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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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2011-2021
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2057 Retired
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