A 360° View of Sustainability Across Canadian Agri-Food Value Chains

Some achievements by Agéco

Measuring sustainability across Canada's beef value chain

Agéco supported the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef in conducting a comprehensive 360° sustainability assessment of Canada’s beef value chain. By combining environmental life cycle assessment, social life cycle assessment and wildlife habitat evaluation, the project provided a robust portrait of the sector’s environmental, social and economic contributions. The results helped inform the industry’s sustainability strategy, support reporting efforts and strengthen its ability to demonstrate progress to producers, clients and other stakeholders.

Measuring the footprint of poultry production

To develop a rigorous profile of the sector’s environmental performance, Agéco carried out an industry-wide life cycle assessment and a GHG emissions inventory for all Canadian poultry production. The results enabled the industry to quantify its impacts, document its environmental performance, and target the most promising levers to support its sustainability priorities. Beyond the analysis, our experts helped the client translate and communicate the results to its stakeholders, notably by developing content for public communications and media relations.

Demonstrating Canadian milk's environmental and social performance

Since 2010, Agéco has been supporting the national organization representing Canadian dairy farmers in assessing the industry’s environmental and social performance. From conducting and updating the life cycle assessment of Canadian milk to developing decision-support tools, our collaboration has helped quantify the sector’s progress, guide its efforts, and support credible communications with farmers, decision-makers, and consumers.

Establishing the environmental footprint of Quebec veal

Agéco conducted the first value chain LCA of Quebec veal production to provide a comprehensive picture of the sector’s environmental performance. The study identified key environmental hotspots, evaluated improvement opportunities and benchmarked Quebec veal against international production systems. The results supported sector-wide decision-making and helped lay the foundation for future sustainability initiatives.

Assessing the sustainability of Canadian pork production

Through a comprehensive life cycle assessment, the Canadian pork sector gained a better understanding of the environmental performance of pork production across the value chain. The project helped quantify key environmental impacts, identify priority improvement opportunities and provide robust data to support sustainability strategies, industry reporting and evidence-based decision-making across the sector.

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