By SAI Platform 2016
This document
1. Introducing SAI Platform
2. What is Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA)?
3. How can FSA be used?
4. What are the benefits of FSA?
5. How does FSA work?
6. How is FSA being used?
7. How does FSA benchmarking work?
8. What’s next for FSA?
9. The making of FSA
10. Further information
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Introducing SAI Platform
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What is SAI Platform?
• Created in 2002 by the food industry to support the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide
• 80 members across the value chain
• Covering all major commodities
• Operating globally
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4 Working Groups 4 Committees
Arable & Vegetable
Crops
Beef Dairy Fruit & Nuts Biodiversity Horizon FSA Metrics
What is sustainable agriculture?
Sustainable agriculture is the efficient production of safe, high quality agricultural products, in a way that protects & improves the natural environment, the social and economic conditions of farmers, their employees & local communities, & safeguards the health and welfare of all farmed species
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Sustainable agriculture
Ecology
Society
Economy
SAI Platform’s Vision 2020
Implement secure and thriving agricultural supply chains and protect the earth’s resources through widespread adoption of sustainable practices that deliver value to our members, farmers, farming communities and consumers.
ADOPTION
PRACTICES VALUE
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Engagement along the value chain
Farmer Coops
Traders Processors Manu-
facturers Retailers
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97%* has, or is developing, sustainable sourcing targets for some or all their agricultural raw materials
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*Based on SAI Platform membership survey in 2015
How does SAI Platform work?
SAI Platform is a strategic industry and membership platform working on pre-competitive basis to advance sustainable agriculture, through
Collection &
Exchange of knowledge
and best practice
Harmonisation &
Engagement on definition, tools
and guidelines along the supply chain
Collaboration &
Action to empower change
at farm level
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Implementation Projects
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• Sustainable sugar beet production in Europe (using FSA).
• Doñana strawberry and sustainable water management.
• Pre-competitive collaboration towards joint water risk assessment and mitigation worldwide.
• Dairy Sustainability Framework.
• FSA implementation for orange production by smallholders in Brazil.
• Sustainable Rice Project Group.
Others under discussion (eg. Barley/France)
What is Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA)?
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Food & drink companies want to increase the amount of sustainably grown agricultural products they buy from farmers
BUT meeting the sustainable sourcing needs is a challenge for farmers, because it is done in different ways by different companies using different criteria
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FSA in a nutshell: The challenge
FSA solves the challenge because it allows farmers – for the first time– to assess, improve and report their sustainable agricultural practices in a way that is recognized by their customers
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FSA in a nutshell: A universal tool
FSA in a nutshell
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1. A simple yet comprehensive method for assessing farm sustainability, applicable to all crops (including arable, fruit & vegetables) & to all farm sizes.
2. Addresses enviromental, social & economic aspects.
3. Based on SAI Platform Principles and Practices.
4. Offers an easy scoring system resulting in a clear overview of the farm’s sustainability.
FSA in a nutshell: Not just ‘fair’ or ‘eco’...
Enviromental Agro-chemicals
Air
Biodiversity
Crop Protection
Planting
Soil Management
Waste Management
Water Management
Social
Health and Safety
Labor Conditions
Local Community
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Economic
Financial Stability
Market Access
Legal Compliance
The FSA questions are based on sustainable farming practices recognized in the food and drink industry, covering environmental, economic and social aspects
How can FSA be used?
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1. Assess farm sustainability
2. Use as basis for improvement plans
3. Benchmark tool to gauge other certification schemes and proprietary codes: assess completeness & basis for improvement plans
4. Use as a company’s (external) sustainable agriculture standard
5. Aggregation of farm sustainability data, across regions, commodities
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FSA in a nutshell: Uses of FSA
What are the benefits of FSA?
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Scale sustainable farming practices & the volume of sustainably grown agricultural products globally
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What are the benefits of FSA?
Current situation: Multiple schemes & complexity
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80% the same!
What are the benefits of FSA? Reducing complexity: towards one language
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Risk assessment Company Reference
Standards Benchmark
On-farm Assessment
• Improve performance
•Save time & resource
•Reduce costs
• Improve market access
•A global tool
•Multi-purpose
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FSA: Benefits for farmers
•Help achieve sustainability objectives
•Saving time & resources
•A harmonized benchmark
• Impact through collaboration
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FSA: Benefits for companies
How does FSA work?
