It only takes one simple idea to generate positive change in the supply chain. Simplicity is key to ensuring an equitable, profitable progression of sustainability solutions.

Organisations may aim to improve upon their energy consumption, manage their assets to reduce the amount of time for product distribution, or reduce the emissions involved in getting the products to market. Tosca, by providing reusable plastic packaging and pallet solutions in an efficient pooling system, challenges many of the sustainability pain points supply chains face today. 

Common ground now firmly exists among many businesses as they embark on projects in aid of sustainability. The global call to action has seen many corporations developing rapidly to meet the environmental, social and governance (ESG) demands of the 21st Century. 

Many of these demands relate to the climate crisis tightening collective expectations of companies, with the Paris Climate Agreement seeing more stringent commitments to limit global warming to an increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius—and nothing more.

Sustainability has been ingrained in Black & Veatch’s DNA for more than a century, whose strong environmental credentials predate the term ‘carbon footprint’ by 70 years.

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with a century’s work in sustainable infrastructure. 

“Since 1915, we have helped our clients improve the lives of people around the world by addressing the resilience and reliability of their most important infrastructure assets,” says Amanda O’Dell, Corporate Sustainability Manager. 

The coronavirus pandemic took a struggling National Health Service (NHS) and imposed even further pressures on the organisation that was already stretched to its limits. One important lesson that COVID-19 taught us is that supply chain resilience is critical to maintaining services. The procurement shared service team played a key role to ensure the Trust maintained supply and supported other hospitals across the region, from setting up a 3D Print Farm and air freighting PPE from China to providing over one million items as mutual aid to over 40 healthcare organisations. 

The organisation’s procurement team, comprised of around 200 employees, is responsible for sourcing, systems, and supply chain operations across four NHS Trusts with responsibility for over £500mn direct spend. 

The Indian mining sector produces nearly 95 different minerals, consisting of fossil-fuel, metals, and non-metallic materials, as well as other minor minerals. But as some of the major polluting materials are phased out in years to come, the emphasis is turning towards materials with applications in new technologies for sustainable development. 

As focus is shifting to more and more sustainable growth it is imperative that more and more steel used in building infrastructure are galvanised. This will reduce the need for replacement which accounts to almost 15% in infrastructure related steel consumption in India. Moreover, for a static energy storage solution, Zinc batteries will prove to be very crucial in the coming years.