Deforestation Policy

TFSL are principally a small indirect user and as such are just a small voice. We will support Deforestation and conversion free initiatives by adding our voice to industry led mass market changes, a collective support to government, finance, civil society and other stake holders demanding change. Wherever possible, TFSL also support dietary changes to plant-based foods though it’s development teams and associated engagement with customers.

Soy reporting

Raw materials implicated include egg, meat (chicken, Pork), dairy (liquid, cheese), soy (sauce and edamame beans) – we will be mindful of any additional ingredients implicated when reviewing purchases and reporting data.

We will report annually (calendar) the amount of Soy purchased directly and indirectly and the progress made on our action plans. This will be via the 3-keel web site and on our website.

Supplier Expectations

1. PAPER

We are committed to working with our suppliers to avoid deforestation and land conversion for paper and board packaging. All paper and board packaging must be from suppliers certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) or the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).

2. SOY

Contract paperwork will include the following requirements:

1. Refer to DCF requirements and commitment and to comply by 2025
2. that they should ask their direct suppliers to adopt and cascade this commitment.
3. Integrate UK soy manifesto (or equivalent) into their purchasing contracts
4. Publicly disclose progress
5. Encourage harmonised monitoring, verification and reporting

TFSL will ask for an annual report on Soy usage and an update on their transition plans covering:

1. Records detailing Country of origin sourcing (including sub-national where available) and to categorise these as low/med/high risk in the context of deforestation and land conversion.
2. Traceability/chain of custody with appropriate evidence,
3. Options the supplier considered for replacing Soy.
4. Non-conformances identified with the supply chain and the DFCF claims
5. Certification schemes – see below

Accreditation of certification schemes

• The Round Table on Responsible Soya (RTRS)
• Cefetra – The Certified Responsible Soya (CRS) standard
• ADM – The Responsible Soybean Standard
• ProTerra
• ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification)
• Cargill Triple S
• Donau Soja/Europe Soya
  1. Audits/validation and verification processes
  2. Soy footprint

Supporting documentation

1. TFSL Contract paperwork, Terms and Conditions. Owner – Purchasing dept
2. Sedex Links to suppliers. Owner – Purchasing dept
3. Annual report on Soy used – direct and indirect. Owner – Purchasing dept
4. Annual report on transition plans. Owner – purchasing dept.

TFSL Soy Action plan

Appendix – Soy certification

Direct Monitoring

Suppliers who can pinpoint sourcing regions may prove their soy is deforestation-free if it originates from areas protected by reliable initiatives like The Amazon Soy Moratorium. Companies purchasing from traders who have signed and comply with the moratorium, as verified by independent audits, can be reasonably confident that the soy they receive from Amazonian sources is not linked to deforestation. We will keep under review other initiatives that can provide similarly credible and reliable verification of deforestation-free status and update our policy accordingly, for example the emerging deforestation free national standard for soy in Argentina (VISeC)

Certification Standards

There are several certification standards associated with responsible soy production. TFSL accepts any schemes benchmarked by ITC (International Trade Centre) against the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines (2021) with criterion 34 now being mandatory (which covers the conversion of natural vegetation with fixed cut-off date of 2020).

https://fefac.eu/newsroom/news/fefac-soy-sourcing-guidelines-2023-update-includes-conversion-free-soy-as-essential-criterion/

Chain of Custody Supply Chain Model

There are five supply chain certification models supporting the production of certified soy.

1. Segregated (SG)A supply chain model that ensures certified soymeal is kept segregated from non-certified sources through each stage of the supply chain.
2. Identity Preservation (IP)
   In an IP model, certified material from a single source is kept separate from all other material throughout the supply chain, allowing maximum traceability from production to end use. This also results in separate documentation for each batch of single-source certified product from other certified and non-certified product
3. Mass Balance (MB)
   Soy from one or more certified facilities/sites may be mixed (transport/Storage) with sources of non-certified soy. An accounting system ensures the volume of certified soy corresponds to the total volume of soy delivered by certified farms.
4. Area Mass Balance (AMB)This combines Mass Balance and the Book & Claim system. The certificates are bought from certified farms from the region in which the delivery of physical material by a mass balance model.
5. Book & Claim (credits)
   A supply chain model that enables the trade of Book & Claim credits through an online trading platform. The certificates are separated from the physical material.
   Claim is not tied to the physical soy volumes, but instead is traded on a separate online market. Claim is not tied to the physical soy volumes, but instead is traded on a separate online market.

Only Segregated (SG) and IP supply chain model can demonstrate deforestation and conversion free. The other mechanisms are only permitted as transition plans to physically verified DFC free soy by Dec 2025.