Cadbury & Carbon Foot-printing Cadbury & Carbon Foot-printing

By Ian Walsh

Cadbury like many others is on a carbon foot-printing journey.

• 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

• 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

• Flexible manufacturing asset base• Seasonal production• Global sourcing• Vast product range• Complex recipes

• Data integrity• Data availability• Excessive costs

Developing a standard approach will get us to where we want to be.

• Increased credibility• Easy benchmarking• Increased understanding

CSplc reports it’s in house emissions and direct transport emissions.

• GRI groups 1 & 2

• Carbon disclosure project top 60

We measure fuel use at site level and calculate carbon emissions.

• Gas used for steam raising• Oil used as standby fuel• Power from the grid

• 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

• Type and age of vehicle• Total mileage• Mpg

Published conversion factors are used to calculate emissions.

• Avoids confusion

• Easier verification.

• UK government and IPCC figures used

We have struggled to get reliable data from suppliers using generic mail-shots.

• 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

• 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.

Plant A Plant B

Brand X

Cadbury

suppliers customers

We are beginning with CDM and Green & Blacks

• 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.

• 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

• Clip on ammeter – for monitoring current draw and calculating power

• Bucket test – physically breaking steam mains after the trap to measure flow.

• Ultrasonic flow meters – measuring water flows in hot and cold services

• 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

• 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

• As lines are completed a live database will be developed.

We are working to create a reproducible methodology.

• 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.