A review by Kurt Waldman, John Kerr and Katherine Groble Michigan State University Prepared for...
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Prospects for using supply chain standards and certification to reduce water pollution by commodity crops in the Great Lakes Basin
A review by Kurt Waldman, John Kerr and Katherine GrobleMichigan State University
Prepared for GLWESS project workshopOctober 1, 2012
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Declining Great Lakes water quality from agricultural nonpoint source pollution
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How to promote adoption of conservation practices to reduce the problem?
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Can we learn from the growing number of standards and certification programs?
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Supply chain standards (business-to-business)
vs. Certification & labeling (business-to-consumers)
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Supply chain standards (business to business):
Mandatory for suppliersProfit-driven, mainly for food safetyThey raise producer costs and limit
market access to those who can comply
They succeed when large buyers can enforce them or when they become the industry standard.
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Certification & labeling(business to consumer):
Operates outside the supply chainRewards favorable practices with
the aim that consumers will pay extra
Labels act as signals to consumersTends to cover small parts of the
market
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Sources of demand (standards & certification for what?)
Consumer well-being (food safety)
Animal welfareProducer well-being (fair trade
and worker protection) Environmental protection
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Sources of demand:Inside and outside of supply chain
Inside (business to business) Mostly food safety Labor standards (e.g. Nike) Animal welfare (McDonald’s)
Outside (Certification for consumers) Mostly environmental conservation and fair
trade Public pressure to encourage better business
standards like Nike and McDonald’s
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Business-to-business standards tend to have more comprehensive coverage
Food safety standards REQUIRED for ALL PRODUCERS that supply large retailers
Animal welfare standards are REQUIRED for ALL PRODUCERS that supply McDonald’s
Business-to-consumer certification schemes cover tiny percentage of market
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Why would corporations demand standards?
Core values: they care about these things per se
Also various sources of business risk
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Business risk
Input risk Reputation risk Regulatory risk
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Business risk (1): Inputs
If environmental degradation threatens supply of vital inputs
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Officials link Chi-Chi's hepatitis outbreak to green onions
Business risk (2): ReputationPublicity about bad behavior or bad
outcomes for consumers
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Business risk (2): ReputationPre-emptive steps to maintain a
good reputation
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Business risk (3): Regulation
Government regulation could be worse than standards that industry might self-impose
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Could business risk stimulate action to reduce pollution by corn & soy production?
Input risk Reputation risk Regulatory risk
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Factors that affect feasibility of developing industry sustainability standards
How the product is consumed
How the product is produced
Nature of the supply chain
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How the product is consumed
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Indirect consumption makes it invisible, hard to notice
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Direct consumption makes the product visible
Will this increase the likelihood that consumers impose pressure?
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How the product is produced
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Is geographic origin of production important to consumers?
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Could geographic origin be important to consumers of corn & soy?
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Cost of conservation practices
Are conservation practices costly?
Are they visible? Do all farms contribute
equally to the problem?
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Nature of the supply chain: concentration of buyers
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Aggregation is the norm for grains Segregation raises costs. Is segregation
necessary?
Nature of the supply chain: aggregation vs. segregation
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Some elements of a favorable approach
Outcome-based Often a small number of farms contribute most of
the problem Non-polluting farms needn’t adopt costly practices
Low transaction costs Need ways to identify main pollution sources and
also identify adopters of conservation practices
Continuous improvementRepresentation and fairnessUniversal
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Questions for the future
What are the best options for encouraging industry to agree to production standards that limit pollution of Great Lakes waters?
What are the most effective ways to generate interest by consumers in demanding such standards?
What approaches can minimize costs?