For us, fresh produce and sustainability are inevitably interlinked. Treating people, produce and planet with the greatest respect and care, along our global value chains, is not only our responsibility but a key investment into our future and long-term business success.
Global issues like climate action, improving access to healthy food, conserving limited natural resources, and growing produce innovatively and efficiently shape the way we adapt our business practices. We are conscious that in everything we do, it is our responsibility to help ensure that our world remains a place that can nurture future generations.
In order to address the complexity of sustainability systematically, we have developed a comprehensive and concise 3×3 framework:
This overarching sustainability framework provides the global direction of travel for our BayWa Global Produce family.
Depending on the initiative, we set targets on Group and/or entity level. In combination with specific strategies and concrete activities of our entities as well as intense collaboration across the group, we are flexible to account for regional and category specific aspects and can foster our efforts where it matters most.
The well-being of our people is fundamental to our business:
We want everyone in our Group and within our value chains to be healthy, safe and empowered to thrive.
Our people home safe, everyday. Enabling everyone with the tools and know-how to improve both their own and their colleagues’ health, safety and wellbeing.
We create an inclusive and diverse business culture and safeguard fundamental labour and human rights.
We want everyone in our value chains to have access to a decent standard of living and the chance to achieve their goals.
Our produce is at the heart of our business:
We offer outstanding quality paired with the highest standards of food safety and transparency based on sustainable value chains.
We are committed to ensuring the highest standards of food quality and safety and to contributing to food security across our global markets.
We continuously strengthen traceability and transparency in our supply chains to foster our customers’ and consumers’ trust into our produce, brands and sustainability activities.
We build sustainable value chains by investing in resilient partnerships with our growers, suppliers, customers, and consumers and by participating in strategic business initiatives.
Our business and our produce are built on the health and beauty of our planet:
We want to minimize our impact on the environment and strive to make a positive difference.
We are making a difference on climate change, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, harnessing clean energy and adapting with innovative solutions.
We are advocates of circular systems to retain and regenerate value from produce and materials. This implies minimising waste by using resources efficiently, prioritising renewable materials, avoiding produce loss and considering end of life.
We promote innovative and sustainable growing practices and genetics that increase our growing efficiency, resilience and regenerate the health of our land, water and ecosystem.
Sustainability guides the BGP business strategy. This is guaranteed by embedding sustainability governance
elements into general business activities.
Sustainability guides the BGP business strategy. This is guaranteed by embedding sustainability governance elements into general business activities.
We have developed our sustainability strategy considering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations to make sure, that we are actively contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.