# Understanding the Livestock sector's environmental impact and sustainability credentials

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [RSK ADAS](/contract-winners/rsk-adas/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £28,510
- Award date: 8 October 2018
- Published: 8 October 2018
- Contract start: 9 October 2018
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 15b95801-8765-4ba6-8dd7-fca2c83e64a0-244868
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-decde9f4-1f35-4398-95a0-460510dfe4db

## Description

Award of opportunity for the below request: • Review and appraise existing livestock supply chain and specific beef and sheep sector sustainability reports from around the globe; • Identify the key components required to develop a GB species specific sustainability framework and in particular  How they can be measured; and  The strengths and weaknesses of the measures • Recommend a structure for a framework and use that to report the current position of the GB beef and lamb supply chain, using available data with relevant comparisons with the beef and sheep sector in other parts of the world where possible\. • Identify where extra information is needed and make recommendations as to how the beef and lamb supply chain can address these weaknesses and fill these identified knowledge gaps

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/15b95801-8765-4ba6-8dd7-fca2c83e64a0-244868)