ISCC PLUS certified oilseeds are taking off
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Cologne, 21 August 2015
Sustainable Edible Oils
In order to enhance the sustainability of their softseed supply chain, several
ADM Oilseeds production facilities in Europe have been ISCC PLUS-certified. This
enables them to supply the food industry with certified sustainable edible oils
from crops including rapeseed and sunflower seeds.
"ISCC remains one of Europe's most respected sustainability schemes, which makes
ISCC PLUS the perfect infrastructure to ensure sustainability throughout the
supply chain - from the farm to the consumer," explains Albrecht Baetge, ADM,
Sustainability Manager Europe. "ISCC's existing structure and experience are
clear advantages of the ISCC PLUS standards for food and feed oils compared to
other programs, and therefore easily complies with sustainability requirements
of major food oils customers."
Through the ADM Sustainable Oilseeds Program, which is based on ISCC PLUS
principles, participating rapeseed and sunflower growers in Poland, Slovakia,
Hungary and the Czech Republic are developing environmental management systems
and implementing sustainable agricultural practices that address soil fertility,
water protection, energy efficiency and biodiversity protection. Farms are
subject to audits to help ensure compliance.
As part of the program, ADM has also provided financial support to the Polish
Society for Bird Protection, which strives to protect rare birds in the
grasslands of the Upper Narew Valley in northeast Poland.
Furthermore, ADM's Ukrainian sunflower origination and crushing plant in
Illichivsk, near Odessa, has recently received ISCC PLUS certification and is
now able to offer a sustainable supply chain for refined sunflower oil. The
certification covers the ISCC PLUS Add-ons 202-01 Environmental Management and
Biodiversity and 202-02 Classified Chemicals.
One of the important goals of the ISCC PLUS program is also the harmonization of
farm level requirements. In this respect ISCC is cooperating with the
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) - a platform of leading food producers,
of which ISCC is third party supporter.
Sustainable Soymeal
ADM continues to actively participate in sustainable soybean certification
programs in South America and was the first company in South America to achieve
ISCC certification for soybeans by working with growers in both Brazil and
Paraguay to successfully complete exacting third-party audits. ADM has also
contributed to the transition of the Dutch feed industry to sustainable soymeal
in 2015 by selling ISCC PLUS-certified soymeal to that market in 2014. As a
result of this sustainable market transition, it is now possible to market both
sustainable biodiesel and soymeal made from ISCC certified soybeans.
ISCC PLUS in short
ISCC PLUS is ISCC's certification scheme for all types of agricultural and
alternative feedstocks and their derived products in the feed, food, bioplastic
and chemical markets. With ISCC PLUS high requirements on sustainable production
of feedstocks and traceability through the supply chain can be verified. On
production level this includes the protection of biodiversity, preservation of
carbon sinks and the compliance with good agricultural practice and human and
social rights. In the further supply chain traceability (e.g. mass balance
approach) is one of the focal points of certification. System users can
additionally customize their certification by getting certified against so-
called "add-ons", such as Environmental Management and Biodiversity, Classified
Chemicals, Non-GMO or Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Requirements.
The number of ISCC PLUS certificates is further taking up pace. Since June 2014
certificates have more than doubled to almost 200. Half of the companies using
ISCC PLUS indicate to use their certificates for the food and feed market. ISCC
PLUS supports and works with numerous initiatives to enable and promote
sustainable food, feed and biochemical supply chains, such as the Consumer Goods
Forum, Declaration of Abu Dhabi, Green Deal, IDH, INRO and SAI. ISCC PLUS is
also accepted by Unilever under the Unilever SAC. Learn more at www.iscc-
system.org.
ISCC PLUS is also in line with the Sustainable Soy Sourcing Guidelines published
by The European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) and also participates in
a web-based system by the International Trade Centre (ITC), which will allow
standards owners and users to compare their criteria with the FEFAC guidelines
and to assess whether they meet the requirements. Kevin Brassington, President
Oilseeds Europe, ADM and President of FEDIOL: "In the consultation round of key
stakeholders, FEDIOL has given its support to the FEFAC approach. It offers a
solution to building up sizable mainstream volumes of sustainable soybeans and
soybean products for the EU supply chain, while at the same time keeping an
outlook for constant improvement."
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:
ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital needs of a
growing world. Today, we're one of the world's largest agricultural processors
and food ingredient providers, with more than 33,000 employees serving customers
in more than 140 countries. With a global value chain that includes more than
460 crop procurement locations, 300 ingredient manufacturing facilities, 40
innovation centers and the world's premier crop transportation network, we
connect the harvest to the home, making products for food, animal feed, chemical
and energy uses. Learn more at www.adm.com.
Contact:
ISCC System GmbH
Hohenzollernring 72
D-50672 Köln
Tel: +49 221 37998487
Fax: +49 221 9415863
info(at)iscc-system.org
www.iscc-system.org
ISCC System GmbH Press release:
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