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How does FSA work: Assessment form for farmers
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• Farmers complete a simple spreadsheet or online assessment made up of a number of key questions which assess their sustainable agricultural practices and provides them with a result
• The questions are based on sustainable farming practices recognized by the food and drink industry and cover relevant enviromental, economic & social impacts of farming
FSA scores sustainable agriculture on 3 performance levels
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FSA process – an overview
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Benchmark Company
Sustainable Sourcing Guidelines
FSA as SA reference
Implement FSA
Certification Schemes
FSA direct with farmers
Shared reference among SAI Platform
members
Data management and scoring via ITC
Scheme rules for audits
SAI Platform Implementation Guidelines for sampling, verification,
data management with audit protocol and approved auditors
Shared implementation and audits among SAI members
How is FSA being used?
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Used globally in 24 countries
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Available in 18 local languages
English
French B. Portuguese
Italian
German
Romanian
Russian
Spanish
Hungarian
Swedish
Dutch
Czech
Slovakian
Polish
Hebrew Turkish Chinese Mandarin Greek
Who uses FSA? SAI Platform members and others...
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Over 30 leading food and drink companies use FSA as a preferred method of assessing their farmers’ sustainable agricultural practices, including Coca-Cola, McCain, Mondelez & Unilever
SAI Platform Projects using FSA
• Sugar Beet production in Europe
• Strawberry and Sustainable Water Management in Donana (Spain)
• Orange production in Brazil
• Rice production in Spain
• Arable commodities in Canada
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How does FSA benchmarking work?
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Standard To Be Benchmarked
Against FSA
SAI P Secretariat Performs Benchmark
Preliminary Result
Approved 3rd Parties Perform Benchmark
Preliminary Result
FSA Benchmark Committee Reviews
Final Score
SAI P Secretariat Discusses Results With
Standard Owner
Score Published on SAI P Website
ʺOtherʺ Performs Benchmark
Draft Result
Approved 3rd Parties Review Benchmark
Preliminary Result
SAI P Benchmarking Methodology
List of Approved
3rd Parties
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FSA Benchmarking – What is the Process?
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How do we do the benchmark?
What’s next for FSA?
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• We will continue to engage with key stakeholders (academics, NGO’s, farmer organizations) interested in accelerating the transition to sustainable agriculture globally.
• We revise FSA every 3 years to improve it & are eager to engage with a broad cross-section of stakeholders in this process.
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FSA: External stakeholder engagement
Revision of FSA: from 2.0 to 3.0
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• The FSA for crops will be revised, from version 2.0 to 3.0
• Starting Jan 2016. New version available in April 2017
• Strong involvement of external stakeholders
• Current planning
• Public and targeted consultation March/April 2016
FSA revision process
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Plan of action
ToR New FSA
Implementation methodologies
Experts External
Stakeholders
3.0
Start Research Revision
The FSA online platform
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• Working with the ITC, we are building a more robust IT enviroment for better uptake and usability of the online platform
• We are creating additional functionality: • Data management and aggregation
• More languages, legislation filters
• User support
The making of FSA
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Developing and improving FSA
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PHASE 2: FSA 1.0 PILOT
First draft went through a pilot phase & stakeholder consultation phase.
PHASE 3: FSA 2.0
The result of this process is FSA 2.0, launched in April 2014.
We work hard on FSA implementation & scaling
PHASE 4: FUTURE
We will revise FSA every 3 years. We continue to add fuctionality : Data management & aggregation, more languages, legislation filters, & user support.
PHASE 1: ORIGINS
FSA developed in response to need for single set of requirements on which the industry is aligned.
The making of FSA - How it started
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• Request among SAI Platform members: turn Principles & Practices and agreed definitions of sustainable agriculture practices, into one single, harmonized and practical tool
• FSA 1.0 was released in April 2013
• A dozen companies accepted, used and tested FSA 1.0
• Beyond companies & farmers, FSA was developed and tested with expert input from academics, NGO’s, civil society & farmer organisations, and suppliers
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The making of FSA – How it started
The making of FSA - Testing of Farmer Self Assessment 1.0
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FSA Governance within SAI Platform
Advisory
Council SAI Platform Executive Committee
Secretariat FSA Governance
Benchmarking Verification & Integrity
Enablers Technical/IT Communication &
Credibility Food
Safety European Beef FSA
Benchmarking Methodology and
Scoring And translations
Implementation Framework,
Verification Audits
Implementation of Self-
Assessments ITC Online Tool
Comms Toolbox and Stakeholder
Engagement
Further information
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