Managing Risks

Measuring-Risk
  • Tools
    • IFC Global Map of Environmental and Social Risk (GMAP) Collects information on E&S risks for 150 country-commodity. Data is aligned to IFC Performance Standards used for decion-making on financing
    • IFC Assessing and Managing Environmental and Social Risks in an Agro-Commodity Supply Chain
    • IFC Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) Tool Kit for Food and Beverages
    • IFC Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) Self Assessment and Improvement Guide
    • Maplecroft’s Global Risks Calculator an analytics tool that empowers customers to build their own country and issue risk scorecards, maps and risk assessments
    • SEDEX – The Supplier Ethical Data Exchange offers an electronic system for collecting and analysing information on ethical and responsible business practices in the supply chain
    • Global Water Tool a free and easy-to-use tool for companies to map their water use and assess risks relative to their global operations and supply chains
    • Carbon Disclosure Project a voluntary reporting platform for companies to disclose information about deforestation, climate risk and water impact
    • The Water Risk Filter provides an assessment methodology, including questionnaires and global heat maps of risk for companies and water basins, along with mitigation measures. In collaboration with WWF and KFW
  • Additional Readings
    • BSR & UN GLOBAL COMPACT A Guide to Traceability: A Practical Approach to Advance Sustainability in Global Supply Chains, 2014
    • Sustainable Agriculture Platform (SAI) Practitioner’s Guide for Sustainable Sourcing of Agricultural Raw Materials
    • ILO and Nottingham Business School Teaching Guide: introducing sustainability in the supply chain through an 18-hour teaching programme for entrepreneurs or mid-career managers, 2012
    • German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Corporate Biodiversity Management Handbook: A guide that provides enterprises with concrete implementation tools for instituting biodiversity management practices within their supply chains, 2012
    • SustainAbility, UNEP and the UN Global Compact Unchaining Value: Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Supply, 2008
    • Asian Productivity Organization Green Productivity and Green Supply Chain Manual, 2008
    • Global Commerce Initiative 2016: Future Supply Chain: a report based on the joint work of 24 companies in the retail and consumer packaged goods industry, seeking to explore how issues such as resource scarcity, climate change, and policy will have an impact on the design of future supply chains
    • New Zeland Business Council for Sustainable Development Business Guide to a Sustainable Supply Chain, 2003
  • Organization with Expertise
    • Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) A mission-driven membership and research organization, providing consultancy services to companies to review supply chain risks and opportunities, and develop and implement sustainability strategies
    • Maplecroft A global risk and strategic consulting firm that analyzes key political, economic, social and environmental risks impacting global business and investors
    • P.E. International A consulting firm that offers audits of a companies’ supply chain sustainability risks, and follow-on support for developing engagement strategies and implementing supply chain sustainability projects
    • Proforest An independent organization that provides consultancy, convenership and other integrated solutions to manage the world’s resources sustainably, working closely with producers, industry, governments, NGOs and communities
    • SustainAbility A think tank and strategic advisory firm, working to catalyze business leadership on sustainability. Publish trend reports on sustainability, and advise companies on stakeholder engagement and developing their strategies
    • The Forest Trust A social enterprise and membership organization that provides consultancy to companies on delivering responsible products. They also operate the TFTSure platform for monitoring supply chains and traceability. Particularly focussed on wood, paper, palm oil, cotton, shoe leather, technology minerals and stone
    • AgroTools A software and consulting firm that operates a powerful GIS processing platorm to analyse and manage information from satellite data and field data across large catchment areas and territories. Includes risk analysis of environmental, social, economic, agrarian and strategic risks
    • ChainFood A softwarecompany that operates the ChainFood traceability platform. Modules include traceability, quality management, audit Management, certificate Management, risk Management, farm management, food safety, compliance, supplier assessments, sustainability K.P.I.s, benchmarking and reporting
    • EcoVadis Information Technology and consultancy firm that provides an online platform for buyers to monitor CSR performance of suppliers
    • GeoTraceability A software firm that offers specialised tracking and data collection technology for natural resources including cocoa, coffee, cotton, nuts and minerals globally. Uses data gathering from farmers and technology such as GPS mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and mobile phone and bar coding systems to track products
    • Helveta A software firm that operates the Elements platform, for companies to track batches from origin through delivery using a digital passport. Particularly focussed on the food, energy, wood and minerals sector
    • Historic Futures A consulting firm that helps companies collect and manage value chain data, from primary production to finished product and to communicate good practice to their customers
    • SoFi Software A software firm (and subsidiary of PE International) that operates a secure enterprise platform for the sustainability assessment, ranking and reporting of suppliers

Management of environmental and social risks in the supply chain is a major growing concern for agribusiness companies and their customers, financiers and stakeholders. Because these risks pose threats to product quality and brand value, firms seek to address E&S; risks as part of doing responsible business.

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