Supply chains

Today’s global economy is characterized by often long, complex supply chains that bring commodities, goods and services to consumers, and economic benefits to producers. Applying innovative tools and analytical approaches, SEI explores the sustainability implications and potentials of global supply chains and broader consumption-to-production systems.

Transformational change through a circular economy

SEI brief / This brief calls for transforming the current linear take>make>waste system into one where waste is reused as raw materials, completing the resource circle.

15 November 2019 / About Behaviour and choice, Bioeconomy, Business, Innovation, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Sunset over Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais

From the savannah to the supermarket – new study links consumption to specific biodiversity impacts in the Cerrado

Feature / A new paper describes a breakthrough in linking final consumption to localized biodiversity impacts in the Brazilian Cerrado.

29 October 2019 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Linking global drivers of agricultural trade to on-the-ground impacts on biodiversity

Journal article / Calculating the biodiversity impact of soy production that can be attributed to consumers in different countries around the world.

28 October 2019 / About Ecosystems, Forests, Land use, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Consumer markets and companies linked to habitat loss for rare species in Brazil’s savannah: new paper

Press release / Consumer markets and companies linked to habitat loss for rare species in Brazil’s savannah: new paper

28 October 2019 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Climate risk in a globalized world: empirical findings from supply chains in the Swedish manufacturing sector

Journal article / Analysis of how 14 large Swedish export-oriented businesses approach risks from climate impacts on their international supply chains.

4 October 2019 / About Adaptation, Business and Supply chains

Tracking cattle deforestation risk in the Amazon and the Cerrado – a breakthrough in transparency

Feature / A new Trase data set brings unprecedented transparency to the supply chains and impacts of Brazilian cattle and beef production.

17 September 2019 / About Forests, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

How Asian rice and African riots make the case for global climate adaptation

Perspective / In a globalized world, the impacts of climate change cross borders. The Adaptation Without Borders initiative responds to this challenge.

11 September 2019 / About Adaptation and Supply chains

“Stop eating hamburgers, start eating bug burgers” – notes from the African Conference on Edible Insects

Feature / Edible insects have great potential as a solution for food security in sub-Saharan Africa, but are so far under exploited.

5 September 2019 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Food and agriculture, Innovation, Supply chains and Sustainable lifestyles

CASCADES

Project / CAScading Climate risks: towards ADaptive and resilient European Societies – an EU H2020 project assessing the interconnected impacts of climate change.

2019 - 2023 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Geopolitics, Public policy and Supply chains