In 2013, Lavery Pennell expects leading companies to be unlocking five new areas of value to increase profits: 1. Resource productivity. Labour productivity has been a focus of most companies for decades – resulting in decreasing headcount. However, since the mid-2000’s, input materials and energy have been rapidly increasing in price, overshadowing labour cost savings. In 2013, we see leading

A new examination of the barriers to Distributed Generation has been released.  Lavery Pennell’s CEO Greg Lavery was a member of the Steering Committee. Entitled ‘Distributed Generation: From Cinderella to Centre Stage’ the report provides an overview of distributed generation in the UK and the barriers that it faces. Authored by the Carbon Connect division of Policy Connect, the study

The Next Manufacturing Revolution is calling for waste and sustainability experts to review an important new draft paper that examines the profit and environmental potential of Process Waste Reduction for the UK manufacturing sector. What is this all about? This paper represents the first step in a program of activities to accelerate the next manufacturing revolution and the benefits that

The Next Manufacturing Revolution is calling for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability experts to review an important new draft paper that examines the untapped profit and environmental potential of Energy Efficiency for the UK manufacturing sector. The Next Manufacturing Revolution study encompasses a broad range of topics including process waste, packaging, transport efficiency, recycling, supply chain collaboration and growth – all

Our work with business and thought leaders has identified a profound change in the way that businesses are run in the after-financial-crisis (afic) world. On the input side, capital is scarce, resource prices are increasing and becoming more volatile, externalities (such as carbon dioxide) are beginning to be priced into the economy, new technologies are emerging with increasing rapidity and

Lavery Pennell recently participated in the Next Manufacturing Revolution Roundtable – exploring the opportunities available to manufacturing companies from resource efficiency, supply chain collaboration and new technologies & business models. You can see the video of the event below, which includes examples of the new value being unlocked by Coca Cola Enterprises and GSK, as well as perspectives from the

Your chance to improve profits and stay ahead of your manufacturing competitors. We are on the cusp of a manufacturing revolution. Structural changes in the global economy including resource constraints, changing customer needs and emerging technologies and business models are creating profitable new opportunities for manufacturers that are able to turn these challenges to their advantage. Lavery Pennell, 2degrees and

Green Purchasing Asia, in its April edition, has an article on the business case for corporate sustainability. It discusses share price uplift due to CSR reporting, dispels some of the common myths around sustainability tradeoffs, and provides a roadmap for sustainability transformation. Amongst the experts quoted is our own Nick Pennell. The article can be read at this link on

The answer to why one should be sustainable in the infrastructure field is simple: to create new value. How to do this is more complex. This article by Lavery Pennell, published in the 5 March 2012 edition of Infrastructure Journal, describes the types of value created through a more sustainable approach. It goes on to discuss how to overcome the

Nick Pennell has recently presented to an international audience his proven three step process to profitably improve supply chain sustainability. You can view the presentation here.

We have made 4 predictions for 2012: Sustainability as a profit driver; Focus on the ‘how’ of sustainability; Innovation, and; LED lighting. Before we dive into these, it is perhaps worth reflecting on 2011’s predictions to see how they fared (for the original predictions click here): 1. Energy efficiency is now being taken seriously and is widely recognized as the