SUSTAINABILITY
“A TYPICAL SERVICE SUPPLY CHAIN IS A WEB OF DISCONNECTED , MANUAL PROCESSES MANAGED BY SILOED DEPARTMENTS ”
OLIVER LEMANSKI CEO , ONPROCESS
Colgate-Palmolive ’ s zerowaste commitment Yet , this is just the start for CP ; its ambition is to ensure all its facilities are Zero Waste by 2025 .
“ We ’ re aiming for Zero-Waste certification for our global operations , including our manufacturing sites , technology centres , strategic offices and owned warehouses ,” says Corbo .
The company has made significant strides in this area , but how CP has managed to make such great progress on waste reduction could hardly be less glamorous .
“ You ’ d be surprised at how we achieved this ,” says Corbo . “ It sounds kind of silly , but we started pretty much by doing dumpster dives – literally rifling through what we were putting in the waste stream .”
” We began to separate it all and started asking questions . Why is this or that not in the product ? Why isn ' t this being recycled ? What exactly is our waste stream ?
“ This is where you have to start . It takes years , and it takes focus . But money and resources we were throwing out in materials doesn ' t get thrown out anymore . It gets reused , repurposed , or put back into the product . We ’ re continually looking to reduce waste and have been for a long time .” supplychaindigital . com 89