Tesco adopts carbon profiling for seafood

The retail group will adopt the Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool (SCEPT), developed by Seafish, the public body set up to support the UK seafood industry,

Tesco aims to be net-zero across its full value chain by 2050 and believes the SCEPT can help achieve this.

The tool works by supporting businesses to generate carbon footprints for their wild capture and aquaculture seafood products. This allows them to build an understanding of emissions hotspots, or risks, in product supply chains and provides insights to drive improvements.

To outline what the implementation of the SCEPT means for its supply chain, Tesco recently hosted a webinar to describe what kind of data would be requested, how they can be inputted and used.

During the webinar, Dr Stuart McLanaghan, Seafish Head of Responsible Sourcing, who led the SCEPT’s development, provided a walkthrough of the tool and its functionality.  

He said: “We commend Tesco’s commitment to implement the SCEPT across its seafood supply chain and are delighted some of its suppliers are already seeing the benefits of this user-friendly, industry-facing resource.  

“The tool’s integration across UK seafood supply chains is also crucial for generating high-quality, industry-averaged datasets for benchmarking and subsequent public disclosure purposes.”