eNVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

MAJOR SUCCESS FOR THAMES WATER AND CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS IN SUPPLY CHAIN PROJECT TO REDUCE FIXED COSTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

'Cutting the Cost of Cleaner Water'

This article summarises the outcome of the 18 month project between IeC and Chemical Strategies Partnership, funded by Yorkshire Forward

We aim to help our clients develop strategies that will to build sustainability along the entire value chain.  This involves helping clients to:

• Understand the changes taking place in the external landscape
• Identify the actions required to respond to these
• Implement changes in a sustainable and cost-effective way

Companies tend to have distinctive needs in this area, according to the size and nature of their individual business, and our approach responds to this.  We also recognise that this is a developing area: today's growing focus on the sustainability of products, as well as on their price and technical performance, is increasingly leading to a wider need to  demonstrate social responsibility to employees, business partners and society.

The particular area where we operate is in helping companies to transform their chemical supply chain by changing the relationship between downstream manufacturers and chemical suppliers. We assist clients to develop supplier-customer relationships that:

• Move away from traditional product/performance-based negotiations
• Become more strategic and incentive-based
• Provide chemical products and relevant technological know-how within a service-based offering  

We aim to help clients understand the emerging new landscape, identify potential strategies, and implement these successfully. 

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