{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["supply chain audit"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'supply chain audit' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":3,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=supply+chain+audit","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"mearth-000142","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/mearth-000142","title":"CARREFOUR NOUS ENFUME… TOUJOURS!","publisher":{"name":"Mighty Earth","organization":"mighty-earth"},"document_type":"report","language":"fr","date_published":"2022-11-25","source_url":"https://www.mightyearth.org/wp-content/uploads/K4NE_ToujoursFR-V5.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Mighty Earth's October 2022 investigation reveals that Carrefour continued to sell beef from suspended JBS slaughterhouses in Brazil, particularly through its Atacadão and Sam's Club stores. Despite public claims of suspending suppliers in Rondônia, the group's supply chain remains heavily dependent on JBS, with 27% of identified beef products coming from ten slaughterhouses linked to recent deforestation. The report also highlights illegal fires at the Fazenda Rondon property supplying JBS and criticizes Carrefour's 2026 strategy as lacking ambition and transparency regarding both beef and soy sourcing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"An October 2022 investigation of ten Carrefour stores in Brazil found that the group continued to sell beef products from slaughterhouses it had publicly announced as suspended due to deforestation in indigenous territories.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Ten JBS slaughterhouses associated with recent deforestation cases provided 27% of the beef products identified in Mighty Earth's store survey.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carrefour's dependence on JBS is significant, with two-thirds of the beef products sold by the group in Brazil originating from JBS, exceeding JBS's own overall market share in Brazil.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Atacadão brand, which represents 72% of Carrefour's sales in Brazil in 2022, is a primary channel for products from the Amazon, with 56% of sampled JBS products in these stores originating from the Amazon region.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Evidence shows JBS purchased cattle from Fazenda Rondon in Mato Grosso while the property was losing primary forest; specifically, it lost 630 hectares between February and July 2021 and another 369 hectares by the end of that year.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carrefour's 2026 strategy is criticized for being unambitious, as it allows beef-related deforestation to continue for eight more years and provides no solid information on the Cerrado biome.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Transparency regarding soy sourcing is limited to Carrefour-branded animal products sold only in France, omitting volumes, specific silos, or the municipalities of origin.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000142#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["deforestation","methane emissions","land-use change"],"geography_discussed":["Rondônia","Mato Grosso","Pará","France"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["supply chain audit","corporate policy analysis","field investigation"]},{"id":"chanmar-000057","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/chanmar-000057","title":"Where do brands stand on viscose ?","publisher":{"name":"Changing Markets Foundation","organization":"changing-markets-foundation"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2020-11-18","source_url":"https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CM-BRANDS-TABLE-2020-VISCOSE-NOV-2020-VERS-02-compressed.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report evaluates a wide range of fashion brands on their viscose sourcing, focusing on whether they disclose their suppliers and adopt closed-loop manufacturing systems. While some brands like C&A, M&S, and H&M have signed the Changing Markets Roadmap and disclosed specific factory addresses, many others lack viscose-specific policies, fail to disclose fibre manufacturers, or focus solely on wood pulp sourcing rather than the chemical impacts of fibre manufacturing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Several brands have signed the Changing Markets Roadmap and committed to transitioning to closed-loop manufacturing systems by 2023-25, including M&S, Reformation, and Sainsbury's.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"C&A provides high levels of transparency by disclosing its full factory list and addresses for viscose suppliers, including entities in Germany, India, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Austria, and the Czech Republic.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Many brands rely heavily on a small number of dominant suppliers, specifically Lenzing and Aditya Birla, often citing them as their primary or 'preferred' sources.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A significant number of brands lack a public, viscose-specific sourcing policy or fail to address the environmental impacts of the fibre manufacturing stage, focusing instead on wood pulp sourcing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The use of the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) is a common chemical management tool among the assessed brands, though some only use a Restricted Substances List (RSL).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Some brands have set specific targets for 'sustainable' or 'responsible' viscose, such as Esprit aiming for 100% sustainable fibres by 2023 and New Look aiming for 100% traceable and sustainable viscose by 2023.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Several luxury brands under the LVMH group (including Dior, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton) claim to have responsible sourcing policies for viscose covering water management, yet these are not mentioned on their websites or in LVMH's 2019 sustainability report.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Transparency regarding the actual factories producing viscose remains low for many brands, with several disclosing only the name of the parent supplier group rather than specific manufacturing sites.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000057#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Global supply chain governance","forest conservation","water management"],"geography_discussed":["Germany","India","People's Republic of China","Thailand","Indonesia","Austria","United Kingdom","Czech Republic"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["corporate accountability","supply chain audit"]},{"id":"chanmar-000323","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/chanmar-000323","title":"Überfischung2","publisher":{"name":"Changing Markets Foundation","organization":"changing-markets-foundation"},"document_type":"report","language":"de","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Uberfischung2_FINAL.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that Swiss retailers largely fail to ensure sustainable aquaculture supply chains, with none meeting half of the assessed sustainability indicators. It highlights the ecological and social risks of using wild fish for aquaculture feed, the inadequacy of current certification labels, and the poor state of fish welfare in farms. The authors advocate for the decoupling of aquaculture from wild fisheries through alternative feeds and the promotion of herbivorous fish species.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The global aquaculture industry is heavily dependent on fishmeal and fish oil derived from wild fish, which undermines the sustainability of the sector. Approximately 15 to 18 million tonnes of wild fish are processed into fishmeal and oil annually, representing nearly 20% of the global catch, with almost 80% of this being fed to farmed fish.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The use of wild fish for aquaculture feed threatens food security in developing nations. In Gambia, research indicated that fish processed in a single fishmeal and oil factory accounted for about 40% of the country's total reported fish catch in 2016, diverting essential protein from the local population.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"An evaluation of seven major Swiss retailers (Migros, Coop, Denner, Aldi, Volg, Lidl, and Spar) using 13 indicators revealed a significant lack of sustainability and transparency. No company met even half of the indicators, and none have established clear, time-bound goals to eliminate wild fish from their aquaculture supply chains.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current aquaculture certifications, including the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and MarinTrust (formerly IFFO), are criticized as ineffective. The report claims these labels often overlook the dubious origin of fishmeal and oil and fail to address fish welfare standards.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Fish welfare in aquaculture is in crisis, characterized by high mortality rates and inhumane slaughter practices. In Scotland, mortality rates in salmon farms rose from 3.1% in 2002 to 13.5% in 2019, driven by infections, algal blooms, and parasite treatments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The economic cost of poor farming practices in the top four salmon-producing countries (Canada, Norway, Chile, and Scotland) between 2013 and 2019 is estimated at nearly 50 billion USD, with mortality alone accounting for 15.5 billion USD.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Sustainable alternatives to fishmeal and fish oil exist, including plant-based substitutes (potatoes, wheat, corn, rapeseed) and microalgae, which provide essential EPA and DHA. Additionally, farming herbivorous species like carp, tilapia, and mussels significantly reduces the need for wild fish feed.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The use of soy as a fishmeal replacement is problematic due to its link to deforestation in South America, particularly Brazil, where up to 20% of soy imported to Europe may originate from illegal cultivation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"chanmar-000323#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["aquaculture","Global supply chain governance","deforestation","food security","biodiversity loss"],"geography_discussed":["The Gambia","India","Vietnam","Scotland","Norway","Brazil","Canada","Chile","World"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["corporate assessment","environmental impact analysis","supply chain audit"]}]}