Scolmore Group is delighted to announce that it has successfully completed Briggs & Forrester’s Bronze, Silver and Gold pathways, as well as the Modern Slavery pathway, which were launched through the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
This is a significant achievement for the Group as it continues its journey to embed corporate sustainability into the culture, strategy and day-to-day operation across its group of companies which encompasses Click wiring accessories, Ovia lighting, ESP fire and security and Unicrimp cable accessories.
A key element of the company’s overall sustainability strategy involves working closely with its customers and suppliers to enable these partner companies to meet their own long term net zero and sustainable project ambitions. As a result, earlier this year, Scolmore Group became an active member and has obtained silver membership of the Supply Chain Sustainability School - an award-winning, free virtual learning platform around sustainability, with the aim of upskilling those working within, or aspiring to work within, the built environment sector. Set up in 2012, the School’s learning covers the three core pillars of sustainability – environmental, social and economic – looking at key issues ranging from carbon management through to combatting modern slavery.
The School is led by a collaboration of industry Partners, including main contractors, homebuilders, infrastructure clients and trade contractors, who fund and steer the direction of the learning for the rest of the built environment sector.
The specific Gold pathway and Modern Slavery module which Scolmore has completed were learning pathways created by one of the School’s key main contractor partners, Briggs & Forrester, for its suppliers. As a supply chain partner to Briggs & Forrester, Scolmore Group’s engagement and commitment to improve its own sustainability will be key to enabling the contractor to meet their long term net zero and sustainable project ambitions.
Scolmore Group’s successful completion of the Gold pathway and the Modern Slavery module was confirmed on the same day as the Supply Chain Sustainability School’s recent annual summit, which was attended by Scolmore Group’s ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Analyst, Liam Pye. The annual event is an initiative aimed at bringing together industry thought leaders and sustainability champions under the theme 'Collaborating to Deliver Net Zero and Sustainability Commitments'.
Commenting on this latest achievement is Manuela Rubino-Courtney, Group Legal and Compliance Manager with Scolmore Group, and the driving force behind the company’s sustainability initiatives. She said: “As an active member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School, Scolmore Group has already reaped numerous benefits through access to the School’s valuable resources that have enabled us to bolster our sustainability efforts. Sustainability is today a core business principle and as such requires collaboration across the whole supply chain if we are all to meet our targets and ambitions.
“We were of course very keen to take up the opportunity to work on the particular learning pathways created by our customer, and one of the industry’s largest independent building services contractors, Briggs & Forrester. Having joined the Supply Chain Sustainability School as a Silver Member in March this year we are delighted to have already completed the Gold pathway and the Modern Slavery module in partnership with Briggs & Forrester as these achievements demonstrate our ongoing commitment and passion for sustainability in our industry, which is a key part of our strategic business objectives.”