Could Your Supply Chain Be Your Secret Sustainability Weapon?

At the University of Brighton, we’re helping businesses get the most out of their supply chains. You can access academic expertise, students, and funding to help make yours more sustainable, more efficient, and more aligned with your company values.

Work with the University of Brighton's School of Business and Law to transform your supply chain. Get in touch below to arrange a call with our Innovation team.

A well-run, transparent supply chain with sustainability at its core can help you:

Grow profits

From solid supplier relationships to transparent product stories, sustainable supply chains will help you grow your profits.

Decarbonise your business

Scopes 1 and 2 carbon emissions are in your control and straightforward. To convince investors, customers, and regulators of your deep sustainability credentials you need to tackle scope 3, your supply chain.

Manage risk

Your supply chain is one step removed from your business. Understanding its complexities and embedding sustainability principles minimises risk, such as compliance with future climate change legislation.

Reduce costs

From better inventory management to more efficient transportation, an optimised supply chain strips out waste and reduces operating costs.

Supply chain partnership in action.

Decarbonising Falcon Coffee's global supply chain.

At the University of Brighton, we’re actively working with businesses on supply chain innovation and sustainability, helping them drive efficiencies and reduce carbon.

Academic support to decarbonise a complex supply chain

As a supplier to some of the UK’s best known brands, Falcon Coffees has complex, global supply chains. They’re working with the University’s School of Business and Law to find a way to measure the carbon footprint associated with the growing and trading of coffee beans, funded through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

Funding to employ expertise

The funding enables them to employ a full-time Project Manager (Dr Mandi Caudill – pictured). Mandi works closely with a team of fellow specialists at the University, including Dr Tim Laing, an expert in global supply chains.

Pioneering work that could change the industry

Konrad Brits, CEO, said: “By discovering the best practices for carbon insetting and mitigation in our supply chain, we’re developing replicable and scalable methodologies to measure the carbon generated in coffee production. We plan to share our solution with the rest of the industry; it’s difficult to downplay the global magnitude of creating this methodology and the potential solutions.”

We've got expertise in:

+ Supply chain decarbonisation and scope 3 emissions
+ Global supply chain management
+ Procurement
+ Inventory management
+ Quality management
+ Logistics and transportation
...and more.

Find out how we could help transform your supply chain.

Get in touch to arrange a call with our Innovation team.

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