SUSTAINABILITY FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2024 75 • Validation of datasets through the rigorous procedures of the GFLI, not only verifying that it is PEF & FAO-LEAP compliant – but also fully integrated into the latest versions of software tools Simapro & OpenLCA – making abovementioned benchmarking attainable; • Participating in sectoral data-in projects allows for a unified approach toward data collection, and creates the possibility to improve upon the existing GFLI methodology framework, i.e. make approaches more specific, or find alternative and new pathways to convey sustainability metrics for specific ingredients (read chapter 6 of the Procedures document); • May also support the collection of company-specific data for your own sustainability journey & branded data; • Making sustainability metrics more attainable for smaller companies participating in consortium-led data-in projects. • Insights on the supply chain, allowing structured discussions with upstream partners for representative figures up to the feed manufacturing process. This due diligence for processes allows the sector to become the driver of sustainability; • Availability of secondary datasets for back-up of data for companies where primary data is not available, in order to comply with (inter)national regulations, supply chain demands, and voluntary programs (i.e. CSRD, SBTi, GHG protocol, PACT framework, etc.), as well as communication strategies within the full supply chain. COMPANY-SPECIFIC ‘BRANDED DATA’ Sustainability metrics are becoming a necessary tool for communicating with your supply chain about progress toward sustainable production, and more frequently, downstream partners are already requesting such information. The GFLI now offers a methodology for companies to validate their company-specific ingredient or product, aligned with the GFLI methodology and with the possibility to have this data included in the GFLI database. The GFLI branded data is a mostly primary source-driven venture that allows companies to disseminate a representative LCA of their ingredient or product. Notably, the ‘chain of custody’ is considered for a full production cycle (scope 3), which means that the collected data should not only present on-site emissions, but also the production steps of the ingredient before it reached the facility (i.e. for rendering ingredients, some level of data is required from the slaughterhouses’ processes and animals).
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