that sourcing comes from the group of suppliers. For example a company may purchase wheat products from a group of mills but is not able to trace the wheat back to a specific farm that supplies the mill. While there is no single definition of supply-shed, the concept should be applied to sourcing through suppliers and hence should be able to demonstrate that the intervention boundary covers those suppliers that the company may be purchasing indirectly from. Companies are recommended to consider the following two questions when assessing this: Is it demonstrably possible that the tier two or above supplier (for example farm) provides products to the tier one supplier (for example mill). If not then the farm is not in the supply-shed. Does the intervention impact on the tier two or above supplier? If not then the supplier is not included in the intervention. PARTNERS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS following partners were involved in the initiation, design and development of The this guidance: Climate KIC, CDP, Danone, Mars, Livelihoods Fund, WWF, WRI The following provided their expertise towards the development of this document. Their input is gratefully acknowledged: WRI Cynthia Cummis – CDP Pedro Faria, Alberto Carillo Pineda – WWF Fernando Rangel Villasana – Mars Ashley Allen, Kevin Rabinovitch, Cyril Hetzel – Danone Eric Soubeiran, Flore Auge, Lucas Urbano – Livelihoods Fund Jean-Pierre Renaud – Climate KIC – Riyong Bakkegaard, Konstantinos Karagkounis Gold Standard Owen Hewlett, Abhishek Marion Verles, Sandra – Genee, Sarah Leugers, Giancarlo Raschio Quantis Jon Dettling – Gold Standard Technical Advisory Committee Members Jacqueline – Gehrig-Fasel (TREES), Matt Spannagle
that sourcing comes from the group of suppliers. For example a company may purchase wheat products from a group of mills but is not able to trace the wheat back to a specific farm that supplies the mill. While there is no single definition of supply-shed, the concept should be applied to sourcing through suppliers and hence should be able to demonstrate that the intervention boundary covers those suppliers that the company may be purchasing indirectly from. Companies are recommended to consider the following two questions when assessing this: Is it demonstrably possible that the tier two or above supplier (for example farm) provides products to the tier one supplier (for example mill). If not then the farm is not in the supply-shed. Does the intervention impact on the tier two or above supplier? If not then the supplier is not included in the intervention. PARTNERS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following partners were involved in the initiation, design and development of this guidance: Climate KIC, CDP, Danone, Mars, Livelihoods Fund, WWF, WRI The following provided their expertise towards the development of this document. Their input is gratefully acknowledged: WRI – Cynthia Cummis CDP – Pedro Faria, Alberto Carillo Pineda WWF – Fernando Rangel Villasana Mars – Ashley Allen, Kevin Rabinovitch, Cyril Hetzel Danone – Eric Soubeiran, Flore Auge, Lucas Urbano Livelihoods Fund – Jean-Pierre Renaud Climate KIC – Riyong Bakkegaard, Konstantinos Karagkounis Gold Standard – Owen Hewlett, Abhishek Marion Verles, Sandra Genee, Sarah Leugers, Giancarlo Raschio Quantis – Jon Dettling Gold Standard Technical Advisory Committee Members – Jacqueline Gehrig-Fasel (TREES), Matt Spannagle