Strategic Field Mapping Workshop | The Human Side of Scope 3 & Supply Chain Transformation
About the session
Across industries, companies are setting ambitious decarbonization targets — yet reducing emissions across complex supply chains remains one of the most difficult challenges in climate action.
While Scope 3 efforts often focus on emissions accounting, reporting, targets, technology, and supplier requirements, much less attention is given to the human, organizational, and psychological conditions that determine whether meaningful change actually happens.
Effective supply chain transformation requires cooperation across companies, departments, suppliers, and industries — often involving different priorities, unequal resources, competing incentives, limited trust, and complex power dynamics.
This facilitated workshop explores Scope 3 implementation through a psychological and systems-oriented lens: trust, cooperation, ownership, collective agency, organizational culture, decision-making, supplier engagement, and the often invisible barriers between commitments and action.
Participants from companies, business networks, and other relevant organizations will collectively explore where Scope 3 implementation currently breaks down, which enabling conditions are missing, and how stronger human and psychological infrastructure could support effective supply chain transformation.
Rather than focusing primarily on technical emissions accounting or regulatory compliance, the workshop takes a broader perspective on the people, relationships, organizations, and cooperation systems needed to deliver meaningful emissions reductions.
What to expect
A facilitated, participatory small-group online workshop focused on:
identifying psychological and organizational barriers to Scope 3 implementation,
mapping cooperation challenges within and across supply chains,
exchanging experiences across companies and industries,
identifying practical enabling conditions for supplier engagement and collective action,
and exploring opportunities for collaboration and future initiatives.
This is not a panel or presentation-based event.
Themes explored
the gap between Scope 3 commitments and implementation
trust and cooperation between companies and suppliers
supplier engagement, ownership, and motivation
organizational silos between sustainability, procurement, and leadership
competing incentives, power dynamics, and shared responsibility
collective agency and collaboration across value chains
decision-making under uncertainty and complexity
psychological and institutional barriers to behavioral change
enabling conditions for long-term supply chain partnerships
psychological infrastructure for effective decarbonization
Who this is for
This session is designed for:
corporate sustainability and decarbonization leaders
procurement and supply chain management professionals
supplier engagement and value chain transformation teams
business networks and industry associations, including organizations working on collective Scope 3 action
companies and suppliers across different sectors and value chains
climate and sustainability implementation practitioners
researchers working on organizational behavior, cooperation, and supply chain transformation
organizations supporting corporate decarbonization and cross-company collaboration
We aim to bring together a diverse group of participants from approximately 5–10 companies, alongside selected business networks and experts.
If you or someone else from your organization would like to join, please request participation here in Luma.
What you will get out of it
Participants will leave with:
a deeper understanding of why Scope 3 implementation often stalls despite ambitious commitments,
language to identify hidden psychological and organizational barriers,
insights into trust, motivation, cooperation, and supplier engagement,
a collective systems map of key implementation challenges and enabling conditions,
and new connections across companies and organizations working on supply chain transformation.
The workshop will also help identify promising areas for further collaboration, practical experimentation, and potential joint initiatives.
Format
Facilitated strategic dialogue & systems mapping workshop
Duration: Approximately 2.5 hours
Participants: Approximately 12-18, curated small group
Location: Online via Zoom
About ClimateMind
ClimateMind is a psychological infrastructure organization working on the human dimensions of climate, biodiversity, and societal transformation. We explore how psychological and organizational factors — such as trust, identity, emotions, resilience, cooperation, and collective agency — shape our ability to navigate change and turn ambitions into meaningful action. Our work combines psychological science with practical approaches to strengthen collaboration, decision-making, and implementation across sectors and institutions.
More details: climatemind.de/en.