Procurement Magazine April 2024 | Page 142

OCS AND ITS NET ZERO STRATEGIES
“ Our current focus is on switching our fleet of 2,500 vehicles to EVs , which will take several years to achieve but we have made a good start on this and as the charging infrastructure improves , this will be accelerated . We are also close to having 100 % renewable energy in our UK and Ireland offices . Our target is to achieve this by 2025 and we are on track to hit this date .
“ We are at the early stages of a long journey in reducing our emissions . As we mature throughout 2024 and the ESG and procurement teams work even more closely with each other , there will be more to come .” – Jacky So , UK and Ireland ESG Director at OCS on track to net zero and meeting supply chain regulations ,” he notes “ The cleaner and more available your data , the more you know , and the more targeted your decision making can be .”
The role of technology in net zero strategy “ Tracking the sustainability of a supply chain is first and foremost a data problem ,” Ergin explains . Therefore , organisations need to have systems in place to capture the data they need , and they need
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