Food and Beverage

The food and beverage industry faces intense scrutiny from regulators, consumers, and NGOs, making ESG compliance and transparency non-negotiable. Verisio helps CPG brands and retailers identify real risks, ensure supplier accountability, and meet evolving regulatory demands with confidence.

REGULATORY DRIVERS

  • UK Modern Slavery Act
  • EU CSRD & EUDR (Deforestation Regulation)
  • Global standards: ETI Base Code, UNGP, ILO conventions
  • EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)

COMMON CHALLENGES

  • Complex, global supply chains involving high-risk ingredients or raw materials
  • Seasonal labour, migrant worker risk, and weak traceability
  • Overlap between environmental and social risk factors
  • Pressure to align with responsible sourcing and sustainability targets

Key Risks

  • Weak visibility beyond Tier 1 (especially in agricultural and packaging suppliers)

  • Labour exploitation in production, harvesting, and logistics

  • Environmental risks: deforestation, water use, emissions, packaging waste

  • NGO/media exposure due to high consumer visibility

Reccomended solutions

Onboarding & Risk Assessment

Approve new suppliers quickly and responsibly

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Evaluate & Verify Audits

Uncover site-level risks across social, environmental & quality areas

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Tier 1+ Supply Chain Mapping

Visualise and monitor upstream risk exposure

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Packaging Risk Assessments 

Ensure packaging and printing suppliers meet ethical and environmental standards

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Illustrative scenario

Bringing clarity to fast-moving, multi-tier supply chains

A retailer launching its own-brand ready meals struggles to trace raw ingredients like herbs, spices, and packaging back to source. Limited Tier 1 visibility makes it difficult to verify working conditions at agricultural sites and food processors. The retailer wants to meet its modern slavery obligations and avoid reputational exposure.

Verisio can come in to map high-risk tiers, verify supplier conditions, and run on-site audits where migrant labour and food safety risks intersect, helping teams reduce blind spots before launch.

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FAQs

What ESG risks are most common in food and beverage supply chains?

Labour exploitation in farming and processing, deforestation-linked commodities, water stress, chemical use, fraud in high-value ingredients, and packaging waste. Hidden tiers and intermediaries increase these risks.

Can you assess labour conditions in seasonal agriculture or food processing?

Yes. We use risk-based audits with off-site worker interviews, recruitment checks, overtime analysis, plus worker voice channels during peaks.

How do your services support compliance with global standards and regulations?

By aligning due diligence to frameworks like ILO standards, SMETA, BRCGS, and retailer codes, with traceability evidence, audit findings, corrective actions, and ongoing monitoring ready for regulator or customer review.

Let’s build a better supply chain,
together.

Whether you’re starting small or scaling globally, Verisio helps you take the right next step with confidence.

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