Shanghai, 12 November 2026. SSBTi is contributing supply-chain experience to the first SSCA Climate ECHO Fellowship as part of its mentor community. The programme will launch in Shanghai on 14 November 2026, bringing together corporate practitioners for three months of peer learning on supply-chain carbon data and AI applications.
CJCHT Group, a founding member of SSBTi, operates an extensive supply-chain network across China and Asia. Its experience with factories, procurement and day-to-day operations provides a practical starting point for discussions about how climate commitments can become actions suppliers can implement.
Through this participation, we hope to contribute what we have learned, listen to the challenges other companies face and help participants take workable solutions back to their organisations.
A community for shared problem-solving
The first cohort is organised through the Sustainable Supply Chain Academy (SSCA), a collaboration between the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) and Ecovane. Over three months, participants will take part in six online and in-person, closed-door learning sessions, beginning with the Shanghai launch.
The programme brings real business challenges into discussion. Its guiding principle, All Teach, All Learn, recognises that every participant has experience to share and something to learn from others.
Building a stronger data foundation for Asian supply chains
Our objective is to help build a supply-chain data foundation that reflects the realities of Asian industry, while encouraging the exchange of methods for data collection, product carbon-footprint modelling and verification.
For SSBTi, two connected questions are especially important: how companies can obtain useful, traceable data and respond to different customer disclosure requirements; and how they can use that data to compare decarbonisation options, prioritise investment and support conversations with customers.
Sharing methods and practical experience can help companies work together more effectively. The aim is to make scientific approaches understandable and usable across different industries and supply-chain roles.
Professional collaboration across borders
We believe expertise should connect people across borders. By bringing industry experience, scientific methods and peer learning together, this fellowship offers an opportunity to contribute to a stronger professional community for supply-chain climate action.
No borders. Just shared expertise.
We thank ISC and Ecovane for creating this learning platform and look forward to learning alongside the first Climate ECHO cohort.