In this episode, we speak with Sammie Ho Dumas, Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Williams-Sonoma, about her 20 year career focused on elevating sustainability and social impact through the supply chains of leading brands.

Timestamps:

00:18 - Welcome to Sustainable Ambassador Podcast

01:00 - Sammie Dumas Ho introduction

02:00 - Lessons from factory floors

03:05 - Asssessing compliance failures

04:30 - Educating workers and factory owners

06:00 - Assessing the environmental & social complainace of a factory

07:25 - Learninig to manage expectations

08:55 - Helping global stakeholders understand on-the-ground-reality

10:00 - Bringing balance between global standards and local realities

11:00 - Early steps / lessons in developing CSR career

12:00 - Staying relevant with ongoing education and certifications

13:25 - Anticipating emerging lessons

15:45 - Planning future career development and areas of focus

16:55 - Source of motivation and maintaining passion

18:20 - Measuring personal success & impact through work

19:10 - Advice to young professionals entering CSR/ sustainability careers

About Sammie:

Sammie Ho Dumas is the Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Williams-Sonoma.

At Williams-Sonoma, she collaborates with leadership across the business to achieve the goal of 75% of products purchased from suppliers who offer worker wellbeing programs by 2030.

She is a CSR practitioner with 20 years of experience.

She has managed CSR and sustainability programs at Target, C&A, Abercrombie & Fitch, and American Eagle Outfitters.

Contact Sammie:

- Instagram: instagram.com/sammiehodumas

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammiehodumas/

- Twitter: twitter.com/sammiehodumas

About Collective Responsibility

Based in Shanghai, Collective Responsibility is a strategic advisory firm founded by Richard Brubaker, one of Asia’s most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership.

Founded with the fundamental belief that a sustainable world can only be achieved through awareness of issues, finding tangibility in business cases, and development of cross-sector collaboration, Collective Responsibility acts as a knowledge base, catalyst, and facilitator between stakeholders.

Our mission is to:

– Create a knowledge base and catalyze discussion of issues related to the development of civil society, business sustainability and social development in Asia.

– Develop tangible interests, engagement, and action on issues of sustainability (economic, environmental and societal).

– Develop organizational capacity with the aim to help create stable and profitable enterprises.

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