SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability LIVE : Net Zero
Patrick ’ s address – which saw him speak alongside Javier López Gómez , Global Head of Corporate Sustainability at SGS and Mark Jones , Chief Sustainability Officer at THG – circles perfectly back into how Caitlin views Scope 3 emissions , as something all members of supply chains should work on collaboratively to ensure are as low as possible .
Partnerships central to lowering Scope 3 emissions “ Most emissions come from outsourced distribution which is usually in the petrol and diesel for vehicles ,” Caitlin shares . “ Clearly , businesses can improve this through more efficient use of logistics – having fuller trucks – and through the use of reverse logistics – managing returns and repairs more effectively .”
US retail technology provider Spencer Technologies , for example , uses IFS automation of reverse logistics to ensure its retail customers ’ assets and components are serviced as required and reach the right destination . Automation avoids wasted journeys and optimises movement of parts when machinery needs to be picked up , repaired and returned .
She continues : “ The difficulty in Scope 3 monitoring is working out how much of a third-party ’ s emissions an organisation should ascribe to its partners and customers . Achieving this makes cooperation essential . Everyone is reliant on data from their partners to fill in the picture – which places a high premium on collaboration .
“ What we need is standardisation to ensure everyone reports data in the
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