‘It is now clear to everyone that the preservation of our climate deserves action. Aviko has therefore committed to challenging climate ambitions. Every day we are working hard on the realisation of our targets, and we continue to raise our standards. In 2024, we want to link our climate action plan to the international Science Based Target initiative (SBTi). This science-based model helps us make the right steps and monitor our progress.

Major steps forward

And we are making more major steps forward. While we focused on sustainability within Aviko over the past years, we will be directing our attention even more outward over the coming years. We continue to grow in the area of sustainability, and we will set down to work on our scope 3 chain emissions. This means sustainable action, together with growers, partners and customers. In the Netherlands and throughout the rest of the world. We act as coordinator. A role that fits us, because Aviko is very good at organising cooperation. And sustainability is a joint effort.

‘We also do this by concluding agreements with chain partners in which we make concrete arrangements regarding sustainability.’

This concerns everyone

As you can see, reducing the carbon footprint throughout our entire chain goes far beyond the sustainability department. It concerns us all. We facilitate our growers and partners towards a sustainable chain. We do so by means of knowledge sessions, with seminars and by sharing data and good examples. For example, in 2023 we opened our first inspiration farm as a model of a sustainable and future-proof cultivation methods, and more inspiration farms will follow in the time to come. And we also do this by concluding agreements with chain partners in which we make concrete arrangements regarding sustainability. And in 2024, we will also start pilot groups to further shape our future-proof farming programme in cooperation with growers and knowledge partners.

Ready for the future

The great thing about this approach is that together we immediately anticipate developments in the industry as well as the regulations in the area of sustainability that are becoming increasingly strict. The Biodiversity Monitor Arable farming (BMA) has already been introduced, and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is on its way. Collecting accurate data throughout the entire chain and reporting accurately on our performance is more important than ever before. Transparency is an essential tool for becoming more sustainable together.

And we will continue to innovate throughout all of this. We learn and grow. This is where sustainability grows!’