Giving Compass' Take:

• TriplePundit reports on a new initiative called the GeoFootprint Project, which aims to gather data on crop production to inform more sustainable practices in the agriculture industry.

• How can we support better supply chain sources for U.S. crops? An what can we learn in the U.S. from a project like this when it comes to the importance of data aggregation, no matter the sector?

• Here's why sustainable farming is not one size fits all.

Environmental sustainability consulting firm Quantis has been awarded a grant by EIT Climate-KIC, the EU’s largest public-private partnership addressing climate change through innovation, to launch the GeoFootprint Project. The groundbreaking two-year project will deliver comprehensive and site-specific data via a publicly available, web-based platform to a diverse set of actors across crop-based value chains ...

For many companies in the agro-food, cosmetics and apparel sectors, future growth depends on the continued availability and quality of crop production. The risks posed by climate change, deforestation, land degradation, water scarcity and declining resilience of ecosystem services have prompted increased levels of commitment to and investment in sustainable agriculture, with a particular focus at crop production level. However, companies and other diverse stakeholders across the value chain face considerable methodological issues when it comes to assessing and proving the efficiency of sustainability efforts.

The GeoFootprint Project will drastically improve the value companies derive from the data they collect. Enhanced visibility of on-the-ground impacts will offer brand owners an opportunity to accurately and efficiently manage their supply chains, track the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives, deploy clear actions and foster greater collaboration with key players actors across the value chain, thereby creating a stronger link between field-level changes to decisions at the strategic level.

Read the full article about the Geofootprint Project by Libby MacCarthy at Quantis.