Measure and trace water across your agricultural supply chain
Your agricultural supply base concentrates most of your scope 3 water footprint. Get ahead of upcoming water reporting requirements (ESRS E3 - Water) and the growing scrutiny on agricultural scope 3, with satellite measurement that is independent of supplier self-declarations.
ESRS E3 water reporting and the pressure on agricultural scope 3
Omnibus I, published in 2026, simplified the CSRD and raised its application thresholds: the directive now primarily targets large companies (around 1,000 employees and more than €450M in turnover). The simplified standards roll out toward 2027–2028. For food and FMCG brands, this leaves a short window to put credible, auditable agricultural water measurement in place.
Beyond CSRD, GRI 303 and CDP Water requirements keep tightening on agricultural scope 3. Buyers, ESG investors and extra-financial rating agencies now expect verifiable supplier data — not self-declarations.
Seabex provides independent satellite measurement, computed at field level, that derisks your sourcing and secures defensible water reporting. The data is structured by supplier, crop and watershed, ready to be consolidated into your annual sustainability report.
The water traceability challenge
From opacity to real-time certification
The problem
- Your agricultural suppliers represent 60–80% of your total water footprint (scope 3)
- You currently have no verifiable data on these consumptions — only supplier self-declarations
- Regulatory pressure on water reporting keeps rising: ESRS E3 - Water (simplified CSRD 2026), GRI 303, CDP Water
- The climate exposure of your supply base (droughts, water-use restrictions) is missing from your risk analyses
The Seabex solution
- Satellite measurement per field — independent of supplier self-declarations
- Structured, traceable, audit-ready water data (ESRS E3 - Water, GRI 303, CDP Water)
- Supply-chain aggregation: by supplier, crop, watershed, country
- Climate exposure simulator (STU) projecting the vulnerability of your supply base to 2030–2050
The water-data value chain
From per-field satellite measurement to audit-ready water reporting: a single, fully traceable flow.
Satellite measurement per field
Sentinel-2 imagery and agronomic AI: per-field water use, no on-site sensor.
Agronomic normalisation
Soil-plant water balance calibrated by crop, stage and pedoclimatic context (FAO-56).
Supply-chain aggregation
Consolidation by supplier, crop, watershed and country — comparable and defensible.
Audit-ready water reporting
Structured ESRS E3 - Water, GRI 303, CDP Water indicators, ready for annual consolidation.
The Seabex platform in action
A complete agronomic view of your agricultural supply chain — in real time.
Three key benefits
Audit-ready water data
Structured ESRS E3 - Water indicators, measured per field and aggregated per supplier. Compatible with your ESG reporting tools (structured export, GRI 303, CDP Water).
Satellite measurement, independent of declarations
Sentinel imagery + agronomic AI: real water consumption is estimated at field level, without supplier surveys or on-site sensors. You gain a verifiable, defensible data point.
Climate exposure simulator (STU)
Project the water exposure of your supplier basins (RCP 2.6 / 4.5 / 8.5 scenarios, 2030–2050 horizons). Spot which supply lines to derisk first, before sourcing arbitrages.
Our solutions for your supply chain
Three products, one shared foundation of per-field measured data.
Data aggregation
Measure and compare your suppliers' water at field level, then aggregate by crop, watershed and country.
Explore data aggregation →CSRD reporting
An audit-ready water report, aligned with ESRS E3 - Water, GRI 303 and CDP Water, from field data.
See CSRD water reporting →Climate Simulator
Project water exposure of your sourcing basins at 2030, 2040, 2050 and 2100 horizons.
Explore the Climate Simulator →Target sectors
Sectors whose agricultural supply base weighs heavily on scope 3 water footprint.
Use case
Monitoring a supply chain at scale: 186 farmers, ≈ 3,000 hectares
Illustration from a real deployment on the Tunifert network. A food brand applies the same approach to monitor its upstream supply base, without surveys or sensors to install.
Context
186 partner farmers, ≈ 3,000 hectares spread across several basins, contracted crops with quality and traceability requirements.
Action
Per-field satellite monitoring, irrigation recommendations and value-chain risk alerts. Early-harvest detection currently being rolled out.
Benefit
Consolidated, defensible view of water use and agronomic risks per supplier, crop and basin — usable for reporting and procurement decisions.
Why now
Three converging pressures make agricultural water measurement strategic
Regulation
ESRS E3 - Water applies to large companies on a 2027-2028 timeline (simplified CSRD). The window to build audit-ready data is short.
Buyers & investors
Retailers, contracting parties and ESG investors now expect verifiable supplier data, not self-declarations or sector estimates.
Physical risk
Recurring droughts and water-use restrictions on sourcing basins weaken volumes, costs and supply continuity.
Compatible with your ESG stack
Structured export to the main water reporting formats and to leading ESG platforms. Documented API.
Definitions
The vocabulary of agricultural water
- Scope 3 water
- Water consumed upstream and downstream of your operations. For a food brand, agricultural upstream concentrates most of scope 3.
- ESRS E3 - Water
- European CSRD standard dedicated to water resources: measurement, dependency and value-chain impacts.
- Water footprint
- Volume of water withdrawn and consumed to produce a good, measured at field level then consolidated by crop, watershed and country.
- Water stress
- Durable imbalance between water demand (irrigation, plant) and the resource available on a territory.
- Sourcing basin
- Agricultural territory where your raw materials are grown, treated as the unit for water-risk monitoring and analysis.
Secure your water reporting and derisk your agricultural supply chain
Talk to our STU experts and deploy Seabex on your priority basins.
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