{Tool} SMART- Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment RouTine. Creator(s): Baumgart, Lukas; Bircher, Richard; Blockeel, Johan; Chevillat, Véronique S.; Curran, Michael; Garibay, Salvador; Harrer, Felix; Keller, Olivia; Landert, Jan; Lazzarini, Gianna; Papagiannakis, Haris; Petrasek, Richard; Pfeifer, Catherine; Schader, Christian; Schlatter, Bernhard; Schwitter, Patricia; Stefani, Patrick; Teriete, Moritz; Weisshaidinger, Rainer and Wirz, Axel. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. (2016)
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SMART is an innovative instrument for holistic sustainability analysis and evaluation of agricultural and food companies and is based on the globally valid SAFA guidelines. It was developed by more than 60 agricultural and sustainability experts and consists of a highly efficient database as well as a scientifically sound evaluation methodology including an extensive indicator pool. The assessment method involves, among other things, a weighting of the indicators according to the level of impact on the various SAFA subthemes. Furthermore, the sphere of influence and responsibility of the respective farm or company as well as the time, place and responsible party of sustainability impacts within the supply chain are being considered.
SMART is not a new standard, certification system or label but solely an analysis and assessment instrument. It therefore does not compete with existing standards and certificates but is a useful supplement.
The SMART tool should be implemented by experts, and therefore anyone interested in the tool should contact those responsible for the tool to arrange a training. The tool only works on computers with a Microsoft operating system.
EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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Teaser: | Holistic sustainability assessment with SMART. |
What problem does the tool address?: | The term "sustainability" is used inflationary and inconsistently. For consumers and buyers it is very difficult to tell whether a farm or a company are actually operating sustainably or not. |
What solution does the tool offer?: | SMART is a method that allows farms and companies in the food sector to assess their sustainability in a credible, transparent and comparable manner. |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type of Practice Tool: | Calculation tools |
Keywords: | Farm management, monitoring and evaluation, digital technology, farm economics, environment, society, biodiversity, environmental protection, environmental impact assessment, sustainability, animal husbandry, animal production |
Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English farm management http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2799 English monitoring and evaluation http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_bea12d1e English digital technology http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4b2d7f85 English farm economics -> agricultural economics http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8672 English environment http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2593 English society http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_50309 English biodiversity http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33949 English environmental protection http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15898 English Environmental Impact Assessment http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33483 English sustainability http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33560 English animal husbandry http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8532 English animal production http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_437 |
Subjects: | Farming Systems > Farm economics Animal husbandry Knowledge management > Research methodology and philosophy > Specific methods Farming Systems > Social aspects Environmental aspects |
Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Sustainability > Sustainability assessment European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge |
Related Links: | https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/smart-en, https://www.facebook.com/organicfarmknowledge/posts/218818656697443, https://twitter.com/farm_knowledge/status/1374257829679411200, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39608 |
Project ID: | ofk |
Deposited By: | Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, FiBL |
ID Code: | 39608 |
Deposited On: | 22 Mar 2021 10:34 |
Last Modified: | 02 May 2024 10:31 |
Document Language: | English, German/Deutsch, Czech/Česky, Finnish/Suomea, French/Francais, Greek/Ellinika, Hungarian/Magyar, Italian/Italiano, Lithuanian/Lietuvos, Norwegian/Norsk, Spanish/Español |
Status: | Published |
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