SUSTAINABILITY
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P05
IMPACT

Five levers, measured at your gate.

Most of a chemical user’s footprint sits upstream of their own site, which is where a distributor operates. These are the five places we can move your numbers without you changing your plant.

−18%
TYPICAL FREIGHT CO₂e SAVING
62%
DELIVERIES IN RETURNABLE PACKAGING
291
MATERIALS WITH PUBLISHED PCF
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WHERE WE STAND

Ask a manufacturer where their emissions are and the honest answer is usually ‘in purchased goods and transport’. That is the distributor’s territory. Consolidating loads, right-sizing packaging, substituting a difficult input and handing over accurate footprint data are all things we can do inside an existing contract.

None of it is theoretical. Each lever below comes with the measurement approach attached, so the saving lands in your reporting rather than in a case study. Where the number depends on your own network, we model it with your volumes before promising anything.

We would rather quantify a modest saving you can disclose than claim a large one you cannot.

AT A GLANCE
WHERE IT LANDS
Your Scope 3, categories 1 and 4
METHOD
GHG Protocol, cradle-to-gate
MODELLING
Run on your volumes and lanes
OUTPUT
Data in your disclosure format
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Focus areas.

FIVE LEVERS · P05
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FREIGHT
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Consolidated freight

One mixed load from one warehouse instead of six part-loads from six producers. Fewer vehicle kilometres per tonne delivered, fewer intake events for your goods-in team.

WHAT THIS INCLUDES
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Mixed-load consolidation from regional stock
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Load-factor and lane reporting
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Delivery scheduling to your production calendar
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PACKAGING
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Right-sized and returnable packaging

Bulk received and repacked into the format your line actually uses, with returnable IBCs and drums instead of single-trip containers.

WHAT THIS INCLUDES
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Repack into your working pack size
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Returnable IBC and drum fleet
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Single-trip packaging eliminated where possible
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REFORMULATION
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Reformulation support

Our labs substitute restricted, high-hazard or high-footprint inputs and prove performance before you commit. This is often the single largest reduction available.

WHAT THIS INCLUDES
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Candidate screening against your brief
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Comparable performance test data
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Regulatory position for destination markets
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DATA
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Data for your reporting

Product carbon footprints, supplier audit status and provenance issued per material in the format your disclosure needs, not as a marketing summary.

WHAT THIS INCLUDES
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Cradle-to-gate PCF per material
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Supplier assessment status under NDA
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Pre-filled customer ESG questionnaires
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RECOVERY
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Surplus and waste recovery

Off-spec material, expiring stock and cleaning residues routed to recovery through licensed partners rather than straight to disposal.

WHAT THIS INCLUDES
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Off-spec and expiring stock redeployment
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Licensed recovery routes for residues
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Reconciliation report per collection
TARGETS & PROGRESS

Measured, not asserted.

Deliveries in returnable packaging
80% BY 2030
62% today
Materials with published PCF
Top 500 BY 2028
291 published
Consolidated-load share
75% BY 2027
61% of outbound volume
Savings are modelled on customer volumes and lanes using GHG Protocol methodology before they are quoted.
WHAT WE ASK OF PARTNERS
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Share volumes and delivery lanes so the model reflects reality
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Consolidate order lines into fewer, larger deliveries
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Join the returnable packaging programme
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Tell us the disclosure framework you report under
HOW IT RUNS

Model it, prove it, report it.

01
Baseline

Your current volumes, pack formats, lanes and delivery frequency mapped.

2 WEEKS
02
Model

Each lever quantified against that baseline, with the method stated.

2 WEEKS
03
Implement

Changes phased into the supply plan without interrupting production.

BY AGREEMENT
04
Report

Realised savings issued quarterly in your reporting format.

QUARTERLY
SUSTAINABILITY REQUEST

Tell us what you need evidenced.

A product carbon footprint, a supplier audit status, a substitution study, or a completed customer ESG questionnaire. We answer within two working days and name the person handling it.

Response time: 2 working days
NDA available before data exchange
Data issued per material, not per catalogue
We use these details only to answer your request.
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