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This week, Newton attended International Energy Week, hosted by Energy Institute. It was fantastic to hear from leaders in this sector on the challenges and opportunities in navigating the global energy transition and to catch up with industry peers, working towards the critical national endeavours around decarbonisation and the drive to achieve net zero. At Newton, we're all about making a real impact across UK infrastructure, helping to accelerate and unlock capital programmes and re-engineer operations. We are excited to be part of the journey towards a sustainable energy future! #IEWeek

“We’ve recognised there’s an opportunity on a bigger collective scale to join up and look at the industry supply chain together,” - Nicola Robinson, Director, Alliance Food Sourcing ? Newton has teamed up with FareShare UK, IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution),?Sainsbury's, Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Greencore, 2 Sisters Food Group as part of Alliance Food Sourcing to tackle the urgent challenge of reducing food waste and tackling hunger across the UK. ? To find out more, check out the article below featuring Nicola Robinson, who is leading the initiative. There is more lots more work to be done but as Nicola says: ‘we’re very confident that as a team we have the skills needed to do this’ ? #FoodSecurity #FoodWaste #AllianceFoodSourcing

At our latest Women in Food event, we unpacked how a Labour government is impacting the industry.? Chaired by Dame Fiona Kendrick and Judith Batchelar OBE, it was an insightful evening with meaningful questions debated including:? - The impact of inflation - how does the food and drink sector adapt & what does this mean for shopper behaviour? - The role food and drink needs to play in the industrial strategy - Sustainability in farming and food security, who bears the cost? Watch highlights from the evening here:? https://ow.ly/Ky4K50UZhti

Here’s an encouraging sounding stat: 82% of fashion organisations are running at least one circular initiative. So, nearly everyone knows about the opportunities of repair, rental, resale, remake and takebacks and are taking some action. But are single initiatives enough anymore? This isn’t just about consumer pressure or even new EU guidelines but a question of ethics and our future: the industry is a bigger polluter than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Isn’t it time for wholescale change? That’s not likely to happen anytime soon, with none of the brands in our research who have a customer-facing circular business model feeling confident to scale it. None. More than a decade since the phrase ‘circular economy’ was highlighted by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Newton has teamed up with the British Fashion Council and Circular Fashion Innovation Network (CFIN) to research the state of circular. The result is our new report: Measuring the State of Circularity in the UK Fashion Industry. It’s tough reading, but there are solutions. If we work together as an industry to spot the win-win opportunities to do the right thing in a financially sustainable way, the next decade will see true transformation. https://ow.ly/H7yN50UUZjx

New report: "AI and the Productivity Revolution in Government" Newton has partnered with Reform Think Tank on their research paper ‘AI and the Productivity Revolution in Government’. The research was based on a series of roundtables with senior figures involved in AI adoption in Government, as well as bringing our own experience of using AI to unlock complexity across departments and systems. The paper outlines eight policy ideas across a range of opportunities for enabling cultural transformation, fostering an innovative mindset, identifying necessary skills and leadership, streamlining adoption processes, and addressing legacy systems, data quality, and access issues. Take a look at the full report below.

Say hello to our newest Senior Partner, Wil Schoenmakers, who joins Newton as we supercharge our international expansion. In his new role as Global Head of Retail and Consumer Goods, Wil’s set to apply his 30 years’ consumer expertise to realising the strategies of our expanding client base across Europe and North America. Wil will partner on the ground with consumer and retail businesses, solving their most complex challenges and delivering what’s most key to success. He’s the perfect fit to expand and evolve Newton’s footprint, having worked in operational improvement at Procter & Gamble, established PA Consulting’s consumer, retail and manufacturing presence in the US and Europe and led Korn Ferry’s global consumer consulting business. Welcome Wil! Read more about his appointment here: https://ow.ly/xjVc50UQXvy

It’s truly exciting seeing such momentum building in the newly formed Women in Food network – a community dedicated to building a thriving food and drink industry by preparing and paving the way for more women in the boardroom. Last night, we met again, this time at the Mandrake hotel in London to discuss the fresh challenges and opportunities unfolding in the food industry under the new Labour government. We were thrilled to be joined at the fireside chat by the brilliant Dame Fiona Kendrick, former Chair and CEO of Nestlé UK&I and Judith Batchelar OBE, previously Director of Sainsbury’s Brand and Co-chair of DEFRA’s Food Data Transparency Partnership Eco Working Group. Alongside insightful takeaways from the discussion, the evening provided an opportunity for people to catch up and form new connections. We’re looking forward to a calendar of Women in Food events throughout the year. This is only the start.

The UK has an extraordinary and transformational ambition for its infrastructure, with many organisations preparing to deliver more investment in the next five years than they’ve delivered in the last twenty. Hear from David Hart, Director in our Infrastructure business, who has shared his thoughts on the work we've been involved with in this area, and the opportunities for businesses to harness that investment in the near future. https://ow.ly/nBba50UKQFw

In November, we were once again very proud to support the Women in Defence UK Challenge Interview Series. This conversation between founder Angela Owen OBE and First Sea Lord Sir Ben Key is particularly inspiring due to the humility and honesty shown and the vital issues discussed – from flexible working for parents to the catalysts for change in the Royal Navy and across the Armed Forces. Director Fiona R. Roxburgh introduced the interview with reflections on her own career and the encouraging progress she has seen in opportunities and broader diversity. Watch the interview here: https://lnkd.in/ey5inyVV

Newton has been recognized in the 2024 Gartner?’s Market Guide for Supply Chain Strategy, Planning and Operations Consulting. We live in a world of highly sophisticated supply chains, allowing us to access millions of products at lightning speed. But with inflation, emerging threats in key markets and political restraint on sourcing, it’s clear why supply chain issues of availability, affordability and resilience are headline news. Our supply chain work has helped save over ￡90m a year for a major retailer, seen a 60% reduction in material availability on a major defence programme and introduced stockfile accuracy to a leading grocer, bringing ￡27m a year benefit to P&L. Read the full market report here: https://ow.ly/ssP850UB0AE *GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.