GO-AHEAD
“ It ’ s so important to do early market engagement , discover who else is out there , who ' s doing things differently , who ’ s innovative ”
GLYN WATTS GROUP HEAD OF PROCUREMENT THE GO-AHEAD GROUP
Go-Ahead has come a long way in just a short period of time , but Watts believes the rate of change will accelerate even faster in the coming 12 to 18 months .
“ I like to think we would be much further along the road in our climate change strategy . One of the key pillars there is waste reduction and recycling targets . We ’ re currently running trials at Brighton Station and bus depots to find out the best way to achieve 90 %+ recycling on a small scale , and then how to expand in a way that is commercially viable .
“ I ' d also like to think we will be pulling more innovation from our supply chain . We ' re running a bus supply chain challenge across all of our existing suppliers . We ’ re asking , ‘ What can you do for us ?’ It could be on cost operations . It could be customer experience . It could be to do with the environment and climate change . I like to think that asking these questions will provide us with some strong results , but at the very least put our suppliers on notice that we are listening and we have an appetite for experimentation and change .”
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