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Pillars of Sustainability<\/p>\n

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Our Environment<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Private: Sustainability Report 2020<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Private: Pillars of Sustainability<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Environment<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Running our business sustainably is at the heart of our company vision and purpose. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In 2020, the need to ensure sustainable food production was emphasized more than ever as the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world, creating concerns over food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we contribute to the vital effort of providing sustenance for a growing global population, we seek to source, produce and distribute the products we handle reliably and responsibly, respecting our planet\u2019s finite resources and leveraging our prominent position to drive positive change within our sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We continually monitor our operations to identify opportunities for improvement and greater efficiency, conserving biodiversity and natural habitats around our operations, setting global, time-bound targets to reduce the environmental impact of our activities, particularly and driving greater product traceability through the value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We embrace these challenges with our stakeholders, setting sustainability-linked standards in our commercial operations and linking these with our financing model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Biodiversity<\/h2> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
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At LDC, we are committed to protecting ecosystems around our operations, minimizing our environmental impact and preventing habitat destruction as a result of our activities.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section> \n\n

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Losing land of high ecological value destroys natural habitats, has knock-on effects for climate change, adversely affects water retention and can disrupt local communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such land is vital to the health of our global ecosystem, and it is our company policy to preserve it to conserve biodiversity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In 2020, we continued to work to fulfill our commitment to protecting ecosystems in the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n