Consulting, Advisory and Verification Services For Sustainable Supply Chain and Resilience Efforts
Creating and maintaining a responsible and resilient supply chain has become a key success factor for food and agriculture businesses in this ever-changing globalized world. Third-party verification of your responsible sourcing program provides transparency to your supply chain, manage potential risks and innovate to create positive environmental and social impacts. The verification reinforces that your suppliers grow or produce food using efficient, safe and ethical field or factory environments – Sustainable Supply Chain Responsible Sourcing.
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Benefit from our three decades of sustainability assessment and certification experience in the food and agriculture sector. Drawing from extensive industry knowledge and best practices, Envirolink ’ global network of auditors and assessors can provide customized and innovative solutions in developing a responsible/sustainable sourcing program based on client’s supply chain needs and business strategy or recommend improvements in the existing program. Our advisory and verification services can help you better understand the risks and advance towards sustainable practices within your supply chain.
Basic Process - - Sustainable Supply Chain Responsible Sourcing
- The process can vary depending on industry, product type, and company goals, but usually begins with Envirolink conducting a Needs Assessment to determine the level of engagement. This iterative process takes an in-depth look at current sourcing practices in order to define appropriate goals and steps forward. The final outcome is a comprehensive proposal with deliverables designed to meet the stated responsible sourcing objectives.
Service Offerings
- We can support your efforts to build a sustainable supply chain in several ways:
- Benchmarking with existing schemes and standards
- Code of conduct development and review
- Education and training of staff and suppliers
- Hot spot analysis to target priorities for your supply chain
- Life cycle assessment to evaluate impacts
- Piloting supplier audits/assessments
- Responsible sourcing policy
- Risk-based ranking systems
- Supplier performance verification
- Supplier questionnaires
- Sustainable sourcing criteria and metrics development
Area Of Expertisc
- Envirolink has analyzed production methods and conducted supply chain and chain-of-custody verification systems for a diverse array of raw material and consumer product sectors across the economy. Examples include:
- Agriculture: Food and Beverage, Biofuels, Bio-based Products, Horticultural Products
- Climate: Carbon Footprints, Carbon Offset Projects, GHG Management
- Electronics: Components
- Health and Wellness Products: Botanicals, Supplements, Cosmetics
- Forestry: Wood Products, Pulp and Paper Products, Packaging
- Green Building: Building and Construction Materials, Furniture, Adhesives and Coatings
- Industrial: Chemical inputs
- Life Cycle Assessment: Environmental Product Declarations, Comparative LCA
- Mining: Conflict Minerals, Precious Metals and Gems
- Seafood: Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Textiles: Apparel, Upholstery, Geotextiles
- Water: Water Footprint
