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Reporting is a relay, and the baton keeps getting dropped

Emissions reporting rarely fails at the framework. It fails in the handover.

The sustainability team commits to a number. The facilities and energy teams are asked for the data behind it. Procurement chases suppliers who measure differently, or do not measure at all. Somewhere in the middle sits a spreadsheet nobody fully trusts but everybody relies on.

Meanwhile the expectations keep climbing. Customers want Scope 3 figures with working behind them. Auditors want to see where a number came from. And the reporting load grows faster than the headcount doing it.

This session is about what manufacturers are doing about that right now. Not the theory of the frameworks. The practical version, from people running it on live sites.

What we'll cover:

  • Scope 3 and supply chain reporting, in practice rather than in principle
  • Getting usable data out of suppliers without a six month chase
  • Where spend based estimates still hold up, and where they are now being challenged
  • Audit readiness and data quality, and what actually gets questioned
  • Cutting the manual work out of operational and ESG reporting
  • Improving visibility across sites
  • Balancing compliance with what is realistic on the ground 

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The teams who own the reporting

  • Sustainability and ESG leads
  • Data, reporting and compliance teams
  • Operations and manufacturing leaders

The teams who own the data

  • Energy and environmental managers
  • Facilities, estates and site services managers
  • Engineering and maintenance leads
  • Procurement and supply chain teams

If you sit on one side of that handover, forward this to whoever sits on the other.

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What you’ll take away

  • A clearer view of what good Scope 3 practice looks like inside a manufacturing business
  • Practical ways to improve supply chain data visibility
  • Supplier engagement approaches that get a usable answer first time
  • Ideas for reducing reporting complexity and manual effort
  • A sharper sense of what auditors are challenging, and how to prepare for it

An outstanding event, highly engaging, insightful, and extremely relevant. The audience participation was superb, and the collaborative roundtable format sparked valuable conversations and genuine knowledge-sharing between businesses. Without hesitation, I’d recommend it to anyone looking for meaningful industry dialogue, I’ll definitely be attending again!

Bettina Gilbert

Head of Circular Economy | WRAP

Sustainability impacts every link in the supply chain, the best solutions are only found with dialogue and collaboration across that value chain, and beyond. Sustainable Industry events  helps people meet and build the foundations for such collaborations.

Alan Knight

Chief Sustainability Officer | We Soda

Sustainable Industry events are a powerful reminder of how crucial it is for businesses to embed sustainability into their decision-making processes and operations. I came away feeling inspired and full of new ideas of how I can add value in my organization on the topic of sustainability. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet others working on similar challenges.

Morgan Blackburn

Project Lead | AstraZeneca

I found the Sustainable Industry event a very useful experience. The mixture of content and formats was incredibly thought provoking.  Overall, a very useful and enjoyable event.

Dr. John Baker

Knowledge Transfer Director | CPI

I found the content at Sustainable Industry enlightening. It is hugely encouraging to see different organisations implementing innovative solutions in the drive to embed sustainability as part of their core businesses.

Seeing hands-on people discussing case study examples of innovation is always helpful to develop an understanding of what works.



Hassan Khalid

Data Science & Machine Learning Director | AstraZeneca

A great event – planned and delivered really well. Excellent speakers, excellent (and relevant) topics. One of the best events I have attended.

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Ian Ellis

Vice PResident Engineering | Darchem

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