Alan Spray from Anthesis Group writes about the end of the GHG reporting season and the best in class solutions delivered in partnership with Footprinter. We share the belief that getting a good system in place allows the sustainability manager to focus on driving improvement and innovation in their organisation. …
Adopting a sustainability system brings long-term competitive advantages to a business. Few businesses today would consider operating without a company wide financial system and business intelligence tools. We believe that increasingly the same mindset is felt with sustainability teams. There is increasingly powerful software emerging and the challenges in deployment …
There is a quiet revolution going on in information technology. The world is become so digital and fast moving, that old technologies for storing and making sense of the data can't keep up. The IT revolution has the catchy name "Big Data". Here are some examples of BIG: every 60 …
Company Elopak is a Norwegian company producing cartons for liquids, starting with aseptic gable top cartons for milk. The company ranks as the world's #3 supplier of packaging for beverages selling 12.8 billion cartons (2012), and boasts manufacture of the first paperboard carton for liquid foods, branded Pure-Pak. Elopak's carton …
Company Tesco is a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer operating over 6,700 stores in 12 countries with 500,000 employees worldwide. Sustainability Performance Tesco’s ambition is to be a zero-carbon business by 2050. They have medium term targets for carbon emissions reduction in their own operations and in the …
Company WRAP helps people and businesses recycle more and waste less. WRAP was started in 2008 and is funded by all four governments across the UK and the EU and runs programs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Product Sustainability Forum (PSF) is a collaboration of grocery and …
Company Anthesis is a new sustainability consultancy formed in 2013. Anthesis successfully brought together a strong team of former environmental specialists from WSP with sustainability and footprinting experts Best Foot Forward. CEO Stuart McLachlan’s view, galvanizing Anthesis, is that companies are lacking the data, skills, systems and strategic advice needed to …
Why are so many large companies still using Excel for their fundamental sustainability data collection and analysis? The answer is … because they can. Excel is relatively easy to use and everyone has it. So it’s great for special projects and doing something like an analysis or chart quickly. Sustainability …