{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Insights for a Better Workplace - Sponsored By Manutan","title":"Why Failure Is an Option in Sustainability, with Steven Wright","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1811,"description":"UK ceramics manufacturing sits at a crossroads: energy costs run high, electricity is five times the price of gas, and the hydrogen route to decarbonisation has gone quiet. Steven Wright, Head of Sustainability at Portmeirion Group Limited, runs health, safety, sustainability, environmental and product compliance across six brands and international operations in North America, Canada and China. He talks with Rachel Green about setting net zero targets that hold up, treating failed projects as learning, and building sustainability into procurement, operations and finance rather than one job title.\n\nChapters:\n00:00 Introduction to Insights for a Better Workplace\n00:30 Meeting Steven Wright and his role at Portmeirion\n01:21 Nine years in the business and the path into sustainability\n02:31 Building a group wide sustainability strategy\n03:19 Managing sustainability across six brands\n04:08 Mandatory social audits for T1 suppliers\n04:56 Bringing suppliers on board with change\n06:22 Why non specialists carry the sustainability work\n07:09 Energy, kilns and the cost of UK manufacturing\n09:01 Setting net zero targets that are achievable\n10:00 The business sustainability committee and pivoting from hydrogen\n11:36 Committee structure and action groups\n12:22 Failure as a learning tool\n13:32 Collaborating across international teams and suppliers\n15:59 Advice for working across countries and cultures\n17:45 Making data collection meaningful, not a tick box\n20:04 Packaging standards and the PPWR across markets\n21:14 Card packaging, shredders and eliminating single use plastic\n23:25 Where to start if you are new to sustainability\n24:56 Procurement, operations and finance as focus areas\n27:17 Next steps: growing UK manufacturing and kiln efficiency\n28:08 Bringing Spode Christmas Tree back to the UK\n29:03 Closing thoughts\n\nYou can follow Steven Wright here:\nLinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/steven-wright-8bba131b2\n\nLearn more about Portmeirion Group Limited:\nWebsite -...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/iq1hZiLqsQviUAg-EvflxYIO7rhUGVJBXFM7LZewa8Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZDk0/YjEyOTc3ZmM2N2M4/NjY4YWRmMzkzODI1/ZTE4OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}