbon Action Report
Dexter draws on the EcoVadis–Kearney report to argue that better supplier data should concentrate engagement, procurement leverage and investment where emissions are greatest—and move Scope 3 from measurement to action.
New Carbon Action Report: better data, more purposeful supplier action
Published 17 September 2026, the EcoVadis–Kearney report examines how reliable carbon data, supplier relationships and commercial incentives can support decarbonisation. Dexter contributes a foreword and is named among the EcoVadis contributors. The research covers 56,061 companies assessed from July 2025 to June 2026; only 4% use primary supplier data for Scope 3. The New York launch event follows on 21 September.
EcoVadis: The Carbon Data Key to Scope 3 Decarbonisation
Charlie King explores the report’s findings with commentary from Dexter, Pierre-François Thaler and Angela Hultberg: reliable supplier data matters most when it informs action.
EcoVadis: The Carbon Data Key to Scope 3 Decarbonisation
Georgia Collins examines what the report means for buying teams, quoting Dexter on the carbon-data gap and supplier engagement. The emphasis is practical: supplier selection, contracts and support.
EcoVadis on Data Quality in Supply Chain Decarbonisation
Louise Collins connects supplier data with decarbonisation and resilience, including Dexter’s comments on climate disruption and the need for better preparation across supply chains.
Big week in London at Sustainability LIVE (and Procurement Live).
Summary: Dexter reflects on his resilience keynote and decarbonisation panel with EcoVadis partners, the return of the Scope 3 Podcast, and his UN Global Compact webinar contribution. His connecting theme is meaningful supplier engagement: better data, relevant action and stronger resilience to climate impacts.
Decarbonisation, live and on stage
Highlights from the Sustainability LIVE decarbonisation panel: why supplier action, commercial incentives and resilience now belong in the same conversation.
Stop asking suppliers for duplicate carbon data
Dexter argues that primary supplier data should reduce administrative duplication and help procurement and sustainability teams move faster toward high-impact interventions and real emissions reductions.
Connecting EcoVadis primary data with CO2 AI
The partnership connects EcoVadis supplier carbon data with CO2 AI’s platform. The publisher’s page, updated 3 September 2026, quotes Dexter on data precision and Scope 3 transparency.
Summer work and the September agenda in Scope 3
A summer update on supplier engagement and carbon data, with a look ahead to the September speaking and climate calendar.
Climate resilience has become a supply-chain operating issue
A field note on water stress, adaptation, supplier collaboration and why finance must move alongside better risk intelligence.
SBTi is moving from target-setting toward implementation
Dexter’s reading of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard’s shift toward transition plans, continuous progress and a broader evidence base for real-world action.
Beyond disclosure: building trust in supplier GHG data
A technical whitepaper co-authored by Dexter Galvin and Quentin Fornezzo explains EcoVadis Carbon Data Reliability Levels and the evidence behind supplier emissions information.
Supply-chain decarbonisation is working. Here is what could break it.
A candid assessment of primary-data gaps, AI adoption and the hard-won supplier infrastructure that climate leaders should protect.
The disclosure era is over. The execution era is here.
Why the next advantage belongs to organisations that connect carbon information to procurement choices, product design and supplier performance.
Convening the supply-chain climate conversation in Paris
A preview of EcoVadis Sustain 2026 and conversations with leaders from SBTi and business on scaling supplier action.
Six forces reshaping Scope 3 in 2026
Better primary data, product-level footprints, evolving standards and a relentless focus on decarbonisation and value creation.
Launching Scope 3 evidence from 80,000 companies
A new empirical view of supplier climate performance—and a renewed case for treating Scope 3 as an execution challenge.
A 2016 supply-chain finance idea becomes global practice
Dexter looks back at CDP’s first sustainable supply-chain lending proposition and forward to a new generation of programmes underpinned by EcoVadis data.
Launching the 26× Scope 3 evidence
The joint CDP–BCG analysis showed upstream supply-chain emissions averaging 26 times operational emissions and identified the governance levers associated with stronger transition plans.
Project Gigaton connects targets, scores and finance
The programme linked supplier financing terms to CDP performance and science-based targets—turning environmental progress into a commercial incentive.
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