{"id":10093,"date":"2021-06-25T17:04:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/br\/sustainability-report-2020\/responsible-business\/soy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T17:41:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:41:31","slug":"soy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ldc.com\/br\/en\/sustainability-report-2020-2\/responsible-business\/soy\/","title":{"rendered":"Soybeans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As the world\u2019s most efficient source of protein per hectare, an important ingredient for both human and animal nutrition, and a rich source of biofuel, soy production has expanded tenfold in the last 50 years to meet demand, which is expected to continue to grow rapidly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It is crucial that the world meets this growing demand, which follows rising global consumption of meat and food in general, while preserving ecologically valuable biomes, thereby contributing to the United Nations<\/em>\u2019 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12: Responsible Consumption and Production<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTo achieve more sustainable soy production, it is essential that all soy value chain participants work together, in line with SDG 17: partnerships for the goals. Collaboration among all stakeholders \u2013 starting with farmers, as the heart of the food chain \u2013 is the key to driving lasting change.\u201d\n<\/div>\n

Andr\u00e9 Roth<\/p>\n

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Although we also source soy from North America, the main sustainability risks we face are with soy purchased from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, where our priority is to help conserve areas rich in biodiversity, such as the Cerrado, Gran Chaco and Amazon biomes.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section> \n\n

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In 2018, we launched our global Soy Sustainability Policy<\/a>, detailing our commitment to work with all our supply chain stakeholders to prevent conversion of native vegetation in areas of high ecological value, and reinforcing our \u2018No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation\u2019 commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, we shared this global soy policy with all our major suppliers operating in areas deemed to be at high risk of deforestation, and pursued policy communication in 2020 to reach suppliers in all regions where we operate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mapping supply chains being crucial to ensure traceability for direct sourcing activities, in 2020, we increased the number of direct suppliers mapped in Brazil and Argentina, mapped land use dynamics in northern Argentina and mapped our sourcing profile in Paraguay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Progress in Brazil<\/h2> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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Our work toward more sustainable soy supply chains includes incentivizing producers in Brazil to preserve native vegetation.<\/p>\n

After launching a preferential financing line in 2019 to incentivize producers to expand over existing pasture or degraded land, rather than convert native vegetation, in 2020 we focused on efforts to enhance pick-up among producers.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section> \n\n

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Traceable Supply Chains<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We source approximately half of the soybeans we process in Brazil directly from producers. To meet traceability to farm standards defined by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development\u2019sSoft Commodities Forum<\/a><\/em>, the GPS coordinates of a farm where soy was produced must be available and the farm must have an Environmental Rural Registry<\/em> (CAR – Cadastro Ambiental Rural<\/em>) number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our target for 2020 was to trace 50% of directly sourced volumes in Brazil to farm level, with a focus on areas at higher risk of deforestation \u2013 a target which we exceeded by 38%, with the following figures as of end of November 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n