Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 18
We are Ardo
The path to a more
sustainable food system
Minimal environmental
impact
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
1. Committing to a more sustainable future
SBM-3 — Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model(s)
Climate change is impacting us all, from farmers to consumers. Droughts and floods
have hit our farmers' field yields, causing product shortages and disruptions in
our supply chain. Additionally, rapid human development is pushing the planetary
boundaries, putting pressure on the use of land and water, and increasing chemical
pollution. We recognise our role in these evolutions and are committed to building
resilience in our supply chain.
Fully flooded fields in West-Flanders, Belgium
Currently, global food systems are both contributors
agricultural practices, we notice the opposite trend driven
Besides climate change our agricultural activities face
and victims of climate change. Global food production
by the impact of climate change. Our farmers are faced
additional challenges:
and distribution is responsible for nearly a third of global
with more frequent and severe weather events, such as
- Soil health is declining.
greenhouse gas emissions, it consumes large amounts of
extended periods of floods and droughts, causing on average
- Availability of land for agricultural purposes is reducing.
natural resources and contributes to loss of biodiversity.1
a 20% decrease in field yields between 2018 and 2022
- Water resources are becoming scarcer, especially in drier
versus 2013 and 2018. These drops in field yields have led to
Simultaneously, the global food systems are faced with
product shortages and increased production costs, causing
the impacts of climate change in the form of droughts or
disruptions in our supply chains, and subsequently harming
extensive periods of excessive rain, leading to reduced
our service levels.
regions where demand can surpass availability.
- Loss of biodiversity remains a pressing issue, with a 70%
decline over the past 50 years.
- Excessive nitrate levels in surface water.
agricultural yields. Global warming has reached 1.55°C2, and
with current policies and actions in place, we are heading
A fundamental transition is required to feed the world’s
towards even greater increases in global temperatures.
future ten billion people whilst respecting planetary
While historically field yields increased thanks to modern
boundaries.
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Fast Facts on climate, food and agriculture, UN Feb. 2022
Climate change indicators reached record levels in 2024: WMO
Sustainability
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