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Europe – Wine, Water, Honey
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Europe – Compliance management automation
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World - Precision Livestock Farming
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Indonesia – shrimp traceability
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Inclusion of smallholders
• Project concentrated on the inclusion of smallholders into the traceability effort
• FoodReg designed an innovative system based on pre-printed labels
• The system establishes the product flow
• It requires no writing at all– Date is optional
• System was implemented successfully in Indonesia
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Spain – health examinations
Spain – grease & flour traceability for animal feed
Spain – HACCP & traceability
Bartolomé Canyelles
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Vietnam: aquaculture traceability
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Verified traceability data
• TraceVerified uses FoodReg to build a traceability system for Vietnam
• System offered by laboratory company– Added value: verification of
traceability data• Origin and process data available to
buyers in Europe
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Palestinian olive oil
• Traceability part of a marketing project for olive oil from Palestine• Production costs extremely high due to
– Micro-orchards, lay farmers and inconsistent processing– Lack of irrigation– Inconsistent product and supply quality
• However, “good” Palestinian oil is a sought-after product• As a result, Palestinian oil has a chance as a luxury product
– Traceability used for “story-telling”– Link back to individual villages with their weaving pattern
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GREECE – NATIONAL TRACEABILITY PROJECT (ESIT)
• Main purpose– Promotion of Greek products (origin traceability)
• Several chains– Olives and olive oil– Feta cheese– Peach puree– And other chains
• 25 pilot users• RFID integration• Started November 2012
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Sustainability performance monitoring
Sustainability meter
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Fertilisation
Fertilisation
• Field• Fertilizer• Quantity
Transport Agricultural practices Packaging …
Mill 56Farm 11Farm 10 Refinery Transporter
Transport Agricultural practices Packaging …
Carbon meter showing up to date carbon footprint of whole operation and savings with respect to fossil fuels
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Conversion to kg CO2
A very simple example
In more complex examples, the software distributes the GHG emissions according to e.g. energy value of all (by-)products, rules established by the EU RED or by standards such as ISCC.The algorithms can be as complex as required and can provide different views, e.g. for clients requiring a particular calculation method or for certifications according to a particular standard.
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SLAVE for fastest performance
Centralised data storageCollection, consolidation and reportingMaster system
Transparent synchronisation
Machine-machine interface
Data capturethrough browser
Data capturedirectly throughmobile platforms
Integration withexisting systems
Hierarchical consolidationon different levels
Headquarters
Business unit A
Processing plant Z
Oil mil B
Group/Entity
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Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dashboard
Map view List viewMain changes since
11/03 Rotterdam: +7% water11/03 3 minor accidents
(multiple sites)12/03 Durban: OSH audit12/03 15 minor incidences
(multiple sites)
Last week’s changesLast month’s changes
Headquarters dashboardUser: Audrey Yong Last access: 12/03/2013 8:39h GMT+10
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Top 5 Water usage reduction
# Team Acc. Delays1 Durban 3.75%2 Rotterdam 3.19%3 Kuala Lumpur 2.03%4 Jebel Ali 1.99%5 Heppenheim 0.56%
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Water CO2e Waste
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CASE STUDY: PALM OIL
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Margarine – a truly complex product
Hardstock
Rapeseed oil
Sunflower oil
Margarine producer
Palm stearin
Palm Kernel
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Refinery
Crusher plant
Oil mill
Plantation
Refinery Collector Farm
Refinery Collectors
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Challenges in the supply chain
• Rapeseed silos hold material from 80 farmers
• Rapeseed oil production is continuous process with batch sizes of 3-6 months– Equivalent to about 2,500 truckloads of rapeseed, potentially from different
suppliers and different silos
• Crude rapeseed oil is stored in silo but at the moment of refining, freshly crushed oil can be mixed with oil from crude oil silo
• Sunflower oil is partially bought on the spot market – no data at all
• Crude oil is transported by ship from three different collection silos with hundreds of farmers delivering to each silo
• No unique identification of anything. A few SSCCs here and there.
• Governance? Who owns the data?
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• Extremely efficient oil plant, also apt for biodiesel
• Commodity ingredient for many food (and non-food) products– Margarine and spreads– Cooking oil(s) for home and industrial use– Bakery products– Sweets and cocoa replacement
• But: commercial forest utilisation needs to be done sustainably
• Main issues– Conservation of endangered species and landscapes (in particular peat)– GHG emissions, land use and forest burning– Indigenous rights
• Result:– New EU regulation for biofuels puts palm oil under pressure– Most food companies don’t use the name palm oil on their ingredient list– Consumer (representatives) very concerned with the replacement of
ingredients by palm oil derivatives (e.g. chocolate)
Palm oil sustainability
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The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil
• Established in 2004 as a multi-stakeholder association– Initial cooperation between Aarhus United UK Ltd, Migros, Malaysian Palm Oil
Association and Unilever together with WWF starting in 2001• Standard setting organisation (ca. 750 members)
– Sustainable palm oil production (206 mills)– Sustainable supply chain certification (621 facilities)
• Three supply chain mechanisms– Certificate trading with no link to the origin– Mass balance (“green in, green out”) – chain of custody type system– Segregation with batch level traceability
• Currently uses electronic transaction system by UTZ Certified– Monitor sustainable volumes traded– Ensure buyers that volumes purchased are certified
Src: rspo.org
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RefineryBiodiesel plant
Mill
FFB
EstateCrusher plant
Palm kernels
RDBPOCPO
ShippingBulking facilities
Transport
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Nursery
Palm oil/biodiesel supply chain
PKO supply chain- Personal hygiene- Fatty alcohols/esters
PO supply chain- Consumer goods- Chemical industry
Biodiesel supply chain- Biodiesel for vehicles- Energy
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Adoption
• Adoption of the standard and supply chain mechanisms is progressing– Certificate trading is subject to greenwashing criticism– Traceability system is being studied and might be replaced
• RSPO is under pressure from other emerging standards– North-South conflict and perceived unfairness of cost distribution
Src: RSPO Annual Communication of Progress 2012
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Learnings from the RSPO
• Industrial food production is complex
• Communication of sustainability is complex, too
• Making sustainability information available is a long term project
• Chain food information requires collaboration by all
• Layered model allows for basic control and value creation, but leaves space for individual companies to differentiate themselves on the market
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Thank you for your attention!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The author would like to acknowledge contributions by Francisco Blaha and Gwynne Foster, Xifrat Daten AG, FoodReg and Yakin IT Sdn Bhd. Financial support from the European Commission for research projects is gratefully acknowledged. This deck of presentations was made possible by SATNET and UN ESCAP and the author is very thankful for this opportunity.
DISCLAIMER: this presentation expresses the view of the presenter only. In particular, it does not express necessarily the views of cited international bodies and firms.
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