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Sustainability affects business resilience, reputation and relationships. The strategic importance of sustainability for the food and grocery industry continues to grow, as it accounts for approximately:
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14% of energy consumption by UK businesses
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7 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year
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10% of all industrial use of the public water supply
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10% of the industrial and commercial waste stream
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25% of all HGV vehicle kilometres in the UK
(Source: Defra)
With the industry being challenged and challenging itself to reduce its impact on the environment and natural resources, you and your business will need to understand how sustainability impacts your role, company and relationships with others in the supply chain.
You will need to know what the key sustainability themes are, and what major organisations are doing to become more sustainable, along with what best practice initiatives they are implementing.
Combining latest industry thinking and best practice with the knowledge and experience of your tutors and fellow delegates, the workshop presents a highly visual and interactive view of sustainability across the supply chain.
The workshop will enable you to:
- Improve your understanding of the interconnectivity of sustainability in your supply chain
- Know the latest solutions and best practice examples from industry
- Increase your understanding of what and how sustainability issues impact businesses and their supply chain partners
- Recognise the key elements of successful sustainability strategies across the whole supply chain
- Drive focus and resilience within your own organisation’s sustainability strategy
- Network and learn from other delegates, and hear about the opportunities and challenges of integrating sustainability into their business
- Sustainability Director
- Head of CSR
- Environmental Manager
- Supply Chain Manager
- Head of Health, Safety and Environment
- Sourcing Manager
- Product Manager
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- Logistics Manager
- Project Manager
- Operations Director
- Customer Services Manager
- Head of Packaging
- National Account Manager
- Marketing Executive
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The workshop starts at 9.00am and finishes by 17.00pm
| GLOBAL DRIVERS OF SUSTAINABILITY |
- Demographic changes and growing resource constraints
- Sustainability definitions and theory
- Key stakeholders, roles and relationships in the supply chain
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| MAJOR SUSTAINABILITY THEMES IN PRACTICE |
- Focus on key sustainability topics (GHG, water, waste, ethics) within industry
- Understand where the impacts occur in the supply chain
- Interactive sessions to identify hotspots within the chain
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| IDENTIFY TRADE OFFS AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES |
- Highlight the interconnectivity of sustainability
- Understand business and management choices
- Opportunities and challenges of implementing sustainability initiatives
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| SHOPPER ATTITUDES AND ITS IMPACT ON INDUSTRY |
- What shoppers expect from industry
- Shoppers’ key environmental concerns
- How industry is engaging with shoppers
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| COMPARING AND CONTRASTING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES |
- Review the major retailers sustainability strategies
- Learn about the key manufacturer sustainability strategies
- Understand the key emerging sustainability trends
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The workshop is aimed principally at the food and grocery industry, but may be of interest to anyone wishing to find out more about sustainability, reduction in energy consumption, food transport, the use of water, the management of waste, corporate responsibility and ethical trading.
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21 March 2012
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If you have a few participants and would prefer us to run the workshop at your office with your commercial team, on a date that is convenient to you, please email academy@igd.com to discuss alternative solutions.
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