The quality of our work is clear

Sancroft works for clients around the world, in many different sectors, on the full range of corporate responsibility issues. We have selected some case studies to show the breadth and quality of the work we undertake for our clients.

• Case Studies 1-5
• Case Studies 6-10

FMCG S.A.:
a global consumer goods business

The chief executive of FMCG S.A. decided his company should become a recognized leader in sustainability. Sancroft worked with the operational and environmental teams to develop an integrated environmental strategy, focussing on the use of long term targets to help the company shift focus on achieving its environmental ambitions. Benchmarking of competitors and sustainability leaders was carried out to understand the nature and ambition of the approaches of these other companies. Detailed internal dialogue and analysis was undertaken to assess the viability of bold new targets. After over a year of consideration, the company introduced a target to halve total carbon emissions by 2015, as well as cutting water and waste by 25% relative to output. These targets put the company in a leading position on climate change, reinforcing the most valuable brand in the sector.

Fantastic Foods Inc.:
a food and drink multinational

Sancroft advised Fantastic Foods Inc., a major food and drink multinational, on a widely used ingredient that could potentially restrict the marketing opportunities for future products. Having identified the problem, Sancroft reviewed existing evidence, sought opinions from experts and identified the likely impacts of future legislation, especially in the United States, and consumer group campaigns. Sancroft produced an advice paper for the board of Fantastic Food Inc., setting out the current and potential environmental, social, health and economic risks associated with this ingredient and provided our recommendations on the next steps required. As a result, Fantastic Foods Inc. have been able to take full account of these risks and address them within their overall business strategy.

Clean Tech plc:
a leading engineering company

Clean Tech plc develops devices for pollution control, chemical processes, the more efficient use of hydrocarbons, and fuel cells. Sancroft has helped Clean Tech understand the timeframes and potential impacts of likely worldwide legislation, monitoring the development of regulatory frameworks designed to restrict marine, automotive and industrial emissions. With this information Sancroft has been able to identify commercial opportunities, both potential and certain, and has helped Clean Tech plc successfully develop business in new markets.

Delicious Drinks plc.:
a beverage company

Delicious Drinks plc have a high profile association with major sports events around the globe. Sancroft worked with Delicious Drinks to ensure that their sustainability strategy was closely aligned with each sporting event, many of which now have strong environmental targets and aspirations, generating ideas on how the company can work with host cities, other sponsors, NGOs and the public to ensure their involvement in each event is sustainable and leaves a positive lasting legacy. As a consequence, Delicious Drinks’ involvement in major sporting events has been more closely associated with its wider corporate responsibility programme, leveraging the communications impact of its investment in new technologies and efficiency savings across a global stage.

Clothes-for-U Corp.:
a clothing retailer

Clothes-for-U Corp. wanted to ensure high labour standards in its increasingly complex supply chain. Sancroft helped to create an ethical trade strategy to move the company from a basic level of ethical compliance to one of best practice, with appropriate and challenging performance indicators and implemented a board level reporting system. Sancroft then helped Clothes-for-U Corp. execute its new strategy: we assessed the company’s supply base and revised the audit programme to prioritize areas of high risk; we built capacity both internally and externally to implement change throughout the supply chain; and as part of a wider communications strategy we helped Clothes-for-U communicate what it had done, including facilitating several NGO partnerships on behalf of the company. The result has been a rapid improvement in the brand reputation of Clothes-for-U and a far deeper internal knowledge of the company's supply base.