September 2017

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SAI Platform Beef Working Group

1. Membership/participation of SAI-Beef

2. FSA and benchmarking

3. Standards/schemes and companies

participating in the benchmarking

4. Development of metrics

5. Development of an ERSB

6. Some time-lines

Who we are?

Only group of this nature in the EU

Established 2011

18 organisations connected

• 14 Full members

• 4 Affiliate members

A mix of:

• Farmer organisations (4)

• Processors (9)

• and retailers of beef (4)

Beef WG Vision for the EU Beef Sector

The beef sector is recognized for delivering measurable positive impacts and continuous

improvement towards key sustainability priorities

• Animal health and welfare

• Biodiversity and landscape

• Economically Viable Farms

• Water/water quality

• Deforestation

• Human rights/safety

• Antibiotics

All included in a Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA)

SAI Platform Beef Areas of Focus

Two key Work Streams

Beef sustainability

• Beef FSA developed to establish benchmarks with existing assurance schemes and identify key work priorities.

• Currently undertaking PILOTS with 6 existing assurance schemes benchmarking and then undertaking a materiality analysis

• Process is just as valuable – how do we work with existing structures.• Working with assurance schemes to establish the best way forward.

Red Tractor

UK

OSI - QS

GERMANY

ALANCA

ITALY

OSI

POLAND

CBPE

FRANCE

Bord Bia

IRELAND

SAI Platform Farm Sustainability Asssesment was

Benchmarked against 6 national assurance schemes

1. Develop the process through which key local and

national players can work together to agree upon

sustainability priorities for the local/national beef

sector, and work together to support measurable

positive impact in the beef sector

2. Understand how the Beef FSA can complement and

support this process.

SAI Platform Beef Pilots – Key Objectives

Towards a European Roundtable

for Sustainable Beef

Two key Work Streams

EU Round Table for Sustainable Beef

SAI BWG – Member of GRSB

Represented at Board level

Build on the strengths of SAI beef WG

Establish the EU Round Table for Sustainable Beef

Plan for approval by the end of 2017

DRAFT TEMPLATE FOR SAI PLATFORM WORKING GROUP /

COMMITTEE 3-YEAR PLANS 2017 – 2020

2017 – 2020 THREE YEAR PLAN

Goals Objectives 2017 Activities 2018 Activities 2019-2020 Activities Measures

1. Demonstrate continuous sustainability improvement across the EU

-To develop a Beef sustainability program that enhances existing assurance schemes

-Undertake Beef FSA benchmarking with assurance schemes and materiality analysis with 6 existing beef assurance schemes.

-Pilot case study development Communications activities promoting the Beef sustainability stepping stones to improvement.

Review progress of Beef Sustainability Program and initiate an updating progress

-Beef FSA finalised and implemented as part of a wider beef sustainability program. -Continued collaborative activities with the Assurance Scheme owners

-Collaboration with assurance schemes to appreciate the size of the task of benchmarking and prioritising sustainability challenges.

-Continue collaborative activities with stakeholders to ensure a successful identification of sustainability priorities. -Agree target outcomes, action plans, initiate metrics development and collaborative stakeholders

-Collaborate with stakeholders in the implementation of the Beef Sustainability plan -Implementation of work programs and metrics.

Through metrics develop baseline for key areas of measurement

-Launch Beef FSA as the starting point for the EU Beef Sustainability program -Transparency of development process via meetings with stakeholders

-Comms around the process and progress -Reporting on progress with data that quantifies tangible progress.

DRAFT TEMPLATE FOR SAI PLATFORM WORKING GROUP /

COMMITTEE 3-YEAR PLANS 2017 – 2020

2017 – 2020 THREE YEAR PLAN

Goals Objectives 2017 Activities 2018 Activities 2019-2020 Activities Measures

2. SAI Platform recognised globally for its sustainability efforts in the EU

Formation of the SAI Platform EU Round Table for Sustainable beef

-Development and documentation of the necessary by-laws and protocols

-Support the GRSB conference in Ireland using the opportunity to ‘launch’ the EU Round Table for Sustainable Beef

-Ensure that the Round table increases in membership beyond that of just SAI members and is able to quantify the impact of the actions implemented.

-EU RSB launched -Conference organisation and profiling of the EU RSB. -Implementation of key metrics

-Collaboration with assurance schemes to appreciate the size of the task of benchmarking and prioritising sustainability challenges.

-Continue collaborative activities with stakeholders to ensure a successful identification of regional/national sustainability priorities. -Agree target outcomes, action plans, initiate metrics development and collaborative stakeholders

-Collaborate with stakeholders in the implementation of the Beef Sustainability plan -Implementation of work programs and metrics.

-Through metrics develop baseline for key areas of measurement

-Launch Beef FSA as the starting point for the EU Beef Sustainability program -Transparency of development process via meetings with stakeholders and SAI website.

=Comms around the process and progress =Reporting on progress with data that quantifies tangible progress.

DRAFT TEMPLATE FOR SAI PLATFORM WORKING GROUP /

COMMITTEE 3-YEAR PLANS 2017 – 2020

2017 – 2020 THREE YEAR PLAN

Goals Objectives 2017 Activities 2018 Activities 2019-2020 Activities

Measures

3. Understand opportunities to maximise the value of beef from the dairy herd Joint project with the Dairy Working Group

-Identification of the true value of beef from the dairy herd and where farmers could increase their returns by serving this market

-Commission a desktop review of the true sustainability value of beef from the dairy herd

-Finalise report and identify potential work streams that the dairy and beef WG’s could collaboratively pursue.

-Continuation where appropriate of further work streams that would benefit from further development activity.

-Desktop review commissioned and complete -Development work program developed and implemented

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