Start engaging before the data is perfect
Speaking to Alterna during a visit to Japan, Dexter urged companies to begin supplier engagement, improve disclosure and focus effort on emissions reductions.
Alterna · JapaneseDexter Galvin · Global business leadership
The world’s
supply chains
A shared future
Climate action depends on relationships that cross borders. My work with companies, partners and institutions spans Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.
Explore the global record
A global business perspective
Across markets
With local partners
Explore the partnerships, events and publications, including Japan, Taipei and Abu Dhabi. The entries distinguish a delivered talk, a published interview and a wider programme contribution.
Selected: JapanEvents · Partnerships · Regional perspectives
Japan
Government, business and the supply base.
Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, the Green Value Chain initiative, NTT DATA and years of dialogue with Japanese business.
2023 · Interview during a Japan visit
Start engaging before the data is perfect
Speaking to Alterna during a visit to Japan, Dexter urged companies to begin supplier engagement, improve disclosure and focus effort on emissions reductions.
Explore the Japan recordLocations identify the market or event associated with a record. Online sessions, published commentary and programme evidence are labelled in the regional entries. Geography: Natural Earth.
Japan & China
Years of work
Lasting relationships
In Japan, I helped launch the Ministry of the Environment’s Green Value Chain initiative and supported NTT DATA’s C-Turtle work. The ministry’s archive preserves my presentations from our supply-chain summits.
In China, my work on supplier disclosure and access to finance featured in green-finance analysis as early as 2016.
Selected regional records
Partners, programmes
& public contributions
Japan
Government, business and the supply base.
Bringing CDP data into C-Turtle
NTT DATA’s announcement carries Dexter’s endorsement of the collaboration integrating CDP data into C-Turtle. The service connects supplier-specific emissions information with reductions across value chains.
NTT DATA · Original announcementTransparency to Transformation
Japan’s environment ministry hosts Dexter’s keynote presentation on supplier engagement, environmental risk and the connections between emissions, water and deforestation.
Ministry of the Environment · Original presentationGlobal trends in supply chain management
Dexter’s presentation is preserved on the ministry’s Green Value Chain platform. It includes CDP–McKinsey analysis of supplier climate and water performance in Japan.
Ministry of the Environment · Original presentationSupply Chain Asia Summit at United Nations University
The official programme lists Dexter’s presentation at the summit co-hosted by Japan’s environment ministry, United Nations University IAS and CDP.
Ministry of the Environment · ProgrammeChina
The commercial case for transition.
Preferential finance for greener suppliers
China Financial Information Network reported Dexter’s early CDP proposition: connect environmental disclosure and buyer relationships with preferential supplier lending.
中国金融信息网 · ChineseEnvironmental leadership across climate, water and forests
Chinese coverage of CDP’s environmental leadership assessment carries Dexter’s call for companies to address connected environmental challenges.
China Development Brief · ChineseTaipei
Working with BCSD Taiwan.
Work with BCSD Taiwan in Taipei
Alongside my work with companies and partners across Asia, I have contributed to BCSD Taiwan’s work in Taipei.
BCSD Taiwan · Organisation websiteMcDonald’s: the climate question beyond the restaurant
Taipei-based USTV carried Dexter’s comments on food sourcing, forests and supply-chain emissions. The surviving report documents Chinese-language media coverage.
非凡新聞 / USTV · Original reportIndonesia & Southeast Asia
Forests, commodities and resilience.
Palm-oil supply chains in Indonesia
CDP’s Cascading Commitments report documents palm-oil supplier engagement in Indonesia and direct regional outreach. It places forests within the global Supply Chain programme Dexter helped build and lead.
CDP · Supply Chain report, pp. 22–23Climate volatility and supplier resilience
For Eco-Business, Dexter connects climate disruption across Asia Pacific with the need for supplier information, engagement and structured improvement.
Eco-Business · Regional reportingIndia
Resilience across global value chains.
A country-level view of climate resilience
During Dexter’s Supply Chain leadership, CDP and Accenture’s study included India in an eleven-market comparison of supplier climate exposure and response. It connects the programme’s global reach with the distinct conditions suppliers face.
Accenture / CDP · Study announcementMiddle East
Business leadership and natural capital.
Financing the Transition
At ADSG’s 10th Sustainable Business Leadership Forum, Dexter joined a discussion of natural capital, climate risk and sustainable growth. Sustainability to Action’s short panel clip records the contribution.
Sustainability to Action · Panel recapAbu Dhabi Sustainable Business Leadership Awards
Dexter served on the four-person independent judging panel for ADSG’s awards, assessing sustainability leadership in business.
Environment Agency – Abu DhabiThe Path to a Nature-Positive Future
The organiser’s recap records his contribution of global examples and case studies to a regional discussion connecting business, finance and nature.
Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi · Event recapADSG magazine interview
Dexter’s public announcement reflects on his longstanding involvement in the UAE’s decarbonisation conversation and introduces his interview with ADSG.
Dexter Galvin · Original announcementEurope
From boardrooms to public debate.
The Issue in Numbers
Dexter brought the EcoVadis perspective to Decarbonizing Tomorrow at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg, during INSEAD Alumni Association Germany’s conference. The programme and Sylvain Guyoton’s account document the contribution.
INSEAD Alumni Association Germany · ProgrammeResponsible business 2021
Chatham House’s conference archive lists Dexter among its speakers. The programme connects responsible business, supply-chain resilience and corporate climate action.
Chatham House · Conference archiveRecognising environmental business leadership
Dexter’s keynote and awards photographs document the CDP Europe gathering in Brussels on 20 November 2017.
Photographs & event recordIndustrial decarbonisation with Turner and Deben
At Decarb Connect, Dexter moderated Lord Adair Turner, Lord Deben, Will Gardiner and Damien Meadows on deeper industrial decarbonisation.
Decarb Connect · Original agendaOECD Global Forum on Agriculture
The forum’s record captures his arguments for procurement, useful supplier data, feedback and harmonised standards.
OECD · Forum summary, paragraphs 103–110North America
Supplier action, finance and data.
Building Supply Chains — The US Summit
Dexter’s Chicago presentation connects supplier empowerment, primary data, resilience and the commercial value of decarbonisation.
Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE · RecordingBusiness data for carbon impact and value creation
The SP Innovation Summit programme lists his 29 July session for automotive supply-chain leaders.
Suppliers Partnership · Original agendaWalmart, HSBC and CDP
The collaboration Dexter helped build linked supplier financing terms with environmental performance, including CDP scores and science-based targets.
Walmart · Programme announcementLatin America
Climate action as a business agenda.
Conexão Carbono Zero, São Paulo
EXAME’s interview confirms Dexter’s June visit to Brazil for the climate-business conference. The discussion covers financial exposure, innovation and the influence of buyers and investors.
EXAME · PortugueseRecognising environmental leadership
Brazilian coverage of CDP’s A List places his corporate-disclosure perspective in the national business conversation.
Reset · PortugueseOn the international stage
Business experience
A wider conversation
COP discussions, a World Bank roundtable, OECD and ITU forums—and the NZDPU Technical Advisory Board.
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