Manufacturing
Flood management at the Atomic Weapons Establishment
Location
South East
Sector
Flooding, Manufacturing
The Environment Agency were involved in assessing the flood risk to the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Burghfield and recommending improvements that could be made to flood management at the site. See the Environment Agency website for further information.
Framptons
Location
South East
Sector
Manufacturing
Summary
This manufacturing SME based in the South West have implemented a water management plan. This case study was developed by Climate SouthWest. For more information, see the Climate SouthWest website.
Hail protection for caravans
Location
International
Sector
Finance, Manufacturing
Summary
Allianz SE is cooperating with brokers and caravan manufacturers to implement loss reduction measures. For further information, see the ClimateWise Adaptation report (pdf, 1.2 MB).
Hampshire CosmeticsLocation
Waterlooville, Hampshire
Sector
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Summary
Hampshire Cosmetics’ supply chain is key to its success. The company is instituting ‘supplier days’ to build open conversations about issues, including resilience to climate impacts, and identify potential problems ahead of time. Internal business continuity management is also a priority. Extreme weather highlighted a gap in internal communications procedures and the company is plugging this with a staff section on the company website to highlight weather events and so minimise disruption to factory operations.
Location
Scotland
Sector
Membership organisations, Manufacture of beverages, Food & drink
Summary
The SWA commissioned SWRI to deliver a scoping study to assess the risks of climate change to the sector and identify initial adaptation options. Following this, SWA held an industry workshop to raise awareness of climate change impacts and adaptation within the sector, share information and experience and generate ideas for how SWA and SWRI could work to build the adaptive capacity of the Scotch Whisky industry.
Shepheard Neame Ltd
Location
South East
Sector
Food, Manufacturing
Summary
Shepheard Neame Ltd have installed water recycling technology. This case study was produced by the South East Economic Development Agency as part of their sustainable business awards in 2003. For more information, download a pdf version (990 KB).
Siemens
Location
International
Sector
Communications, Manufacturing, Other services
Summary
Siemens developed a portable water purification system, a key market for which will be disaster risk communities. This case study is presented in a literature review on business adaptation to climate change carried out by the Network for Business Sustainability. For further details see Network for Business Sustainability report Business adaptation to climate change.
Taylerson’s Malmsbury Syrup
Location
South West
Sector
Food, Manufacturing, Retail
Summary
Taylerson’s Malmsbury Syrup used conventional marketing tool PESTLE used to review their position and product range reviewed with respect to the new climate. This case study was developed by Climate SouthWest following action learning workshops run by the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Horizon South West and Climate SouthWest. For more information, see the Climate SouthWest website, Group A case studies.
