Beyond Food Safety: How Traceability Can Support your Sustainability Targets

Episode 4 | June 6, 2023

What is the link between traceability and sustainability in the food industry? In this episode, Katy Jones and Dr. Alison Grantham of Grow Well Consulting discuss the critical role traceability plays in calculating certain sustainability metrics, and how food companies can rely on traceability data to determine their carbon footprint and climate impact. It’s not just climate-conscious consumers that are pushing the needle forward through food trends. Over the last 18 months, there has been a rapid evolution in the voluntary guidance and mandated regulations around corporate sustainability disclosure. This evolution, which may begin impacting corporate disclosures as soon as 2024, recommends or even requires companies to improve their traceability to comply. So how can traceability support these emerging regulations and guidance on tracking and accounting for sustainability impacts throughout the food chain? Tune in now to hear expert insights on these emerging sustainability trends in the food industry.

References from this episode:

• Land Sector and Removals Guidance 

• SBTi FLAG Guidance 

• Value Chain Interventions Guidance 

• Getting ready for the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule 

• SEC Climate Rule Factsheet

• EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

• TCFD (Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (foundation of SEC and EU rules) 

• TNFD Overview 

• UN Environment Programme (2022). Are You Ready for Nature-related Disclosure? An assessment of readiness and expectations from the corporate market. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK. 

• Science Based Targets Network – Targets for Nature