Ireland - Beef Sustainability - Mr. Jim O'Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia, from the 2016 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 5 - 6, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada. More presentations at http://trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2016-global-roundtable-sustainable-beef

1. Jim O’Toole
Chairman – Beef Working Group
October 2016

2. Introduction to SAI Platform
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3. What is SAI Platform?
• Created in 2002 by the food industry to support the
development of sustainable agriculture worldwide
• 90 members across the value chain
• Covering all major commodities
• Operating globally
Vegetable &
Arable Crops
Beef DairyFruit & Nuts
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4. 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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SAI Platform’s Members
AFFILIATE MEMBERS

6. How does SAI Platform work?
Collection
and Exchange
Harmonization
and Engagement
Collaboration
and Action
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7. Engagement along the value chain
Farmer
Coops
Traders Processors
Manu-
facturers
Retailers
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8. What is
the Farm Sustainability Assessment
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9. FSA Projects managed by SAI Platform
1. Sugar Beet production in Europe
2. Berry and Sustainable Water Management in Doñana, Spain
3. Orange production in Brazil
4. Rice production in several regions
5. Beef production in Europe
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10. Scale sustainable farming
practices & the volume of
sustainably grown
agricultural products
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What is the goal of the FSA?

11. Broad Scope
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
(developed by SAI Platform),
covering environmental, economic and social aspects

12. What are the benefits of FSA?
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Risk assessment
Company
Reference
Standards
Benchmark
On-farm
Assessment
Reducing complexity: towards one language
AFFILIATE MEMBERS

13. Farm Sustainability Assessment’s
scoring system
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14. The Beef Working Group
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• Beef Processors
• Retail
• Food manufacturers
• Farmer organizations

15. Beef WG Vision
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‘The beef sector is recognized for
delivering measurable positive impacts
and continuous improvement towards key
sustainability priorities’

16. Beef FSA
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• Regional Approach
• Drawn from the SAI Principles
• 115 Criteria
• Criteria:
Essential Basic Advanced
Legal compliance
Farm/Financial management
Biodiversity
Soil and nutrient management
Health and welfare inc’ medicines
GHG emissions
Water management
Genetics
Feeding
Food safety
Traceability
Handling and housing
Health and Safety
Training
Labour management
Agrochemicals

17. How will it work for Beef?
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• Collaborative approach
• Benchmark existing EU schemes
• Identify the gaps
• Work with scheme owners to:
• Plan the changes
• Plan the timescales
• Support where possible
• A huge opportunity for existing
schemes
• No scheme?
• Can integrate the FSA
• Company or wider level

18. 1. Criteria / guidance – Now complete
2. Pilots starting October –
• Range of schemes – national – company
• Appreciate the size of gaps
• Explore and design the implementation process
• Explore how continuous improvement can be derived
- reporting
• Manage expectations of the sector
• Address broader sustainability issues
• Supporting / facilitating change
3. Soft launch - October –
• encouraging a self benchmark
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Beef FSA: Where are we at?

19. Jim O’Toole
Chairman – Beef Working Group
October 2016