Sustainability Leaders Awards 2022 finalist
Waterscan and the Self-Supply community recognised for outstanding water management.
Waterscan and the Self-Supply community recognised for outstanding water management.
Waterscan and long-term customer Whitbread were delighted to be jointly awarded the Footprint Drinks Awards Sustainable Use of Water Award 2021.
On 14th April 2021, Waterscan and Whitbread co-hosted a virtual Tea at 3 event. This was for a privately invited group of senior sustainability, procurement and utilities managers from across the UK’s hospitality, leisure, retail, manufacturing and transport sectors.
Whitbread is the UK’s largest operator of hotels and restaurants. Here, we speak with Yvonne Mason, Environment Manager and Ross Greenhalgh, Energy Manager, about how the company has moved from effective water management to industry-leading stewardship, and most recently to resilience-based forward planning.
“If you want to make progress on global challenges, start with water”, advises the World Economic Forum.
The water industry is the first sector in the UK to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Sefton Council is expecting to improve its environmental performance and achieve significant efficiency savings by entering a Self-Supply water partnership.
Sainsbury’s has applied to water market regulator Ofwat for a Self-Supply licence.
Ofwat has granted water self-supply licences (WSSLs) to John Lewis PLC and Kellogg’s in a move that will see self-supply operable in two new commercial sectors: retail and food manufacturing.