Thise Mejeri went in the media this morning with a concrete case study for #sustainablesupplychains through both sourcing #localization and by switching away from a high risk ingredient often associated with #deforestation. They're switching from procuring soy beans to broad beans for feeding their dairy cows.
#Soybeans comes with an inherent risk of deforestation as large patches of #rainforest are regularly cleared to make way for production. It also undergoes a long transportation journey to get to Denmark which increases its footprint.
Broad beans on the other hand can be produced locally in Denmark.
Soy beans can be sourced sustainably, but it's a high risk ingredient that requires action and supplier evaluation and monitoring. The global soy industry is also growing at a fast rate, which increases the risk of clearing forests for soy fields, so where possible, replacing the ingredient entirely with an alternative is not a bad idea!
Supply chain localization, however, is in our opinion more a buzzword than real 'bang-for-the-buck' sustainability optimisation. The real quantitative impact of localization has been found to be rather small, and real change sits elsewhere.
Keep up the good work Thise Mejeri!
Read more in the original article here (in Danish).
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