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A programme to provide beverage companies with a way of measuring and managing their carbon footprints was started last month.
Companies participating in the Carbon Action Plan will get assistance to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and advice on how to manage supply chain emissions.
The scheme has been developed by NSF International, the food safety and standards accreditation body, and Zenith International, an international beverage industry consultancy. They will use expertise provided by Trucost, the environmental research company.
Trucost said the industry’s energy use was becoming ever more significant. Worldwide consumption of ready-to-drink beverages is approaching a trillion litres a year.
The programme will begin with the bottled water industry, followed by soft drinks, and later extend to other sectors.
Bryan McCluskey, technical manager at UK bottled water producer Highland Spring, which is taking part in the first pilot, said the biggest benefit ‘is that we can now identify greenhouse gas emission hot spots in our supply chain’.
A similar programme for measuring utilities companies’ carbon footprint was recently established by the supply chain management company Achilles (EP9, issue 11, p4).
Companies participating in the Carbon Action Plan will get assistance to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and advice on how to manage supply chain emissions.
The scheme has been developed by NSF International, the food safety and standards accreditation body, and Zenith International, an international beverage industry consultancy. They will use expertise provided by Trucost, the environmental research company.
Trucost said the industry’s energy use was becoming ever more significant. Worldwide consumption of ready-to-drink beverages is approaching a trillion litres a year.
The programme will begin with the bottled water industry, followed by soft drinks, and later extend to other sectors.
Bryan McCluskey, technical manager at UK bottled water producer Highland Spring, which is taking part in the first pilot, said the biggest benefit ‘is that we can now identify greenhouse gas emission hot spots in our supply chain’.
A similar programme for measuring utilities companies’ carbon footprint was recently established by the supply chain management company Achilles (EP9, issue 11, p4).
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