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Safety as a Competitive Advantage: How to Build Safety Into Your Culture and Drive Productivity
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Safety as a Competitive Advantage: How to Build Safety Into Your Culture and Drive Productivity

April 22, 2025

Peter Gibbons joined 3M in November 2021 as group president of Enterprise Supply Chain, which includes planning, procurement, internal and external manufacturing, logistics, quality, engineering, and business supply chain.

Prior to 3M, Peter served as chief executive officer of TireHub, a joint venture last mile distributor between Bridgestone and Goodyear. Possessing a wealth of experience in manufacturing and supply chain operations, Peter previously held senior-level executive positions at Mattel, Starbucks and ICI Paints. His growth mindset, inclusive leadership, and orientation toward developing talent and culture has helped him lead highly successful complex changes and significant transformation.

“I believe that building confidence and removing the fear of failure are key components of leadership,” says Peter. “People achieve great things when they are embraced and valued; when they are connected, not isolated; and when their intelligence and imagination are unleashed.”

Outside of work, Peter enjoys hiking, reading, and supporting the Glasgow Celtic soccer club and serves on the board of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Physics from University of Edinburgh and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Adam Chartier of DSM-Firmenich — Ideas and Advice for EHS Professionals
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Adam Chartier of DSM-Firmenich — Ideas and Advice for EHS Professionals

November 7, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Adam Chartier, an experienced EHS leader with DSM-Firmenich, to talk about some of the ways Safety professionals keep people engaged and thinking about how they do things and why it matters, as well as how Safety is evolving in the manufacturing space. Whether you are a life-long EHS practitioner in your organization, or a leader who is being promoted into this important role, this interview offers a deep dive into where Safety is coming from, where it is today, and where it is going as a core concept, value, and culture on the shop floor and throughout manufacturing organizations. Give it a listen!

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Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen — Safety Culture with Passion, Patience, and Perseverance
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Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen — Safety Culture with Passion, Patience, and Perseverance

October 29, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Evan Bressler of Pactiv Evergreen to talk about Safety Culture. Of course everyone wants to be safe in their work, but the very fact that safety issues are ever-present means there is a temptation to treat them too casually, to forget about them when things are going well or people are in a hurry, to assume people know the right way to do things, and a host of other issues that can creep into shopfloor behavior unless Safety professionals and senior leadership sets a tone and constantly reinforces Safety Culture. What does that look like in the day to day and over the long term? How do you inspire ongoing commitment, understanding, and engagement? How do you make it matter to everyone in a very real way? How do you keep it fresh and interesting? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods — The EHS Leader’s Vital Role in Successful Food Manufacturing
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Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods — The EHS Leader’s Vital Role in Successful Food Manufacturing

November 4, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Food Manufacturing Summit series we sat down with Joe Castaneda of Winland Foods to talk about where Safety professionals are today, and what is changing in their working lives. The manufacturing sector is under constant evolution and reinvention in a changing business landscape, but Safety can never take a back seat on the shop floor or in the priorities of senior management. How does an EHS leader keep people thinking and acting in a safe manner? What do they have to know, have to do, and have to keep on top of in order to build and maintain a thriving safety culture? What are some of the obstacles all Safety professionals need to overcome in their working lives, and what are some of the best practices and new ideas helping them to meet those challenges? In this wide-ranging interview with a seasoned veteran, we get into all this and more. Give this episode a listen!

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The New Era of Food Safety Needs a Great Team with Strong Leadership
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The New Era of Food Safety Needs a Great Team with Strong Leadership

September 30, 2022

Demonstrating that even before the global pandemic, people have always been the catalysts of change and the difference-makers in every aspect of our business, and especially when it comes to Food Safety, Quality, and Compliance How do you identify, support, and develop the future leaders of your organization to carry on the FSQ values your company is built upon? Mobilizing the unique culture of our team to embracing transformation and fresh perspectives while holding onto the best of what has always driven positive outcomes in turbulent times Creating a framework that encourages all employees to unlock their potential personally and…

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QSR Food Safety Culture: Building an End to End Food Safety System and the Culture to Sustain
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QSR Food Safety Culture: Building an End to End Food Safety System and the Culture to Sustain

October 29, 2020

Strategies to embed food safety and quality standards across the supply chain Overcoming the challenges involved in building a responsible culture and how to navigate them Making the business case by Identifying long term benefits and how this journey will continue into the future — Steve Lutes VP, Global QA and Food Safety Domino’s Steve Lutes serves as Vice President, Global QA and Food Safety for Domino’s, the world’s largest Pizza company. Hired in March 2018 into this created global role, Lutes is responsible for leading the Quality Assurance team globally. Strategic initiatives he is leading include, driving culture change…

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Keynote: Food Safety Begins and Ends with People
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Keynote: Food Safety Begins and Ends with People

June 22, 2018

Making the case that food safety is everyone’s responsibility from sourcing right through to the consumer Setting the tone using a top-down approach to generate grassroots support to build a culture of excellence Talking about how individuals and teams all contribute to a shared story of success Building food safety systems that are sustainable, self-improving, and focused on high performance outcomes Illustrating that exceeding customer expectations can be the engine that drives positive change throughout an organization — Steven Graham VP Food Safety & Quality Starbucks Steven Graham was appointed Vice President, Food Safety and Quality – Starbucks in November…

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