SME businesses need all the help they can get on sustainability training , agrees Megan Adlen , group sustainability director at Travis Perkins . She says : “ Smaller companies have smaller teams . Unlike larger suppliers , like us , or larger manufacturers , they won ’ t necessarily have in-house teams who understand sustainability , who can calculate carbon , or who understand net zero and the key interventions needed to achieve it ”.
She adds : “ This is why we ’ re looking to bring them together in a supplier forum , starting next year . The aim is to share best practises across the supply chain , and hopefully inspire some of the smaller manufacturers around measures they can take to decarbonise their operations and supply team .”
Adlen says a great starting point for smaller companies struggling with sustainability is to use the free SCSS carbon calculator tool .
“ INNOVATION IS COMING THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AT PACE . WE ' RE SEEING NEW SOLUTIONS AND IDEAS COMING THROUGH ALL THE TIME ”
MEGAN ADLEN GROUP SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR AT TRAVIS PERKINS
88 January 2022