Specialist infrastructure provider, blu-3, has announced it has achieved silver level accreditation from the Supply Chain Sustainability School (‘SCSS’) for supporting and advancing meaningful sustainability gains across a number of departments.
An award-winning industry collaboration, SCSS is led by partners and members that strive to generate a world class sustainably-built environment. The initiative encourages companies to implement new practices and processes to conduct more eco-friendly business operations across supply chains.
Head of International Procurement at blu-3, Alan Withers, said: “This accreditation is something we are extremely proud of and, and it’s a great reward for the hard work of our procurement team. Our SCSS accreditation is a shining example of how we are investing in sustainable practices and committing to our targets of continuous improvement.”
The accreditation achieved by blu-3 enables the company to utilise SCSS platforms that promote collaborative sustainability networking and enhance strategic learning capabilities.
Alan added: “Sustainability and procurement operations go hand in hand but beyond that, an eco-friendly mindset can extend across all of our departments, therefore this accreditation and membership will aid not just our procurement function, but other parts of the business too. This is a key initial step in us taking the wider company forward.”
Through its assessment by SCSS, blu-3 was judged on its demonstrable understanding of:
- Modern slavery
- Environmental & sustainability issues
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Off-site production
- Innovation
After achieving silver level success, the next step for blu-3 is to advance to gold standard as it progresses into 2020. This will ensure the continued improvement of procurement and supply chain initiatives and ultimately improve the overall sustainability of the business.
For more information, visit supplychainschool.co.uk/
