Case Studies Subject: Supply Chain Engagement

Young Scot

Young Scot and Carbon Footprint

Background Young Scot is committed to delivering services to young people in the most effective and sustainable way as possible. To that end, in 2010, Young Scot set out to do an in depth review of its carbon emissions. This was done in partnership with Osbert Lancaster, an independent consultant facilitator for sustainability, together with two young people, who were recruited via the Green Business Partnership’s Environmental Placement Programme, an initiative which matches students with …

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Gleneagles Hotel

Gleneagles Hotel

The Gleneagles Hotel is situated in 850 acres of beautiful countryside in the heart of Perthshire. The five star resort is a unique place to escape for business and pleasure. Whether you are playing golf on one of the three championship golf courses, enjoying a bike ride around our cycle tracks, or sitting by a loch enjoying a spot of trout fishing, you cannot fail to be amazed by the natural beauty of the setting. …

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Tesco Knowledge Hub

The Tesco Knowledge Hub on 2degrees … is the world’s largest supply chain collaboration, providing an engagement platform for Tesco’s top 1500 suppliers from over 20 countries. It is also a resource for hundreds of Tesco staff and partners like WRAP, IGD and the Carbon Trust. The collaboration helps to reduce the energy costs, waste and environmental impacts of the products Tesco buys, and aims to cut 30% of the carbon emissions from the supply …

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Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Main CO2 Target SEPA has set a target to reduce its direct emission of CO2 by 25% from the baseline in 2006-2007 by the end of March 2012. Despite facing challenges with increased number of buildings and staff numbers during 2007-2010, we have now turned the corner and can report that overall emissions are down 6% by the end of 2010-2011 against the baseline. Predictions are that we will reduce emissions by a further 10-12% during 2011-2012 …

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The Scotch Whisky Industry

Graham Hutcheon, Group Operations Director of the Edrington Group, reports on action taken within the Scotch Whisky industry. The Scotch Whisky industry is a mature sector and the firms and people who work in it are collaborative by nature – up to a point. When it comes to sales and marketing, it is highly competitive. Yet up to that point, there is a genuine shared interest in doing things better – for the good of …

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