Sustainability software solutions

For Seafish, UK's public body supporting the UK seafood sector, we developed a sector Carbon Footprint Tool. The tool enables UK seafood businesses, in both wildcapture and aquaculture, to calculate product carbon footprints and gain insights to supply chain improvements.

Set up of an easy and accessible online LCA/footprint tool to measure and improve the environmental footprint of growing media products. To ensure consistency the tool brings together the Growing Media Environmental Footprint Guidelines (GMEF guidelines) and an LCA database.

For Albert Heijn, a Dutch retailer, we utilize various Environmental Footprinting Modules to support them with largescale data collection among 600+ farmers globally, and consistent product footprint calculations of specific fruit and vegetable products. Insights will empower Albert Heijn to set up meaningful emission reduction programs, improve their supply chain, and contribute to a more sustainable society.

Avebe is a cooperative of starch potato growers focusing on extracting starch and proteins from potatoes. Avebe’s customers use these ingredients in food products and cattle food or industrial applications. Sustainability is an important objective for Avebe. Blonk Consultants worked with Avebe to develop a life cycle assessment (LCA) model to calculate the environmental footprint of each product in the company's portfolio.

Blonk developed a carbon footprint tool for the Dutch fruit sector. This tool offers Dutch fruit growers insights into the total carbon footprint of fruit production and the contribution of the various cultivation stages. The tool also shows improvement opportunities, such as changing to electric vehicles, generating green energy, or reducing pesticide use. The tool is developed in Excel and is available for apples, pears, redcurrants, blackberries, cherries, and plums.