Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 38
We are Ardo
The path to a more
sustainable food system
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Minimal environmental
impact
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Sustainability
statements
2. MIMOSA+, regenerating and revitalising the soil and ecosystems
E4-3 — Actions and resources related to biodiversity and ecosystems
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Over the past five years, we have witnessed
significant climate change impacts on our crops,
with more variability in the yields across our growing
zones and an overall decrease in harvested volumes
per hectare. Recognising that climate change and soil
erosion have increasingly disruptive impacts on the
harvests, we have decided to step up our efforts by
introducing MIMOSA+. This is our proactive response
to enhance climate resilience across our growing
zones, in line with the widely accepted principles
of regenerative agriculture.
Living soils
Cover crops
Biodiversity
Water
Plant nutrition
MIMOSA+ represents our commitment to advancing sustainable
to regenerative agriculture, introducing a global framework. This
agriculture beyond the crop itself. Our focus extends to regenerating
framework focuses on 4 critical environmental impact areas: soil
and revitalising the soil and surrounding ecosystems, contributing
health, water, biodiversity, and climate. Our aim is to align our
to a more comprehensive and holistic approach to sustainable
MIMOSA+ programme with the Regenerating Together Programme
agriculture. Moreover, these actions play a crucial role in reducing
as well as to set up collaborations with other food industry players
our agricultural emissions, or scope 3 FLAG1 emissions.
to support the needed transition to regenerative agriculture.
By 2030, Ardo aims to support the adoption of regenerative
The Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) developed by the SAI
agriculture practices by our farmers, acknowledging the critical
Platform has been a key tool for enhancing environmental and social
role they play and helping to mitigate the associated risks. To enable
sustainability in agriculture. After four years of collaboration with
this, Ardo will start including specific incentives in 2025 for farmers
FSA, we are proud that 100% of our farmers have achieved either
who are committing to implement regenerative agriculture practices.
gold or silver status since 2021.
From next year onwards, we will be able to report the number of
Building on this success, our next goal is to guide farmers towards
farmers onboarded in this transition.
adopting regenerative agriculture practices though our MIMOSA+
programme.
The SAI Platform has recently launched the Regenerating
Together Programme to address the need for a unified approach
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