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The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Koen Boone - Director Europe TSC LEI - Wageningen UR Food SCP roundtable, Brusse

The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Koen Boone - Director Europe TSC LEI - Wageningen UR Food SCP roundtable, Brussels 20-11-2013. Content. Introduction TSC Sustainable Measurement and Reporting System Use of TSC products. How our Work Fits In. How TSC’s SMRS Fits In.

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The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Koen Boone - Director Europe TSC LEI - Wageningen UR Food SCP roundtable, Brusse

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  1. The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) Koen Boone - Director Europe TSCLEI - Wageningen URFood SCP roundtable, Brussels 20-11-2013

  2. Content • Introduction TSC • Sustainable Measurement and Reporting System • Use of TSC products

  3. How our Work Fits In How TSC’s SMRS Fits In • Covering social & environmental • Covering 80% of consumer goods impacts in 2 years (already > ~40% of the way) • Full lifecycle approach • Member-based funding model (today) Corporate Reporting TSC Product Category Breadth “Traditional” LCA Detail/Specificity

  4. The Consortium is coordinated by universities in the United States, Europe and China

  5. We are a Global Membership Organization We have members from business, academia, government and the NGO sectors. Corporate annual turnover exceeds 2 Trillion Euro

  6. TSC product category output has 3 major components… Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Category Sustainability Profile (CSP) Category Dossier Collection of evidence on product category environmental and social hotspots, and improvement opportunities Synthesis of product sustainability knowledge and improvement opportunities Questions to measure and track product category sustainability Source: TSC

  7. Product categories • Batch 2 • Beans, Nuts, & Oils • CDs and DVDs, Printer Ink • Dairy • Paper- Facial tissue, greeting cards, paper towels • Personal Care - Baby diapers, baby wipes, feminine/nursing hygiene • Produce • Small appliances • Sugars & Syrups • Tea & Coffee • Plush toys • Batch 1 • Computers, Monitors, Televisions, Mobile Devices, Printers • Beef, Milk • Laundry Detergent, Surface Cleaners, Showering Products • Toilet Tissue, Copy Paper • Plastic Toys • Grains, Packaged Cereals, Bread, Beer • Cotton • Farmed Salmon • Wine • Batch 3 • Aerosol air fresheners • Hand & body lotion • Lumber • Bananas • Chocolate • Farmed shellfish • Wild caught fish • Eggs • Chicken

  8. Example for pork Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Category Sustainability Profile (CSP) Category Dossier On average what is the feed conversion ratio for delivered pigs? A. Unable to determine at this time B. Participate in external initiative C. Have determined average feed conversion rate only for finishing phase D. Overall feed conversion rate is greater than or equal to 3.1:1 E. Overall feed conversion rate is between 2.8:1 - 3.1:1 F. Overall feed conversion rate is less than or equal to 2.8:1 • Literature cited and levels of evidence evaluated. • Feed: • Energy LCA > 50% (Cederberg et al. 2009) • GHG LCA >50% (Dalaard, 2007) • Nutrients (de Vries en de Boer, 2010) • Land use (Dolman, 2012) • Worker health (Smith et al., 2013) • Hotspots and improvement opportunities summarized. • Improvement opportunities: • Feed conversion • Feed additives • Feed formulation • Benchmarking • Precision agriculture Source: TSC

  9. How are TSC Knowledge Products being implemented throughout supply chains? Innovation Policy/strategy setting - Supply chain Education/Training Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System Risk/impact management Transparency Improvement plans Procurement Communication to consumers

  10. Reporting Platform A simple software tool can cut significant time and effort for everyone involved “Manual” Process Step 1. Each retailer gets completed KPIs & Questions from TSC Step 2. Each retailer emails questions to each manufacturer TSC Retailers Manufacturers Retailers Manufacturers Retailers Manufacturers Step 3. Each manufacturer emails question response back to each retailer Step 4. Each retailer completes manual collation of results Process with Reporting Platform Retailers Single Request IT Platform Single Upload Single Response TSC Manufacturers

  11. Use of results – Exchange of KPI scores • USA: • Wal-Mart • Fall 2012: 5000 suppliers responsible for billions of sales • January 2014: Thousands of suppliers • Toy wires: Save wires good for 8 times around the world • Europe: • Delhaize and M&S: Small scale pilots • Ahold • Start 1st of January 2013 • All own branded products by 2015 • Co-operation with farmers organization (ZLTO) and Rabobank Winter 2014: Implementation of SAP tool by large number of American and European retailers?

  12. TSC®working group structure focuses on major consumer goods sectors. Together they have identified over 500 unique improvement opportunities and 400 hotspots GENERAL MERCHANDISE HOME & PERSONAL CARE FOOD BEVERAGE & AGRICULTURE ELECTRONICS The Retail and Measurement Science Consortium Working Groups consists of Tier I retailer members. PACKAGING PAPER, PULP, & FORESTRY TOYS Four years ago, when I received an email from the wine team asking for an attribute in bulk shipping, I would have spent two weeks on Google, and talking to people about wine, trying to understand if bulk shipping counted. I probably would have told them no. My buyer would have sulked, given up on sustainability and we would have not made progress in the wine category. This year, I looked up the information in The Consortium’s CSP’s and KPI’s.I then checked this information against the supplier and wrote an email back that day approving the category. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR & TEXTILES RETAIL Carmel McQuaid, Marks & Spencer

  13. Co-Operating With Other Initiatives • EU EnvironmentalFootprint • Participating in piloting (Detergents, shoes, retailand food) • Consumer GoodsForum • Endorsed TSC • WBCSD • Working on structuralco-operation • Global Reporting Initiative • MoU? • Green Public Procurement • Dutch and American government • SAI • Beef/Dairy • CDP: TSC member • Sector, Product or sustainabilitythemespecificinitiatives v v v

  14. The Sustainability Consortium®has been recognized as a World Changing Idea by Scientific American Magazine The Sustainability Consortium was ranked as a top ten world changing ideas for 2012 by Scientific American Magazine. TSC measurement and reporting system has been recognized as superior due to its comprehensive nature and cross-sector approach. “The Consortium’s ratings will factor in closely held data on emissions, waste, labor practices, water usage and other sensitive factors…” –Adam Piore, Scientific American

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