Symbion Pharmacy Services - Being responsible and sustainable
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The desire to be seen as a good corporate citizen and use this as a competitive advantage has been Symbion Pharmacy Services focus on carbon management. Symbion Pharmacy Services turned to CarbonView as an enterprise-wide carbon management system that would improve the data collection process and provide real-time visibility of carbon emissions.
About Symbion Pharmacy Services
Symbion Pharmacy Services is one of Australia’s leading pharmaceutical wholesalers. Operating in all states of Australia, SPS warehouses and distributes prescription medicines, OTC medicines and other OTC products to more than 3,000 retail and hospital pharmacies.
It's trusted and recognized pharmacy retail brand is Chemmart®. Symbion Pharmacy Services also supports independent retail pharmacies with its unique Pharmacy Choice® program and provides the market-leading pharmacy software solution, MINFOS®.
Symbion Pharmacy Services does not have to comply with any carbon emissions law currently, so the entire carbon management program is totally voluntary. Symbion Pharmacy Services sees this as a first mover advantage in case of any future regulation changes regarding carbon management in Australia.
CarbonView at Symbion Pharmacy Services
Symbion Pharmacy Services has been monitoring carbon emissions for a long time, but most of the processes have been manual. In early 2009 they implemented CarbonView as an enterprise-wide carbon management system in order to:
- Identify National Greenhouse Energy Reporting (NGER) requirements for Symbion’s largest Victorian facility.
- Develop a carbon footprint for national operations – for both owned and managed facilities.
Symbion Pharmacy Services uses CarbonView to focus on achieving best practice carbon management that leads to the identification of distribution improvements; as well as the reduction of environmental impact from the company’s operational activities. CarbonView enables sustainable carbon management while allowing Symbion Pharmacy Services to meet their corporate social responsibility objectives.
Benefits for Symbion Pharmacy Services
The implementation of CarbonView has provided Symbion Pharmacy Services with the ability to:
- Track, monitor and analyse the company’s carbon footprint.
- Identify greenhouse gas (GHG) ‘hotspots’.
- Manage energy abatement projects such as warehouse lighting efficiency.
CarbonView has also enabled Symbion Pharmacy Services to maintain an automated and auditable process for GHG reporting.
By addressing greenhouse gas ‘hotspots’ identified by CarbonView, Symbion has gained visibility of distribution and storage operations that reduce fuel and energy consumption, thus contributing to the company’s sustainable environmental performance.
Simon Bunde, National Operations and Sustainability Manager has this to say, "CarbonView has assisted in the clarification of Symbion’s position on sustainable carbon management as part of a greater Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy."
Further information
- Read Aberdeen Group's featured case study on Symbion Pharmacy Services included in Aberdeen's Analyst Insight - Carbon Management: Driving Intelligent Decisions to Reduce Carbon Emissions.
