Locating pressures on water, energy and land resources across global supply chains

Hotspots of resource use in country and sector supply chains are poorly understood, due part to the unitary nature environmental footprinting assessment. Understanding profile dependencies across their entire chain is needed inform integrated management. Within this study pressures global water, energy land (WEL) system located along networks 189 countries 24 sectors. These profiles reveal focal tier(s) where WEL arise. Viewed through a lens, pathways found be mainly indirect, arising from on immediate (tier two) upstream three+) producers network. However, distribution these varies within between national sectoral systems, requiring tailored management mitigate multiple impacts. differences pressure sectors scarcely recognised by existing modelling approaches or supplier reporting guidelines, but major consequence optimal system. If measures not taken extend accountability for indirect imposed system, burden consumption will greatly mismanaged.