Case Study: one of Europe’s leading meat-processing companies identifies emissions hotspots and targets a 19% Scope 3 cut with dss+

Identifying the farms that matter most for Scope 3 reduction

A major European meat-processing company faced the challenge of reducing its Scope 3 emissions, which accounted for over 90% of its total footprint. With limited and inconsistent data from its hundreds of supplying farms, the company lacked a detailed baseline to guide its decarbonization investments and efforts. dss+ was engaged to address this visibility issue across its complex upstream supply chain.

dss+ developed a detailed farm-level assessment program that combined quantitative GHG accounting with qualitative readiness evaluations. By individually analyzing more than 250 farms, they identified that fewer than half of the farms were responsible for over 80% of the emissions. This breakthrough allowed the client to focus effort and investment on the highest-impact areas, creating a pathway to potentially reduce its Scope 3 emissions by 19% over ten years.