2019年6月6日，日内瓦: The six members of WBCSD’s 软商品论坛 (SCF) – Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), 邦基集团, 美国嘉吉公司, 中粮集团国际, 嘉能可农业 and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) – have issued public reporting on soy sourced from Brazil’s Cerrado biome. The reports follow the SCF members’ commitment to a common reporting framework last February, 支持巴西透明、可追溯的大豆供应链. 已经编制了六份报告，每个SCF成员公司一份.
The June 2019 reports are identical apart from the percentages of soy sourced from the Cerrado and company examples of their initiatives underway. 在报告中, the SCF members state the percentage of soy they source from the Cerrado relative to their total Brazilian volume based on 2018 data. The reports include the percentage of soy within the Cerrado that is sourced directly from farmers and indirectly from 聚合器, cooperatives 以及其他第三方 from 25 priority municipalities.
The Cerrado region of Brazil plays a significant role globally for both people and nature, 在减缓气候变化方面, 生物多样性和淡水系统. It is also an economic engine for local communities and a key production region for exported agricultural commodities. Yet the extent and pace of native vegetation loss resulting from cattle and soy farming expansion in the Cerrado poses a significant threat to these environmental, 社会和经济价值.
通过优先考虑25个城市, SCF members are actively identifying where targeted interventions are needed to address native vegetation conversion for soy cultivation in the Cerrado. Identifying and reporting on percentages of soy sourced directly or indirectly is important to inform the type of strategic response that will be developed. By focusing on priority municipalities and working directly with cooperatives, 聚合器, 以及其他第三方, SCF members will engage with local partners for more sustainable production practices.
Diane Holdorf，食品部总经理 & 自然 at the 新时代赌场亚洲最佳(WBCSD), said: “These reports mark an important continued step towards transparent and traceable soy supply chains in Brazil. This is the first time leading global commodity traders are working together in the soy sector on a pre-competitive project to address sustainability risks they all share, 但没有一家公司可以单独解决. 这是前所未有的合作, 与其他利益相关者一起, 需要解决这些复杂的食品系统挑战吗.”
She added: “We welcome the leadership taken by our members in contributing to the much-needed transformation of global food systems. This is part of our work at WBCSD to help ensure we are able to provide healthy, nutritious food and supply goods from agricultural production to a population of over nine billion by 2050, 同时维持和再生生态系统和自然资源.”
The reports were produced with the assistance of the SCF’s technical partner, Proforest, 并由塞拉多Trabalho集团(GTC)提供信息, 也称为塞拉多工作组.
The SCF members will continue to report every six months on these 25 municipalities. Additional municipalities may be identified as priorities in future reporting cycles. 随着时间的推移, the SCF expects the rate of native vegetation conversion to diminish in the priority municipalities as a result of targeted sustainability initiatives. 已经确定了几个备选方案, 在接下来的几个月, SCF members will determine where best to focus time and resources to, 与当地合作伙伴一起, achieve the greatest impact for sustainable soy production in the Cerrado.
In addition to bi-annual reporting and tackling native vegetation conversion in the priority municipalities, SCF member companies are participating in the GTC’s processes to develop agreed common definitions, to design appropriate financial incentives and to outline required actions. 合作行动仍然是新时代赌场亚洲最佳在线娱乐品牌论坛新时代赌场亚洲最佳的核心, as members work together towards sustainable agricultural supply chains and partner with government, 生产商, 消费者和公民社会共同创造更安全的环境, 更可持续的粮食系统.
The reports of the SCF member companies can be found via the following links:
