New customer rules and state regulations are causing companies to rethink and revise their sustainability strategies. In this podcast, Dr Andrew Hudson shares what is happening and how to think and structure a sustainability strategy.

The key subjects discussed:

•  Sustainability legislation being driven in the US and Europe
• Science Based Metrics and how they relate to your sustainability strategy
• Getting clarity of your supply chain and mapping your supply chain
• Life Cycle Assessments of Footwear
• Extended Producer Responsibility

How can Eurofins | BLC help?

 Eurofins BLC can guide you in your sustainability journey from helping you define your sustainability strategy all the way through to identifying and delivering on key focus areas.  Through a combination of expert support and testing services dedicated to the footwear industry, we can enable you to obtain greater transparency of your sustainability performance at both the supply chain and footwear product level to determine where the most impactful improvements can be made.  Examples of such services include:

• Materiality Assessment allows you to define your sustainability strategy based on opportunities and risks specific to your organisation.
•  Risk-Mapped Supply Chain Service assesses Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks in your supply chain and provides a risk assessment report.
• Footwear Sustainability Tool based on LCA Principles allows you to identify potential LCA hotspots in your footwear supply chain with actionable data.
•  Cotton Origin and US Due Diligence Program supports you in assessing and providing rebuttable evidence for the stated origin of cotton particularly for US Customs requirements.
•  Biobased Content of Materials helps determine the bio-based content of solid, liquid and gaseous products using radiocarbon analysis and elemental analyses.

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