About this event
Many organizations are being asked to respond to EcoVadis assessments, customer sustainability questionnaires, and supply-chain transparency expectations while managing limited internal resources and increasingly complex evidence requirements.
This webinar will show organizations across the Americas how to move beyond submission readiness and use EcoVadis as a practical improvement framework. Attendees will learn how to strengthen policies, actions, results, and supporting evidence, then translate assessment feedback into priorities that can support stronger customer relationships, supplier qualification, business resilience, and competitive positioning.
What You'll Learn
By attending, you will learn how to:
- Connect EcoVadis performance to customer relationships, supplier qualification, and business resilience.
- Understand how policies, actions, results, and supporting evidence contribute to assessment readiness.
- Recognize common causes of lower-than-expected scores, including evidence gaps and cross-functional coordination challenges.
- Prioritize practical actions before an initial assessment or reassessment.
- Apply lessons from DEKRA's experience to maintain evidence and improvement activities between assessment cycles.
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External speaker
James Giannantonio Senior Business Development Manager - Sustainability Services @ DEKRA North AmericaE
James Giannantonio is a sustainability, energy, and digital solutions professional with more than 18 years of experience helping Fortune 500 organizations achieve sustainability and decarbonization goals. He has led complex ESG, energy, and digital transformation initiatives, managed multi-million-dollar portfolios, and built strong client partnerships that deliver measurable results. His expertise includes sustainability strategy, GHG accounting and reporting, climate risk assessments, energy management, and digital solutions. James holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado Boulder and a master’s degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University. He is certified as a PMP, GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), and LEED AP.
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External speaker
Linda Baxter ESG Consultant @ DEKRA North AmericaE
Linda Baxter is an experienced ESG Consultant with DEKRA Automotive Limited, helping organizations translate sustainability requirements into practical, measurable action. Her work spans ESG strategy and implementation, greenhouse gas accounting across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, carbon verification and assurance, sustainability reporting, ESG risk and materiality assessments, and EcoVadis advisory. As an accredited EcoVadis consultant, Linda brings hands-on experience supporting companies with EcoVadis engagements in both the UK and US. She works with organizations throughout their EcoVadis journey, from initial assessment and evidence mapping through action planning and continuous improvement, helping strengthen sustainability management practices and the supporting evidence behind them.
DEKRA
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