Sustainability Summit

Bureau Veritas
Sustainability Summit Series
On-Demand Sessions

Thank you for joining our Bureau Veritas CPS Sustainability Summit Series.  You can access all of our complimentary on-demand webinars below which will be available to watch until July 29, 2022.   If you have any immediate inquiries about our solutions, please feel free to contact us below using the form and our team will get back to you shortly.

You can also watch our replay for the opening keynotes session at anytime.  Now, please enjoy our on-demand deep-dive sessions below:
  • Sustainable Packaging Material
  • SAC HIGG BRM
  • Microfiber Testing
  • Textile Exchange & More

week 1 - on-demand series - June 29 - July 6

Sustainable Packaging Material, Claims and Material Usage Monitoring

We will be discussing applicable methods and approaches that can be used to validate commonly used environmental, sustainability, and green claims utilized on shipping materials. We will also cover how environmentally sustainable packaging projects can be leveraged to support both corporate and retailer sustainability reporting. We will provide guidance on how these topics can be utilized to provide a package that is more environmentally friendly. 

Three Learning Objectives - Three things participants will learn:
1. What is a Green Claim, and how can it be leveraged & substantiated on my packaging materials?
2. How can I work to improve the sustainability of my company packaging material?
3. What tools can a company utilize to track and monitor its packaging material utilization against corporate initiatives?

Speakers:
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Rodney Wells

Chris Myers
Senior Global Technical Engineer

  

Rodney Wells
Senior Product Engineer

  
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SAC HIGG BRM: HIGG Brand and Retailer Module Overview and Insights

We’ll look at how retailers and brands can demonstrate improvements over time of environmental and social performance. Understanding the HIGG Brand & Retail Module (BRM) – a tool that guides retailers and brands on their sustainability journeys and identifies hotspots and opportunities for improvement along their global value chain. Educate retailers and brands to learn more about sustainability impacts and benchmark performance overtime. Learn about the benefits from HIGG BRM such as building a healthy public brand image with transparency via verification and gaining internal confidence in results and building an insightful strategy for future development.

Speakers:
David Croft

 

  

David Croft
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Solutions, EMEA

    
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Microfiber accredited testing for TMC and AATCC 

How retailers and brands can demonstrate improvements over time of environmental and social performance? We’ll be discussing the issue of fiber fragment release through washing and wearing. Understanding The Microfibre Consortium (TMC)’s test method, which determines the quantity of textile material losses from fabrics under standard conditions which reflect those found in domestic laundering.
 

Speakers:
Niraj Singh

 
Peggie Lam
 

Niraj Singh
VP, Global Technical Services and Environmental Sustainability

 

Peggie Lam
Senior Manager

  
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Textile Exchange Overview 

We look at how and why retailers, brands and their supply chains use content claim certification. Covering organic content, recycling and other claims. Understanding the Textile Exchange key schemes, OCS and GOTS from suppliers’ viewpoints and routes which routes they’re taking. Touch upon how to harmonizing standards such as ZDHC, SAC and TE. Outlook on Textile Exchange’s Preferred Fiber Material Matrix. How’s Bureau Veritas Greenline Solutions can help.

Speakers:
David Croft
 

David Croft
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Solutions, EMEA

  
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WEEKLY on-demand series - July

Session 1 | July 7-20

Introduction to Restricted Substances List (RSL) & Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL)

Restricted Substance List (RSL) and Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) are powerful tools to guide the supply chain to increase product quality, safety and reduce environmental impact by comprehensive chemical control. In this training, we’re going to introduce the RSL and MRSL, including their common terms, global legislation setup & background, and the key restricted substances.
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Session 2 | JUly 7-20

Sustainable Chemical Management – ZDHC & BVE3 Overview

What is a Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme? How to implement an input, process, and output control in your supply chain. In this session, we'll dive into the following topics:
- ZDHC Programme Overview
- ZDHC MRSL & ZDHC MRSL Conformance
- Key Output of BVE3 & InCheck Solution
- Continuous Improvement through Training
- Wastewater Testing
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Session 3 | July 21 - 29

SUSTAINABLE CLAIMS & GREENWASHING – GOTS, TE, & BV VERIFICATIONS

In this session, we'll be sharing some of our insights into the market landscape, regulations such as the EU green deal, type of claims, and also top 5 guidelines for Buying and Manufacturing Green Products.

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Session 4 | JULY 21-29

Organization Carbon Footprint & Energy Diagnosis

In this session, we'll be discussing based on the following topics:

 •  What are the key challenges around net zero or carbon neutrality for the industry?
 •  What are the risks for businesses with climate change and what are the actions need to be
becoming carbon neutral / net-zero?
 •  How to cascade the carbon ambition to your supply chain?
 •  What are tools available to specifically target Carbon Emission Reduction
 •  How do you use robust carbon footprint data to understand your impact in real-time?
 •  Why Energy Diagnosis? What does it mean for brands/retailers, and the local government, facilities?
 •  What are the key benefits?  Avoiding energy loss;  Reducing costs, and;  Improving sustainability performance continuously overtime.

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