Supply chain activity (scope 3) makes up the vast majority of a Consumer company’s total footprint.  Switching to deforestation- and conversion-free supply, implementing climate-friendly agricultural practices, reducing packaging and managing food waste make a sizable difference. But if those improvements aren’t fully captured in enterprise emissions reporting, you are not realising the full business case.

The challenge is that measuring the emissions reductions  can be time consuming, complex, and, without detailed supply chain information, often highly estimated. This results in a patchwork of different strategies – even in the context of existing global frameworks like the GHG Protocol and SBTi – around how companies engage with suppliers, and the specifications of information that is requested from them.

By aligning leading retailers, manufacturers and suppliers around common expectations, the framework helps improve data quality, ease the reporting burden for suppliers, and unlock faster, more coordinated decarbonisation and nature protection across global value chains.

The CDF is a living document that will continue to evolve as Coalition members:  

• learn from emerging frameworks like PACT, GSTA, and GHG Protocol and share our experience and perspectives to ensure practicality 
• further simplify so that all supplier data requests are for essential information
• share best practices from other industry pilots and coalitions
• find new ways to prioritise action within supply chains.

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