Case Study: Vermaat boosts sustainable food purchasing with Ecochain

Vermaat maps 4.86 million kg CO₂-eq with Ecochain

Vermaat, a leading Dutch hospitality company with over 500 locations, faced the challenge of understanding and reducing the significant environmental footprint of its supply chain. To meet rising customer demand for sustainable food options and tackle its scope 3 emissions, Vermaat partnered with vendor Ecochain to measure its overall impact using a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted within Ecochain's software.

The solution involved Ecochain providing the data to create two dashboards. A customer dashboard gives Vermaat's chefs real-time insight into the environmental impact of their daily purchases, enabling more sustainable menu choices. An Ecochain supplier dashboard allows each supplier to see their own footprint, facilitating collaborative reduction efforts. This provided Vermaat with concrete hotspot insights, revealing its supply chain emissions amounted to 4.86 million kg of CO₂-eq, and empowered both the company and its suppliers to actively work on reducing their joint environmental impact.

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