ProTerra – Aquaculture Dialogue on Sustainable Soy Sourcing from Brazil
Brazil
What is it?
The ProTerra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that advances and promotes sustainability at all levels of the feed and food production system.
Commitment to full transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain and concern for corporate social responsibility and the possible detrimental impact of agricultural activities on ecosystems and biodiversity are at the heart of everything they do.
ProTerra is a comprehensive, trusted solution for companies in the feed and food supply chains to meet global sustainability requirements.
ProTerra supports companies on their sustainability journey through their standards, projects, collaborative working groups, and training solutions. These initiatives provide companies with the tools they need to demonstrate their sustainability efforts, access new markets, and address evolving regulations.
What is it?
The Aquaculture Dialogue on Sustainable Soy Sourcing from Brazil consists of the feed companies Skretting, Cargill Aqua Nutrition, Biomar, and Mowi, together with the certification organization ProTerra and the Brazilian soy protein concentrate (SPC) producers Caramaru, Imcopa, and CJ Selecta to ensure that all direct soy purchases for the salmon industry in Europe originate only from Brazilian suppliers whose soybean value chains are 100 percent deforestation- and conversion-free.
The dialogue will strengthen the partner’s commitment to conduct business with integrity and credibility, and support and promote alignment of their sourcing, production, use, and trading policies in agreement with the corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability concepts outlined in The ProTerra Standard.
It will also work to develop and implement a supplier code of conduct to ensure that soybean farmers put into place safe working conditions and that their employees are treated with respect.