Overview
Read how Comply Direct helped leading global skin care company Beiersdorf, become fully compliant with the new ESOS legislation and turn a legislative requirement in to a real opportunity to make savings
Beiersdorf are members of Comply Direct’s Packaging Compliance Scheme,
utilising our Data Management services. Beiersdorf were made aware of the
UK Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) through direct contact
with our Carbon and Sustainability team
Read how Comply Direct helped leading global skin care company Beiersdorf, become fully compliant with the new ESOS legislation and turn a legislative requirement in to a real opportunity to make savings
Around 10,000 UK organisations were expected to be required to comply with ESOS in 2015. The Environment Agency confirmed that around 40% of these 10,000 businesses expected to be obligated by ESOS were non-compliant at the extended 29 January 2016 deadline. Beiersdorf UK Ltd were not one of these. Beiersdorf are one of the world’s largest skincare companies and are members of Comply Direct’s Packaging Compliance Scheme, utilising our Data Management services. Beiersdorf were made aware of the UK Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) through direct contact with our Carbon and Sustainability team who worked with Beiersdorf representatives to establish requirements to comply with ESOS in the UK and the Energy Efficiency Directive in Northern Europe. With an established level of trust, Beiersdorf outsourced all responsibility to our Carbon and Sustainability Team Project managed by James Dobing, Senior Environmental Analyst at Comply Direct and overseen by Alan Asbury, Lead Assessor, to gather the necessary data, conduct an ESOS compliant audit and produce a comprehensive energy efficiency report.
Comply Direct helped Beiersdorf turn a legislative requirement into a real opportunity to make significant savings …… • Audits were completed - Onsite auditing was carried out at the two major UK sites • ESOS evidence pack was completed - Data was compiled, opportunities researched and solutions assessed to produce a comprehensive package of measures containing total energy usage onsite alongside transport assessments, advising best practice where appropriate • Supported their compliance notification to the EA - We provided assistance in completing the final Environment Agency submission, providing key details required for the notification and details of the Lead Assessor to ease the notification process • How many opportunities found? - 14.2% of savings on total energy consumption, which if implemented would likely save 590,000 kWh per year – an annual cost saving of £69,000 resulting in a payback period of approximately five years • Assisted Beiersdorf with European EED (ESOS equivalent) compliance: We conducted on-site reviews and provided full support with the whole compliance process in Sweden and Denmark, ensuring the implementation of ESOS in Northern Europe and assuring Beiersdorf that they had complied fully
Beiersdorf continue their ‘We care’ sustainability strategy, and are fully compliant with the ESOS Regulations, ensuring they support their business goals whilst continuously reducing their environmental footprint. They have realised the potential to implement a number of improvements that would achieve significant energy reductions and cost savings as a direct result of utilising Comply Direct to conduct the ESOS Assessment process.
“Comply Direct were efficient in organising all the audits we needed and have helped us identify areas to save energy that had not previously been considered by the business, enabling us to continue focusing on improving the energy efficiency of our business activities. We have made energy efficiency an integral part of our regional supply chain road maps and defined concrete actions, such as installing co-generation systems and optimizing cleaning processes for all our European production sites. Our 34% CO2 reduction at our global production sites confirm that we are making good progress in this area. We also increased our use of renewable energy and pledged to extend this commitment. As of 2016 all German production and office sites will be run entirely using renewable energy – this represents nearly 20% of our production and 50% of our office sites worldwide. We have upgraded our targets for our new production center in Mexico. We are aiming for LEED platinum – (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) one of the highest environmental certifications available for buildings. Compliance with ESOS through Comply Direct allows us to drive improvements in our UK operations to complement our sustainability achievements globally."
Alan Asbury; ESOS Lead Assessor for this project, says: "Beiersdorf are an exceptionally well managed organisation with a positive ethos towards the environment. They have already enacted many technological and design solutions but are continually striving to do more. It has been a very fulfilling and positive experience working for such a progressive organisation."
