Cadbury & Carbon Foot-printing
By Ian Walsh
Cadbury like many others is on a carbon footprinting journey.
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Our ultimate destination is to footprint
the entire supply chain
• Identify areas for focus
• Capture joint benefits
We haven’t got there just yet.
We’ve tried various routes
Our progress is accelerating rapidly
As we move towards carbon foot-printing we face
many challenges
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There is a balance between
credibility and practicality.
This is not a zero cost exercise
The journey cannot be undertaken in
isolation
Complex supply chains have potential for major
road blocks
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Flexible manufacturing asset base
Seasonal production
Global sourcing
Vast product range
Complex recipes
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Data integrity
Data availability
Excessive costs
Developing a standard approach will get us to where
we want to be.
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Increased credibility
Easy benchmarking
Increased understanding
CSplc reports it’s in house emissions and direct
transport emissions.
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GRI groups 1 & 2
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Carbon disclosure project top 60
We measure fuel use at site level and calculate
carbon emissions.
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Gas used for steam raising
Oil used as standby fuel
Power from the grid
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Need to know generating mix
Also account for on site
generation.
We have adopted and developed a web based M&T
system
We are introducing line level monitoring at key sites.
We record the mileage of vehicles and calculate
emissions
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Type and age of vehicle
Total mileage
Mpg
Published conversion factors are used to calculate
emissions.
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Avoids confusion
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Easier verification.
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UK government and IPCC figures
used
We have struggled to get reliable data from suppliers
using generic mail-shots.
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We have 100’s of suppliers on our database.
Many smaller suppliers do not measure the required data.
The request is too general
Superfluous questions
No clear importance or purpose.
We have started to develop footprints for individual
brands
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Complimentary to the overall company footprint reported
Allows the scope of the footprint to be extended along the supply chain.
Allows for closer definition
In line with the move towards product labelling.
Cadbury
suppliers
customers
Brand X
Plant A
Plant B
We are beginning with CDM and Green & Blacks
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Cadbury has 100’s of product lines globally.
Green & Blacks obvious choice
Cadbury Dairy Milk is the flagship brand
We have further the scope to single product lines.
We are working with the carbon trust using their
methodology.
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We have used consultants to help pull together some information.
The carbon trust are independent and commercially neutral
Other companies have already worked with the methodology
The Carbon Trust have credibility with stakeholders
Not all plants have enough sub-metering
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Clip on ammeter – for monitoring current draw and calculating power
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Bucket test – physically breaking steam mains after the trap to measure
flow.
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Ultrasonic flow meters – measuring water flows in hot and cold services
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Infra red temperature sensors – flow and return temperatures in services.
We have approached key suppliers for information
>98%
We have used short concise questionnaires tailored
to the supplier
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Need to collect sufficient information
Easy to complete
Not excessively time consuming.
Need to tread carefully around the issue of commercial sensitivity.
We intend to repeat the exercise for a number of our
leading UK brands
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As lines are completed a live database will be developed.
We are working to create a reproducible
methodology.
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We are actively working with the carbon trust
Having an agreed methodology will enable future benchmarking
The method must be credible and practical
We are keen to liaise with retailers, manufacturers
and others.