What is the Sustainable Cost Reduction Programme?
The SCR Programme is designed to support manufacturers and other resource-intensive businesses to reduce the costs of energy, water, materials, and waste management, thereby also contributing towards environmental sustainability. The innovative thing about this programme is that it is self-funded, requiring zero expenditure from the participating company until savngs are generated. If there are no savings, there are no payments.
The focus is on both consumption and the price of these resources and resource-related services. Tariff analysis and procurement opportunities are therefore included, along with improvements in the efficiency of all production and utilities-related processes.
As a programme rather than a consulting project, the SCR Programme encompasses the full life cycle of cost reduction projects, including:
- Opportunity identification
- Project development and feasibility analysis
- Project Implementation
- Review of project performance
- Ongoing monitoring and sustainment of results
Over time a portfolio of projects is constructed, and viable projects are implemented. The results are tracked on a monthly basis with respect to financial savings, resource consumption reduction and emission reductions. All significant cost opportunities are investigated with the exception of costs related to staffing.
A range of project types are included in the programme:
- No-cost projects do not require any funding for implementation, and include changes in operating practices
- Low-cost projects require limited funding and encompass small plant modifications
- Investment projects require significant funding
- Procurement projects entail reductions in the prices paid for resource-related goods and services
All projects include a metering strategy to be used to determine the savings generated.
Shared-value Option
The Shared-value option of the SCR programme is funded completely by the savings it generates. Participating companies do not pay for the programme unless it produces verified savings, and all payments are only made from a share of these savings as they are delivered, and for a limited time period. Each project is developed and proposed to the participating site for consideration. Through a range of innovative financial options, participating sites receive metering systems, assets (should they choose not to fund these themselves) and savings, all of which comprise the value transferred by the programme. This value multiplies over time as more and more projects are implemented, with savings flowing directly to the bottom line.
What does all of this effectively mean for participating companies? You gain the services of a highly skilled partner to assist you with your challenges with respect to energy, water, raw material usage and waste for zero upfront cost. You gain funding for project implementation should you require it, and have this funding repaid by the verified savings generated by the programme. You do not only receive advice, you receive results, and you also have these results sustained as part of the programme. By collaborating closely with our team, you also receive extensive capacity building as we share our knowledge and experience with your team. Enquire about this innovative programme here.
Fee Based Option
The fee-based option of the SCR programme is for companies that would prefer to pay an agreed monthly fee for our services. From a technical perspective this programme is identical to the shared value programme, but all projects are funded by the participating site. Savings are tracked relative to the cost of the programme and with this programme format, the longer the programme continues, the greater the benefits and the greater the gap between the savings generated and the cumulative cost of the programme.
What does all of this effectively mean for participating companies? You gain the services of a highly skilled partner to assist you with your challenges with respect to energy, water, raw material usage and waste for a fee that will be exceeded by the savings generated. The programme is therefore essentially self-funding. You do not only receive advice, you receive results, and you also have these results sustained as part of the programme. By collaborating closely with our team, you also receive extensive capacity building as we share our knowledge and experience with your team. Enquire about this innovative programme here.
What systems do we evaluate?
The SCR Programme investigates and optimises every system on your site including the following: