Case Study: Carbon Assessment and Global Supplier Engagement
Pete Nisbet
edenseven Supports Direct Wines’ Progress to Net Zero
By providing a carbon assessment and supporting global supplier engagement.
Direct Wines Ltd (Direct Wines) is an international and independent wine merchant which launched its first non-UK business in 2007 and currently has operations across the globe, with over 450 suppliers in their network and employing approximately 1,000 people.
Direct Wines owns Laithwaite’s Wine and Averys in the UK, as well as owning and operating a number of their own vineyards and wine-making facilities in the UK, France, USA, and Australia.
Direct Wines engaged edenseven, one of the Cambridge Management Consulting group of companies, to support the acceleration of their sustainability programme, with a clear focus on engaging their supply base.
Project Overview
- To research the different techniques being adopted across the globe to sequester (store) carbon within the wine-growing community. The final report would need to show technical in-depth research and be summarised in a format to enable general circulation.
- Create a muti-language online questionnaire focussed on benchmarking Direct Wines’ supply chain engagement levels relating to decarbonisation. This analysis would be summarised and presented to the board.
- To create an engagement plan with key suppliers across multiple regions to provide a variety of consultative services to enable the acceleration of decarbonisation.
Skills & Knowledge
- An environmental expert with an in-depth knowledge of carbon sequestration and best practice techniques.
- Digital capability to produce a multi-language questionnaire and host it on a separate domain to Direct Wines.
- A clear understanding of an appropriate questionnaire structure, which will product meaningful quantifiable data, while assuring a high response rate.
- Experience in delivering bespoke carbon reduction and benchmarking projects across different geographies.
Outcome & Results
- Market Analysis: A structured research paper giving clear guidance on the methods used to sequester carbon across multiple regions. This gave Direct Wines a document which would be distributed to senior stakeholders and suppliers to help positively impact their overall Scope 3 emissions.
- Supply Chain Assessment: A clear benchmark of Direct Wines supply chains current understanding an progress to achieve net zero. This gave Direct Wines the ability to identify individual suppliers who needed support to move forward.
- Programme Development: The delivery of a programme of work across selected suppliers which consisted of carbon foot-printing assessment, renewable energy feasibility studies, best practice gap analysis, and data reviews.
About Cambridge Management Consulting
Cambridge Management Consulting (Cambridge MC) is an international consulting firm that helps companies of all sizes have a better impact on the world. Founded in Cambridge, UK, initially to help the start-up community, Cambridge MC has grown to over 150 consultants working on projects in 20 countries.
Our capabilities focus on supporting the private and public sector with their people, process and digital technology challenges.
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