🎯 In this episode: Dr. Anita Renda Kellogg joins Net Zero Compare to discuss why sustainability strategy can no longer be separated from energy security, critical minerals, trade policy, supply chain resilience, and geopolitical risk. The conversation explores how clean energy technologies, electrification, batteries, grid infrastructure, and renewable energy projects depend on complex global supply chains. Dr. Kellogg explains that the main vulnerability is often not where critical minerals are mined, but where they are processed. When processing capacity is concentrated in a small number of countries, companies can become exposed to export restrictions, trade disputes, sanctions, logistics disruptions, and rapidly changing policy. A key focus of the episode is supply chain visibility. Many businesses understand their direct suppliers but have limited insight into the lower tiers where critical materials, components, and processing dependencies may sit. For sustainability, ESG, procurement, and risk teams, this means a seemingly low-carbon product may still carry significant geopolitical, labor, emissions, or supply-security risks. The discussion also examines why companies are reconsidering just-in-time supply chains. Although lean inventory and low-cost sourcing can improve efficiency, disruptions can create far greater costs through delayed production, emergency procurement, price volatility, and missed customer commitments. Dr. Kellogg highlights the need to assess the full cost of risk, not only the initial purchase price. The episode covers practical responses such as supplier diversification, friend-shoring, ally-shoring, strategic inventory, long-term sourcing agreements, and alternative materials. It also explains why relying on a single “trusted” market may still create concentration risk. For ESG and sustainability teams, the conversation offers an important message: emissions data, Scope 3 mapping, supplier due diligence, and geopolitical risk analysis should not operate as separate exercises. The same supply chain visibility needed for credible carbon accounting can also reveal vulnerabilities that affect business continuity and the delivery of climate commitments. The episode shows that a credible sustainability strategy must answer more than how a company will reduce emissions. It must also consider whether the organization can reliably access the materials, suppliers, energy, infrastructure, and policy support required to achieve its goals in an increasingly uncertain world. Note: Dr. Kellogg’s views are her own and do not represent National Defense University, the U.S. Department of Defense, or the U.S. government. 🔗 Read the full article:https://netzerocompare.com/podcasts/net-zero-compare-podcast/anita-kellogg-national-defense-university 📍 Guest: Dr. Anita Renda Kellogg, Assistant Professor at National Defense University and host of Kellogg’s Global Politics https://www.linkedin.com/in/arkellogg 🎙 Interview by: Karol Kaczmarek, Co-Founder of Net Zero Comparehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/karol-kaczmarek-39a29651/ #AnitaRendaKellogg #CriticalMinerals #SupplyChainResilience #EnergySecurity #GeopoliticalRisk #ESGReporting #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #TradePolicy #RiskManagement #Scope3 #NetZeroCompare *** At Net Zero Compare, we deliver clear, data-backed insights for decision-makers navigating ESG reporting, net-zero compliance, and clean energy adoption. 🌐 https://netzerocompare.com 📩 Contact us: info@netzerocompare.com 📚 Explore the Academy: https://netzerocompare.com/academy 📰 Read more insights: https://netzerocompare.com/articles
