WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING FACTORY FOCUS Software tracks environmental impact
European packaging giant DS Smith has invested in CRedit360's award-winning sustainability software to track its environmental and social impacts with greater precision and take its reporting to the next level. A leading supplier of recycled packaging for consumer goods, DS Smith offers its customers high standards of service, quality and innovation on a sustainable basis. The company will use the CRedit360 system to manage vital sustainability data in its corrugated packaging, paper, plastics and closed loop recycling businesses across 250 sites in 22 countries. "Each of our stakeholders has their
own unique sustainability agenda and requires information on different aspects of our social and environmental performance," explains sustainability director Mark Greenwood. "As part of our commitment to helping our customers, brand owners and retailers achieve their sustainability goals we've invested in the CRedit360 solution to ensure that we manage and deliver this information efficiently and transparently. “We will be able to track the most
relevant indicators for our locations rapidly and collate that data centrally. We'll benefit from using the system to
automatically calculate CO2 equivalents. We're confident that the approach offered by CRedit360 will improve the accuracy and timeliness of data collection and enhance the quality of our reporting. This in turn will help to simplify the process of assurance and verification and generate cost savings." CRedit360 is creating a robust set of
indicators covering industry-specific issues to help the company maximise its reporting potential in line with G4 and CDP requirements and respond to customer requests.
"We're delighted to be helping DS
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCREDITATION FOR BARRETT STEEL Three sites in the Barrett Steel Group have been accredited with a Factory Production Certificate (CE Marking), ISO14001 and ISO9001. The environmental standard ISO 14001:2004 accreditation is an integral part of a company- wide campaign to reduce its carbon footprint as Mel Bray, director of integrated management systems explains: "It provides a framework for an effective environmental
management system while helping the business to grow. The strategy includes a targeted reduction in energy and resource demands along with a waste management programme to ensure we minimise waste output, increase recycling levels and target for a zero-to-landfill business."
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Smith achieve outstanding sustainability reporting," says Mark Shields, managing director, CRedit360. "Using our system the company will be able to scale its data collection activities with great flexibility as it pursues an ever more precise view of its sustainability performance. Our reporting tools will help to deliver the clarity required to convey progress and demonstrate industry-leading sustainability credentials."
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