Achieving and Evidencing Responsible SourcingSimon Davis - Sustainability Development Manager

Introduction

Retail Science

Quality

Agriculture

Responsible Sourcing

R&D

Agriculture & Sustainability

Development Manager

Positive difference

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Voluntary commitment for your businesses to take into

account social and environmental risks when managing

relationships with their products and supply chains, farm to

fork

Agri-food sourcing and food for non-food application

Defining Responsible Sourcing for NSF

ICC Commission on Business in Society ICC guide to responsible sourcing www.iccwbo.org/Data/Policies/2008/ICC-guide-to-responsible-sourcing

http://www.who.int/trade/glossary/story028/en/ conservefewell.org

NSF focus on two key themes:

Meeting consumer values

Building stakeholder trust

Maintaining brand integrity

Brand

Reputation

Access to future supply

Security of assets

New and evolving markets

Food

Security

Doing what’s right/

What do my key stakeholders

tell me is important to them

when sourcing this product?

(e.g. worker welfare, animal

welfare, waste, health)

Where can/can’t I source this

product in 1, 5-15+ years time?

(e.g. Climate change impacts,

water availability, pests and

disease)

Sourcing pressures are interconnected, dynamic, and systemic

Your customers and shareholders

(and stakeholders) expect you to

understand and deal with these

pressures.

How you choose to deal with them

can affect your Brand Reputation

and Food Security.

We know these pressures are interconnected – turning science into practical

solutions requires an evidence based approach

Science &

Theory

Identify

Data

Measure

Strategy,

Policy,

Investment

and

Governance

Manage

Achieving

Evidencing

Competitive Advantage?

The answer is simple

1,000s of

ingredients

1,000s of

regions

Different

times of year

Shared supply

chains

Different

requirements

In reality….

Whilst delivering safe, quality and commercially viable products to market

The answer is simple – Is Responsible Sourcing a risk or an opportunity?

Brand

Reputation

Food

Security

Reduce the

riskReduce the

risk

Grow the

opportunity

Grow the

opportunity

Reduce the

risk

Reduce the

risk

Grow the

opportunity

Grow the

opportunity

Both!

A wealth of knowledge and data helps (or hinders?) your ability to prioritise these

risks and opportunities

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Knowledge and data needs context

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Success?

Failure?

NSF have a consultancy-led approach to contextualise your business requirements

NSF have global expertise in supply chain knowledge and data

• Raw materials

• Growers Food Sellers

• Geographical regions

• Risks and opportunities

• Globally

Identify

• Range of tools and services

• Risks and opportunities

• Continuous improvements

Measure

• Common language bringing

subjectivity closer to

objectivity

• Communicating insights for

different stakeholders

Manage

NSF help you build a responsible business through 5 key stages - Identifying and

promoting practical and sustainable solutions

Data

A few examples of our work

Supply Chain Analysis

Third Party Sustainability Audits

Certification and Standard Design

Business Intelligence

Programme DesignEuropean Retailer Quality and

Responsibility 2020 Vision and Roadmap

Outdoor Goods Retailer Traceable Down

Standard Programme Implementation

Programme Implementation

Analysis and Insights

Social Auditing Verifying Supplier Social

Compliance

Global Retailer Animal Welfare

Programme

Tools and Services Manage

Achieving

Evidencing

List of NSF’s

global

capabilities/

sustainability

standards audit

experience

SOCIAL• ISO 18001 – Occupational Health & Safety

• SA 8000 – Social Accountability Standard

• ISO 2600 – Social Responsibility

• Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA)

• Association of Labour Providers (ALP) Certification

Scheme

• Sustainable Agriculture in South Africa Initiative (SIZA)

• Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP)

RAW MATERIAL SPECIFIC• GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance

• Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Certification Standard

• SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative

• Protected Designated Origin (PDO)

• Tesco NURTURE (Fruit and Vegetable Certification Scheme)

LIVESTOCK/AQUACULTURE SPECIFIC• Integra – Animal Welfare Certification Scheme

• Red Tractor Farm Assurance Schemes

• RSPCA Freedom Food Welfare Standard

• Global Traceable Down Standard

• Leaf Marque

• BAP Best Aquaculture Practices

• Alaskan Seafood

ENVIRONMENTAL• ISO 14001 – Environmental Management Systems

• Greenhouse Gas Verification

• Lifecycle Assessment

• Environmental Product Declarations

• Carbonfree Certification

• Built Environment Verification

• Green Chemistry

• NSF Performance Plus Sustainability Reporting Tool

• Zero Waste to Landfill Verification

• Pesticide Residue Testing

• Certified Compostable Packaging

• Wastewater Standards and Protocols

• European Water Partnership – Water Stewardship Standard

• Trucost – Natural Capital and Environmental Footprinting

Further examples of our tools

Top 3 messages1. Measuring your Responsible Sourcing impacts

can help bring science closer to meaningful policy

2. There is a wealth of knowledge and data but this

may not be enough to prioritise what you do and

where you do it

3. NSF can contextualise that knowledge and data

to help you achieve and evidence your

Responsible Sourcing goals

It doesn’t matter where you are on your journey – please come and talk to us

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