Responsible Leather Stakeholder Meeting Thursday, October 12 th , - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Responsible Leather Stakeholder Meeting Thursday, October 12 th , 2017

Meeting Agenda Welcome and introduction Business case drivers for Responsible Leather What are we really trying to achieve and what BREAKOUT is the best way to do it? Focused topic discussions BREAKOUT

Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss “Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.” “By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally.”

Theory of Change BRANDS “Safe” Demand supply Best Practices Industry Action Program RESPONSIBLE LEATHER Government Engagement Program Data, Engagement recognition, reduced risk INDUSTRY

Overlapping Stakeholders Furnishings Apparel Investors Manufacturing Retail & Footwear Restaurants Supermarkets Automotive & Consumers Transport Meat Processing Leather Tanning Equestrian Investors Slaughterhouses Professional Groups (Across the Supply Chain) Standards Bodies • LCA allocations: if Consultancies • by mass, 55% is Industry Associations • Finishing farms allocated to food, Special Interest Groups & Civil Society if by economic, Animal Welfare groups • 95% is allocated Raising Farms Environmental groups • to human food. Social/Human Rights groups • lcafood2014.org = livestock transport point Birthing Farms

2017 Work Plan Determine Initial Identify Invite Identify Seed Review Decision- Choose Working Existing Additional Solution Making Funding Issues Scopes Group Initiatives Stakeholders Frameworks Strategy

Issues to address Animal Welfare Environmental Social Traceability Farm Slaughter Farm Tanneries Slaughter Animals Feeds Materials Farm Tanning Land Pollution Slavery Conversion Data Collection Solution Models OHAS Land Health Climate Benchmarking Verification Protocol Child Labour? Change Biodiversity Government Engagement Task group needed for 2017 Industry Action Task group needed for 2018

Animal Welfare Criteria Adequate feed and water are provided to meet cattle’s • physiological needs. Diet composition is balanced to promote good health and proper body condition. Animal caretakers recognise Natural Resource Criteria signs of malnutrition and take appropriate action to maintain Environmental stewardship objectives are attained • condition and correct deficiencies. through adaptive management, with activities Animal caretakers provide cattle with health care, in addition to • monitored to achieve continuous improvement of identifying health problems and taking appropriate action to measurable natural resource management outcomes. control and treat disease. Practices are implemented to improve air quality. • All veterinary pharmaceuticals and vaccines are used responsibly • Net greenhouse gas emissions from the beef value chain • and in accordance with labeling. are minimized on a per unit of product basis. Appropriate action is taken to minimise undue pain, injury and • Native forests are protected from deforestation. • disease, and to address any of these problems when identified. A Grasslands, other native ecosystems, and high competent2 person is available to make prompt diagnoses to conservation value areas are protected from land determine whether sick or injured cattle should receive additional conversion and degradation. care or be euthanized. In the interests of continuous improvement, The GRSB recognized that production systems and Land management practices conserve and enhance the • alternatives and innovations are investigated and, where practical, health of ecosystems and high conservation value areas value chains vary substantially across regions and are adopted to replace or mitigate painful husbandry procedures. throughout all sectors of the beef value chain. • Good animal welfare is ensured, including the freedom for cattle to countries and, therefore, determined that detailed Water resources (including quality and quantity • express normal patterns of behaviour. Animal caretakers should global standards would be neither practical nor attributes), are responsibly and efficiently managed to minimise cattle stress cattle, and recognise and react appropriately support ecological function and availability. advisable. Instead, national or regional Roundtables to signs of stress. Soil health is maintained or improved through • • Cattle are kept in an environment (including stocking density, air would be responsible for translating the global implementation of appropriate management practices. quality and surfaces), which is conducive to good health and principles and criteria into nationally or regionally The beef value chain contributes to the maintenance or • normal behaviour and minimizes physical discomfort. specific indicators and metrics. enhancement of native plant and animal Transport (by land, sea or air) and handling procedures are • biological diversity. consistent with OIE guidelines.3 Where available, feed sources are sustainably-produced • • Animal welfare procedures at processing plants, including slaughter procedures, are in line with the OIE terrestrial animal health code

Business Case Drivers for Responsible Leather Risk Mitigation Opportunities SDGs

Defore restatio ion Sup Supply C y Chain in R Ris isk Exp Exposure ure Ma Mark rket Regulatory Re Op Operations Li Litigat ation Reputation R n Risk Ri Risk Ri Risk Risk Ri Risk Ri Higher price Brand equity Compliance risks Reduced Legal action or volatility of impacts from due to violations agricultural sanctions for agricultural consumer of regulations productivity due to failure to ingredients concerns and within the supply soil degradation address advocacy chain and ecosystem negative campaigns service losses environmental or human rights impacts Loss of Failure to Stranded assets contracts or anticipate future due to shifting market access government action production zones such as import bans and export restrictions 2

What is our Primary Goal? Influence change towards Have a system to deliver a and/or better practices? ”better” supply of leather? NO YES NO YES Form a o Animal Welfare Will brands commit to applying the Roundtable o Environmental solution to their supply chains? § Deforestation § GHG’s § Land Health NO YES § Biodiversity Is individual site § Pollution § Other? verification needed? Do you want to make a product claim? o Social Issues § Slavery NO YES § Child Labour YES NO § OHAS § All • Umbrella Risk Develop a chain of Develop a non- standard? Assessment • Single tier? custody Standard IP system • Multi-tier? o Manufacturing Tool Optional modules? • o Tanneries o Slaughter o Farm § Feedlot § Raising farm What do we What data do we How do we § Cow/calf address/include? need to collect? finance it?

What is our Primary Goal? Influence change towards Have a system to deliver a and/or better practices? ”better” supply of leather? NO YES NO YES Form a o Animal Welfare Will brands commit to applying the Roundtable o Environmental solution to their supply chains? § Deforestation § GHG’s § Land Health NO YES § Biodiversity Is individual site § Pollution § Other? verification needed? Do you want to make a product claim? o Social Issues § Slavery NO YES § Child Labour YES NO § OHAS § All Risk Develop a chain of Develop a non- • Single tier? Assessment • Multi-tier? custody Standard IP system Optional modules? • o Manufacturing Tool o Tanneries o Slaughter o Farm § Feedlot § Raising farm What do we What data do we How do we § Cow/calf address/include? need to collect? finance it?

Roundtable • Provide a common voice that represents the interests of the leather industry • A structure for interacting with other organizations and government bodies • A platform to learn and understand the challenges and opportunities in the leather and cattle industries • A forum to agree on priority issues and desired solutions, with the possibility of taking actions Roundtable Working Group Formal membership Can be formal or informal • • Broader platform and scope of work Focused on accomplishing a specific task • • Long term or permanent Shorter term • • May include working groups Can sit within a roundtable • •