JM Family Enterprises, ranked No. 21 on Forbes’ list of “America’s Largest Private Companies”, has embarked on an ambitious sustainability strategy. The company manages multiple aspects of its environmental data, from energy and GHG emissions to water and waste. How did JM Family Enterprises’ manage to achieve their ambitious sustainability goals?
- Engagement: More than 60 users currently engage with their sustainability management system regularly to monitor fundamental data across some 50 buildings
- JM Family is continuously examining its carbon footprint in greater depth by using customised conversion factors, exploring specific aspects of its operations in detail in order to optimise efficiency and cut emissions. For example, the company set up a system to help calculate the carbon intensity of its logistics operations, which encompass the transportation of vehicles, parts and accessories.
- The company is now about to address new data management and analysis challenges. It is currently exploring automated data entry, which will see JM Family move from 40 people hard-keying information each month to capturing utility data such as water, natural gas and electricity seamlessly through an automated system. This will allow employees to spend more time on analysing utility consumption data and identifying opportunities for improvement. This initiative will extend to capturing solar production data in the near future.
- JM Family has lowered the number of waste collections made at the corporate campus by more than two thirds. It monitored the weight of the site’s trash compactor, only organising a collection when compactor was nearly 90% full. In addition to streamlining waste collections, this has also reduced traffic to the site and therefore emissions. JM Family is looking to roll out this initiative to other sites starting with their Lexus dealership.
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