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Lessons from a career in sustainability

In Episode 4 of The Small Print podcast, Nick Hughes is joined by supply chain sustainability expert, Robin Sundaram.

Robin Sundaram has spent almost four decades working in sustainability roles within the food industry, including 30 years with Nestlé. In this week’s episode, Robin shares lessons from his career to-date including how a role working in sustainability has changed since he started in the sector, why resilience is the current industry watchword, and how collaboration with suppliers is key to delivering a company’s environmental ambitions.


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Further reading

Footprint Further

Footprint Further is a practical sustainability training programme for the UK foodservice and hospitality sector, developed by Footprint Media Group in partnership with Robin Sundaram, drawing on his decades of senior supply chain and sustainability leadership in the food industry.


  1. John Curran avatar

    I enjoyed Robin Sundaram’s reflections. As a longtime corporate sustainability lead who set up my own sustainability consulting business in 2021, I share many of Robin’s perspectives. I wish him well.

    Thank you.