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COMPLIANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. Presentation to the Produce Marketing Association Tony Mahar April 2010. agenda. Context Compliance V Sustainability Who’s pushing What’s the response What do we need to do?. Who are we?. Corporate Affairs. Sustainability.
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COMPLIANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY Presentation to the Produce Marketing Association Tony Mahar April 2010
agenda • Context • Compliance V Sustainability • Who’s pushing • What’s the response • What do we need to do?
Corporate Affairs Sustainability EnergyWaterWasteSocial issues Consumer AffairsCommunicationPublic Relations Supply Chain Health Nutrition Food RegulationsNutrition and HealthFood Safety Product trackingLogisticsRetailer relations
AFGC & sustainability • Industry based forum • Policies and programs • Co-operative and coordinated response • Communicate achievements
Sustainability... Social Bearable Equitable Environmental Economic Viable
Compliance sustainability • Meets rules • Reactive • Short term • Minimalist • Lowest cost • Avoid penalties • Beyond rules • Proactive • Longer term • Strategic • Cost effective • Opportunities
Then Compliance now Sustainability • Food safety • NGERS • National Pollutant Inventory – NPI • Water treatment • Waste audits • Chemical residue limits • Functional foods • Public sustainability report • Company targets • Supplier requirements • Investment in new technology
The sustainability journey... We are here... Compliance Compliance plus Efficiency Strategic Pro-activity Sustainable growth Avoid CostSave moneyMake money
sustainability • More than compliance • Not just a new business card • Bigger than just environment • Incorporated across the business • Trade offs
Who’s pushing? • Business – competitive • Retailers – • less suppliers • sustainability targets • supplier requirements • Government – • regulations for water, waste energy • EEO • Consumers • more awareness • more information ? • more expectations ? Sustainable production
Industry response • Price of entry – food safety! • Compliance by another name = business • Business = Competitiveness • More with less • Complex mix of competitiveness drivers and market dynamics • Inconsistent and clumsy? • Market driven...
Walmart - Sustainability Index • Supplier self assessment • Rationale – • Population is increasing • Resource use is outstripping supply • Consumers want to know ? • 15 questions: • Energy and Climate • Material efficiency • Natural resource use • People and community See - www.walmartstores.com/sustainability
Uk leaders • Tesco – carbon footprint of 000’s products! • M & S – Plan A • Sainsbury’s - cease sale of caged birds • ASDA • cut food miles • extend British growing season ? • increase British farmers ? • Waitrose • reduce emissions by 10% by 2010 • reduce waste
Sustainability Strategy • 40% reduction in carbon emissions by 2015 • 200 million litres of water saved • Use of 3.4 million crates to replace waxed boxes. • Zero food waste to the general waste stream by 2015. • 25% reduction emissions per carton delivered by WW owned trucks.
What are we doing about it • Insight from UK/EU and US • Struggling to keep up – reporting! • We are improving • Building relationships • Developing collective / collaborative responses • Competitive advantage?
Examples... • Water – • information on re-use policy • Energy – • Carbon labelling • standardised procedures for NGERS • Waste – • Guidelines for reviewing packaging • Social – • support for broad industry response – RSPO • Supply chain – • collaborative work on SFP • Health & Nutrition – • Collective response to marketing to children
The food industry needs to... • Ensure food safety • Improve measuring and reporting • Improve resource efficiency • Engage and participate • Co-operate across the supply chain