How green is your procurement? Do you consider the impact of some of the choices you make when deciding what to buy and from whom? Green procurement is about positively influencing your supply chain so that you can become more environmentally efficient together. If you want to find out more and read about our seven-step process or use our new 'traffic-light' system to assess your current practices, we will alert you when our brand new Green Procurement Guide GG921 is launched if you email us at retail@envirowise.gov.uk
If you are a retailer (or in fact any other kind of business) then we believe an environmental strategic review is a great idea. Consumers are becoming more and more critical of how the companies behind their favourite brands act. The aim is always to do more with less and use fewer resources in an informed way which will save you money and resources. The result is an improvement in the perception of your brand and the realisation of benefits from greater corporate social responsibility. Our new guide will help you to review each of your key resources and fully understand the cost of the waste you produce. You can find the EN859 Environmental Strategic Review Guide here
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It won't just be food and drink manufacturers which can potentially gain from using our EN864 Self-Assessment Guide. It helps you to review your production processes and pinpoint issues with practical tools, checklists and site review guidelines. After reading you will also better understand the cost of the waste you produce. Many think only of disposal costs and completely forget the waste hierarchy of raw materials, energy and water, off-spec products, wasted labour and waste treatment. You can find out exactly what to do by downloading the guide here.
Accountants, management accountants and chief financial officers will derive great value from our newly revised Environmental Management Accounting Guide, which incorporates input from major professional accounting bodies including ACCA, the ICAEW, CIMA, ICAS and EMAN. Environmental accounting techniques involve identifying, analysing, managing and reducing costs. These can be associated with raw materials, utilities, services or waste with potential to save money and reduce environmental impact. Envirowise has gathered practical advice and case studies to help firms review their decision-making and information flows to enable improved environmental performance, with specific attention paid to water, building management, transport and supply chain management. Find it here.
Printers sit right at the heart of the packaging and production industries and service almost every sector. The efforts they make to become greener benefit every one of their customers. The British Printing Industries Federation supports our work to provide practical information and help to this market. It is already making great strides towards reducing chemical use, emissions and wastes, and continues to incorporate more sustainable materials and substrates. The first part of our current EN924A Greener Printer Guide is designed to help printers make improvements to their own businesses. The second part is cunningly printed on the flip side of this A5 booklet and looks at the challenge from the customer's point of view, helping them to understand what to look for in a greener printer and thus help to green their supply chain. You can find or order it here.
If you want to dip your toe in the water and start to address water efficiency and waste issues within your business, you can't do better than downloading the best guide yet to getting started. Our new leaflet will help you create an action plan to assess the issue, prioritise actions and set targets for improvement. Businesses typically can achieve a 20-50% reduction in water use simply through taking a systematic approach. Download it here.