IEMA collaboration Sustainability focus is nothing new to the company , having been a top agenda item since 2008 – and its importance rising every year . Diageo has twined this with increasing the size of its team working on its sustainable efforts – as well as setting up new teams .
“ These teams are experts in their field across supply and procurement , and we felt it was important that everyone has the same baseline understanding of environmental management and sustainability ,” Andy adds .
“ With the new knowledge and skills they ’ re learning through the course , our teams are well-informed and up
“Partnerships are vital as we all work to reach our sustainability goals . We need to partner with the experts in the field to fill our knowledge gaps ”
ANDY GRIFFITHS HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT DIAGEO procurementmag . com 69