Sustainable Supply Chains - Cadwynau Cyflenwi Cynaliadwy

 

The Sustainable Supply Chains (SSC) initiative offers free support to Welsh food and drink micro-enterprises (with up to 10 employees) to help them access new markets through adopting sustainable ways of doing business.

We define a sustainable supply chain as follows:

'A sustainable supply chain addresses the lifecycle of each aspect of food production and consumption, to deliver social, environmental and economic benefits in line with the contemporary challenges facing the sector'

The project is an 18 month pilot study in South and East Wales which began in June 2009. It is delivered by two organisations committed to sustainable food economies: f3 and Ecostudio.

SSC is a Supply Chain Efficiencies Scheme project  that  has received funding through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013 which is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development : Europe investing in Rural Areas. 

 

Context of SSC

Welsh food and drink businesses must act now to ensure their long term survival. New challenges such as soaring fuel costs and an uncertain global economic outlook means that businesses must innovate and become more efficient, to meet the growing demand for ethically made and regional produce.

The programme is consulting with a wide range of stakeholders from producers, processors and retailers through to buyers in the public sector to identify real market opportunities for regional produce that are not being met. Through expert facilitation, coaching and mentoring, the project team is working with small producers to address these market failures and develop collaborative, sustainable supply chain solutions.

This programme aims to demonstrate that practical approaches to sustainability make good business sense. It will support WAG's commitment to sustainable development and help safeguard the long term viability of the Welsh food and drink industry.

 

 

Hay On Earth seminars

Hay Festival - June 2010 .

The SSC team provided a discussion on sustainable food production and consumption in Wales. This included a panel of representatives from the projects that SSC is supporting click here to listen to an audio version of the seminar.

 

SSC interim report was published in December 2009. 

Download a copy here

This project was launched at the Royal Welsh Show, 21st July, by Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones.