Sustainability

Economic Prosperity

• Sustainable profits and business growth

• Product quality and safety

• Adding value

• Customer satisfaction

• Engagement with suppliers

• Supply chain mapping

• Product Certification

• Efficiency of operations

• Income generation and wealth creation opportunities for farmers and their communities

Social Responsibility

• Employee engagement

• Training and development opportunities

• Non discriminatory employment practices

• No child labour

• No forced labour

• Conditions of employment exceeding legal minimum standards

• Occupational health and safety standards

• Respect for land rights

• Farmer engagement

• Positive relationship with local communities

Environmental Stewardship

• Exceeding compliance levels for all environmental legislation
• Environmental monitoring and management
• Minimising carbon footprint
• Maintaining biodiversity
• Sustainable agricultural practices:
  • Enhancing soil health using fallow cropping, reduced tillage and retention of crop residues
  • Precision agriculture including controlled traffic and variable rate nutrient application
  • Integrated pest management strategies to minimise the use of agrochemicals
  • Agri-tech applications including the use of satellite imagery, GIS and data analysis routines
• Sustainable industrial practices:
  • Environmentally sensitive project design
  • Meeting or exceeding atmospheric emission and effluent statutory guidelines
  • Recycling of waste water, solid waste and by-products from factory and distillery operations
  • Minimising energy consumption and reliance on fossil fuels