Production NW - Business analysis
Understanding the complex flows of materials, energy and value through the supply chain
Benchmarking framework
The concept of benchmarks is to set out a framework for the interaction of economic activity with environmental impact / resource consumption. This would contain, as per the 'cube' visualization below:
- Environmental factors in waste, materials, transport, energy, water, minerals, toxicity burden if known etc
- Economic / social factors: GDP / turnover, GVA, employees, capital investment, other EHS / corporate responsibility
- Average / best practice for similar firms / products
- Average / worst / best practice for the sector and sub-sector
- Comparison with regional pressure points, limits, goals and targets
For many of these issues a close link to Environment Agency information systems on major processes would be essential.
