For investors
We help investors gain transparency in agricultural supply chains through VIVE’s comprehensive assessments and data collection tools, facilitating the setting, monitoring, and verification of continuous improvement plans.
Verified sustainable product: all sustainability claims are underpinned by the VIVE Programme’s globally benchmarked assessment – ensuring integrity, traceability, and credibility at every stage of the chain.
Trusted Sustainability Reporting: access structured, auditable ESG data aligned with key reporting frameworks – from GHG emissions to social and governance indicators.
Risk Reduction: VIVE’s tools enable pre-investment due diligence and ongoing portfolio monitoring, helping you reduce exposure to regulatory, reputational, and operational risks.
Holistic Approach to Sustainability: VIVE covers environmental, social, and governance performance across farms, facilities, and logistics – providing a complete picture of sustainability performance.
Global Industry Recognition: The VIVE Programme is used by leading supply chain players and benchmarked against global standards – adding credibility to your strategy and appeal to responsible investors.
Built on the VIVE Programme
The VIVE Programme is a globally recognised sustainability framework for agricultural supply chains. It sets the foundation for all our investor services, providing independent verification across environmental, social, and governance indicators.
Our modular approach covers every stage of the supply chain – from farm to facility to logistics – enabling credible assessments, traceability, and improvement tracking at every step.
Verified Tools for Investor-Led Sustainability
VIVE has developed a suite of robust, independently verified tools that provide the credibility, data integrity, and functionality required to operate in investor-led sustainability markets.
What’s included:
- Independent baseline sustainability assessments
- Material ESG metric setting
- Gap analysis and continuous improvement planning
- Performance benchmarking against global standards
- Monitoring, Reporting & Verifying sustainability metrics across a full three-year cycle
- Marketing & communications support for capital raising
Key metrics
Carbon emissions
Calculate Carbon using a verified carbon calculator
- Sources of CO2
- Carbon sequestration and Emission Mitigation
- Emissions Breakdown
- Emissions per kg of Product
- Farm and Facility Calculator
- Aligned with SBTi and FLAG guidance
Human rights due diligence
Identifies, prevents, and addresses risks to people across the supply chain.
- Sustainable Farmer Income
- Farmer Training
- Forced Labour
- Safe working environment
- Community & Land rights
- Welfare Programme
Zero deforestation
No land cleared after 31st December 2020; full compliance with regulations, frameworks and certifications
- EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
- Multinational FMCG’s
- Accountability Framework Initiative (AFi)
- SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) Standards
- Rainforest Alliance
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Water efficiency
Optimising water use per tonne of crop produced
- Water efficiency plan
- Water wastage management
- Irrigation practices
- Water Quality
- Rainwater harvesting techniques
- Water Protection
Improve Yield
Supporting continuous improvement for long-term value
- Variety Selection
- Planting density and spacing
- Fertilizer type, quantity and timing of application
- Irrigation methods
- Harvest timing
- Weed and pest control methods
Renewable Energy
Targets and transition plans shared with supplying farms
- Potential renewable energy applications
- International Renewable energy certification (IREC)
- Renewable energy guidance
- GHG measurements (VCA)
- Renewable energy management
- SBTi
Regenerative Agriculture
Uses crop rotation, no-till farming, and organic inputs to rebuild soil health
- Maximise soil organic carbon content
- Maintain and enhance on-farm biodiversity
- Optimise water use
- Minimise water pollution
- Minimise greenhouse gas emissions
- Maximise carbon sequestration
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