Founder and CEO of Sourcemap, the supply chain transparency company, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2023 and Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2022. Leo is an advocate for just supply chains who has testified before the US Senate on technology to fight forced labor and has been named to Ethisphere's ‘100 Most Ethical People in Business Ethics.’ He is a tech pioneer, an inventor, an activist and an instructor with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and degrees from Columbia and MIT.
TEDx Milano | How and Why to Map Supply Chains
World's Toughest Supply Chains on CNN
TEDx Milano
I'll be speaking at this year's TEDx Milano on October 8th - get your tickets now!
World Changing Ideas Award
Ethical issues, from deforestation to labor concerns, can hide deep in a company’s supply chain. The most prominent issue is forced labor, affecting 28 million people around the world. But rooting out those bad actors can be difficult. Supply chains are gigantic, involving tens of thousands of companies—suppliers who have their own suppliers who have their own suppliers. Many businesses may not know who they’re really working with.
Ma Tribune / My Op-ed in Le Monde
Dix ans après le drame du Rana Plaza, il ne faut pas que le devoir de vigilance se transforme en opportunité manquée, alerte, dans une tribune au « Monde », l'entrepreneur Leonardo Bonanni, qui explique qu'il est désormais possible de suivre le cycle de vie des produits, de l'exploitation des matières premières jusqu'au produit fini.
How A.I. and DNA Are Unlocking the Mysteries of Global Supply Chains
“It’s eminently doable,” said Leonardo Bonanni, the chief executive of Sourcemap, which has helped companies like the chocolate maker Mars map out their supply chains. “If you want access to the U.S. market for your goods, it’s a small price to pay, frankly.”
Audio: NY Legislature considers supply chain transparency bills
Video: Keynote at CBP Tech Expo
Sourcemap named to Fast Company Most Innovative Companies 2023
Profile in Les Echos
Profile of Leonardo Bonanni, Sourcemap Founder and CEO, in the Les Echos magazine.
Op-Ed on the new Anti-Greenwashing Laws
My op-ed in Greenbiz on what companies can do to build trust in the face of the new anti-greenwashing laws in Europe and the US
Sourcemap named to TIME Best Inventions
Sourcemap was named to the TIME Magazine Best Inventions of 2022
Breitling x Sourcemap in the New York Times
Podcast: Legal Listening: The Fox Rothschild LLP Podcast
Radio: New Forced Labor Prevention Act Goes Into Effect
Podcast: Maintaining Supply Chain Integrity
Environment + Energy Leader 50
TV: Clean Beauty on ABC TV
Podcast: Scaling Sustainability
Video: Senate Testimony
Dr. Bonanni testified to the US Senate Finance Committee on Traceability Technology to Fight Forced Labor