About the IFC Benchmark Tool

What it is

This benchmark tool is a collection of environmental performance benchmarks for food industry compiled from various selected publications. The tool enables the user to search for collected benchmarks within industry sub sectors such as:

• Meat processing
• Fish processing
• Fruit and vegetables processing
• Milk processing
• Bakeries and pasta processing
• Drinks and beverages including mineral and drinking water
• Sugar (beet)
• Sugar (cane)
• Coffee, Cocoa and Tea processing
• Vegetable oil and fat manufacturing (soy, sunflower and palm)
• Grain processing (milling, starch flour and malt)
• Alcohol production (as part of food processing units, excluding biofuels)

 For each sub-sector, collected benchmarks have been sorted into industry segments whenever applicable. A segment is a food industry segment of a specific sub-sector. An example, “Poultry” is a segment of the sub-sector “Meat processing”.

Purpose

• Provide instrument allowing fast access to relevant environmental benchmark data;
• Provide instrument to enter, store, and use analogical data obtained by technical experts from different resources including clients;
• Provide instrument to share collected data within IFC.

Functionality

Tool allows using already collected information in more comfortable way as compared to the book/brochure or other more traditional way. The user can:

• see,
• filter,
• group,
• see details on data sources, and
• print selected data.

The tool is also intended for dynamic use and thus enables the user to:

• Add own benchmarks;
• Include new benchmark types;
• Add benchmarks or comments to individual benchmark figures.
  

Download User Guide here (PDF) and IFC Benchmark Tool here (excel)