The impact of climate change is becoming more significant, visible and severe, and organisations within defence need to assess whether their supply chain is resilient.
Changes in climate can have several major impacts. This includes threats to global security, volatile weather patterns, scarcity of natural resources, and shifting environmental landscapes. This, along with geopolitical instability and escalating conflicts, creates an unpredictable environment for UK defence.
At the heart of this is resource resilience.
Achieving resource resilience could be implementing sustainable energy solutions that protect against fluctuating energy costs, or installing water treatment solutions that can address water scarcity.
Choosing the right partner is extremely important to achieve supply chain resilience and sustainability. Services and solutions need to provide self-sufficiency while ensuring policy compliance. Creating a sustainable and resilient supply chain is crucial to maintaining a secure future for UK defence.
Partnering with Veolia to increase resilience
Veolia has the solutions and expertise to handle high-risk, complex and strategic defence projects, all with the highest level of safety, security, and environmental compliance. This includes the following services:
- Hard Facilities Management
- Energy Management
- Decommissioning
- Waste Management
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Nuclear Services
- Water and Wastewater Treatment
Optimising ageing infrastructure and moving towards energy efficiency
Did you know 43% of MOD assets are more than 50 years old?
Defence assets are largely formed of outdated infrastructure that is cost, energy and resource intensive. This not only stops the defence sector from being at the forefront of innovation but it also stops the defence sector from reaching its sustainability targets.
As Net Zero draws closer, the defence sector and the MOD need to assess its ageing infrastructure through strategic energy and facility management.
This could include carbon reduction energy solutions such as solar PV, modernised heating and cooling systems, low-carbon heat technology, and data monitoring to analyse where efficiencies can be implemented.
Hard facilities management could include planned maintenance of buildings, equipment, and physical infrastructure.
Achieving water security and resilience with efficient water and wastewater treatment
Veolia provides specialist water and wastewater treatment for defence estates and their supply chain.
Solutions include water purification, sewage treatment, stormwater management, and emergency response to leakages. By utilising these solutions, defence estates can address water scarcity, convert by-products into bioresources for green energy generation, and conduct water sampling to manage micropollutants.
Optimising your supply chain and infrastructure is crucial to create resilience. By achieving resilience and future-proofing your operations, you will benefit from greater cost stability, increased self-sufficiency and reduced supply chain risks.
Veolia’s team of experts work closely with defence organisations to provide specialist solutions that create resilience, ensure compliance and increase sustainability.
Contact Veolia today to start evaluating your supply chain.
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