The tool allows seafood businesses to sign up and access an online platform where they can input their supply chain data, such as greenhouse gas emissions associated with processing operations
Seafish has developed the Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool to help businesses measure and reduce their product’s carbon footprint and contribute to meeting net-zero targets.
The tool, available now online, allows seafood businesses to sign up and access an online platform where they can input their supply chain data, such as greenhouse gas emissions associated with processing operations.
Product carbon footprints can then be generated, and potential hotspots identified, providing the data needed to allow those businesses to address carbon-related issues in their supply chain.
The development has been funded jointly by the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) in England, and developed by Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk, a leading international expert in food systems sustainability.
Stuart McLanaghan, Seafish’s Head of Responsible Sourcing, described how the tool can support businesses working to reduce their carbon footprint.
He said: “The Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool is an important part of our work to support the UK seafood sector transition to net-zero.
“It is aimed at the entire UK seafood supply chain, but we envisage buyers within retail, food service and processing will be amongst the main users.
“The tool provides several benefits for the industry but will first and foremost enable it to identify carbon footprints for their seafood products and understand the hotspots or risks in their supply chains.
“This is important as robust data and information are needed to help businesses plan and make informed investment decisions to drive transformation to accelerate the decarbonisation of shared seafood supply chains, including via pre-competitive collaboration.”
