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programmes. The best suppliers will lead on Scope 3, offering support to their clients.
Four key strategy considerations 1. Measurement: Be proactive in adopting systems and processes to measure your own emissions that will, in turn, create Scope 3 emissions for your clients. 2. Reduction: Work directly with clients to put plans in place to reduce these emissions. Progress against C A RB O N RE DUC TION these plans should regularly be measured and challenges addressed collaboratively. 3. Offset: Any offset schemes should be targeted in areas that Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions are under an organisation’s direct matter to you and your clients, control. Scope 3 emissions, however, are more complex to capture. driving the greatest social value and impact. An example Here, Steve Wallbanks outlines a plan for addressing them that we’ve adopted at Atalian Servest is working with our rapidly, few SMEs will have coffee producers to not only How you approach this will cope 3 emissions are prioritised carbon reduction drive our own carbon emission depend on the type and source indirect or value chain in the same way that larger reductions, but also improve of your Scope 3 emissions. emissions – created companies have. their quality of life and address However, most will want to by others in support of an In addition to setting other sustainability issues. focus on a three-step process: organisation’s activities. expectations, some 1. Focus on the largest 4. Beyond Scope 3: The They largely stem from organisations will need to suppliers first: Make sure primary focus should be on supply chain partners, but actively support their SME your suppliers can measure reducing your emissions that include emissions created supplier base in measuring and report their emissions contribute to your clients’ by colleagues commuting and reducing emissions. This and be crystal clear about Scope 3. But take this a step to work. might mean providing them reduction or offset targets. further to help them reduce with access to measurement Agree to targets, then report their own direct emissions. Work with supply partners tools to begin. Furthermore, in regularly on the progress. Atalian Servest’s CarbonEyes To control Scope 3 emissions, the likely event that offsetting 2. Build carbon emission initiative helps our clients you’ll need to decide which is required, you might want to assessments into the spot and report carbon wastage of the 15 Scope 3 categories consider providing them access procurement process: on their own premises, be you want to measure and set to any offsetting schemes you Include carbon as a key it a dripping tap, lights left the organisation clear targets have set up for yourself. determinant of supplier on, or waste not being for each. You may want to selection, using a twin-track correctly recycled. address all of these or simply approach of selecting lowThere are many a subset. The UK government, A supplier’s carbon suppliers and gaining ways to work with for example, asks large perspective clear commitments from new your suppliers and suppliers to measure five of While driving down suppliers on the measurement customers to reduce the categories when setting your own Scope 3 and reduction of carbon emissions throughout net zero targets. Until you emissions, don’t emissions over time. the value chain. understand the scale of your forget your clients will 3. Address and support Working together emissions you can do little want you to support STEVE WALLBANKS the rest of your supply is critical to drive to set targets and measure them to reduce theirs is chief chain: Addressing Scope 3 real and sustainable progress. Organisations will and they will all be operating with smaller suppliers can reductions in direct be unable to measure Scope 3 adopting similar officer of hard be a challenge. Although and indirect carbon emissions without the help measures for their services at the landscape is changing emissions. of their suppliers. own carbon reduction Atalian Servest
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