The Sustainability Consortium (TSC)

Koen Boone - Director Europe TSCLEI - Wageningen UR

Food SCP roundtable, Brussels 20-11-2013

Content

• Introduction TSC

• Sustainable Measurement and Reporting System

• Use of TSC products

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How our Work Fits In

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Detail/Specificity

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• 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)

“Traditional” LCA

TSC Product Category

Corporate Reporting

How TSC’s SMRS Fits In

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

We are a Global Membership Organization

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We have members from business, academia, government and the NGO sectors. Corporate annual turnover exceeds 2 Trillion Euro

TSC product category output has 3 major components…

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Category Dossier

Collection of evidence onproduct category environmental and social hotspots, and improvement opportunities

Category Sustainability Profile (CSP)

Synthesis of product sustainability knowledge and improvement opportunities

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Questions to measure and track product category sustainability

Source: TSC

Product categoriesBatch 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 3• Aerosol air fresheners• Hand & body lotion• Lumber• Bananas• Chocolate• Farmed shellfish• Wild caught fish• Eggs• Chicken

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 4• Berries/Small Fruit• Pome fruits (Apples)• Citrus• Pork• Small Batteries• Bicycle• Hand Tools (unpowered) • Flatware• Aerosol air freshener

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Example for pork

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Category Dossier Category Sustainability Profile (CSP)

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Source: TSC

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

On average what is the feed conversion ratio for delivered pigs?A. Unable to determine at this timeB. Participate in external initiativeC. Have determined average feed conversion rate only for finishing phase

D. Overall feed conversion rate is greater than or equal to 3.1:1E. Overall feed conversion rate is between 2.8:1 - 3.1:1F. Overall feed conversion rate is less than or equal to 2.8:1

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Sustainability Measurement and Reporting System

Innovation

Education/Training

Policy/strategy setting- Supply chain

Communication to consumers

Procurement

Transparency

Improvement plans

Risk/impact management

How are TSC Knowledge Products being implemented throughout supply chains?

Retailers

Retailers

“Manual” Process

Process with Reporting Platform

TSC

Step 1. Each retailer gets completed KPIs & Questions

from TSC Retailers Manufacturers

Step 2. Each retailer emails questions to each manufacturer

Step 3. Each manufacturer emails question response back to each retailer

Manufacturers

Manufacturers

Step 4. Each retailer completes manual collation of results

TSC

Retailers

ManufacturersITPlatform

Single Upload

Single Request

Single Response

A simple software tool can cut significant time and effort for everyone involved

Reporting Platform

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Use of results – Exchange of KPI scores

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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?

ELECTRONICS FOOD BEVERAGE &AGRICULTURE

HOME & PERSONAL CARE

PAPER, PULP,

& FORESTRY

PACKAGING TOYS

RETAIL MEASUREMENT SCIENCE

CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR & TEXTILES

The Retail and Measurement Science Consortium Working Groups consists of Tier I retailer members.

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. Carmel McQuaid, Marks & Spencer

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

TSC® working group structure focuses on major consumer goods sectors. Together they have identified over 500 unique improvement opportunities and 400 hotspots

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Co-Operating With Other Initiatives

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• EU Environmental Footprint• Participating in piloting (Detergents, shoes, retail and

food)• Consumer Goods Forum

• Endorsed TSC• WBCSD

• Working on structural co-operation• Global Reporting Initiative

• MoU?• Green Public Procurement

• Dutch and American government• SAI

• Beef/Dairy• CDP: TSC member• Sector, Product or sustainability theme specific initiatives

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

The Sustainability Consortium® has been recognized as a World Changing Idea by Scientific American Magazine