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GLOBALG.A.P. PRESENTATION DURING SUMMIT 2012, MADRID

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The Role of Standards for Product Safety and Sustainable Production Guido Siebenmorgen GLOBAL GAP Summit Madrid, 7th November 2012

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1  Short presentation of REWE Group

2  Product safety and REWE brand

3  REWE Group strategy for conventional products: Pro Planet 4  Product safety and sustainability: Function of standards

Agenda



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1   Short presentation of REWE Group



Agenda

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REWE Group: Strong in Trade, Travel and Tourism

Total External Turnover in 2011

> 48,4 bn. euros > 323.000

Stores 2011

> 15.700 > 323.000

Employees 2011

> 323.000

REWE Group in figures:

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Acting in 13 European countries

Germany

Bulgaria

Italy

Croatia

Latvia

Lithuania

Austria

Romania

Russia

Slovakia

Czech Republic

Ukraine

Hungary

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2   Product safety and REWE brand


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Since 2005 retailer thightened their requirements: •  Certification as basic requirement •  Limitation for the number of pesticide residues •  Lowering MRLs below legal limits •  Intensifying of pesticide monitoring programs •  Pesticide monitoring on production

Existing standards didn't avoid pesticide scandals

Product safety and REWE brand

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Retailers mutual residue data base: Starting harmonisation of requirements on a high level

HTS HDE Trade Service

Multiple Standards Mutual Residue Platform of 5 German Retailers




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Retailer change the market by individual requirements: Specification for REWE Group brands in Germany 2012

•  QS GmbH or GlobalGap certification •  IFS higher level for supply chain •  Max. 50 % MRL, 70 % ARfD •  Max. 5 different residues (recommended) •  Compulsory negative list of pesticides for all products •  Compulsory positive lists of pesticides for REWE brand products till 2014 •  Contract farming for risk products with defined areas and producers (Traceability to the field) •  Passing REWE Audits (min. 80 %)


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3   REWE Group strategy for conventional products: Pro Planet 4  Product safety and sustainability: Function of standards

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Further Challenges on Pecticides

Enviromental problems - Contamination of groundwater by pesticides -  Accumulation of endocrine disruptors -  Endangered biodiversity -  ……

Workers safety

-  Health problems caused by pesticides -  Uncontrolled application and deposition - ……..

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REWE Group strategy for conventional products: Pro Planet

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Control Monitoring

RiskManagment Standards, Audits

Technical Modification

Advising Training, Information

Avoiding Minimising, Alternatives

REWE Group Pesticide Strategy: Minimising High Risk Pesticides

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Requirements: •  Reduction and avoiding of high risk pesticides •  Suppliers commitment for protection of workers and enviroment •  Suppliers commitment of pro-active riskmanagement

Measurements: •  Identification of high risk pesticides based WHO/FAO-criteria •  Definition of positive lists as standard procedure •  Pilot-projects for reduction/avoiding •  Development of enviromental friendly production methods •  Time schedule for elimination of high risk pesticides

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REWE Group Pesticide Strategy: Minimising High Risk Pesticides


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Bodo Marks

•  Soil Erosion •  Energy •  Water •  Social Issues •  Climatic Change •  Biodiversity •  Animal Welfare •  Ressources •  ……..

Pesticides are only one problem in agriculture




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Agriculture/ Primary Production

Distribution/ Retail

First Processing

Consumption/ Disposal

Further Processing

PRIMARY PRODUCT PRODUCTSPECIFIC ANALYSIS Phase 1 Phase 2a Phase 2b Phase 3 Phase 4

Ecological Aspects Raw Material, Pesticides

Energy Greenhouse Gases

Water Land Use

Biodiversity Waste

Emission to Air Emission to Water

Social Aspects General Working Condition

Social Security Training & Education

Workers Health Human Rights Living Wages

Consumer Health Product Quality

Animal Welfare/-Health

Sustainability: Risk Analysis of the Supply Chain


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Pro Planet Process

External Board of Experts.

Involvement of Project Partners

Hot Spot-Analyse

Identification of Measurements

Feasability Study

Implementation of Measurements

PRO PLANET-Labels

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Bernward Geier – Colabora – Chairman

Georg Abel – Verbraucherinitiative e.V. – Consumers protection

Dr. Oliver Müller – Caritas International – Social Issues

Jörg-Andreas Krüger NABU Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. – Ecology

Dr. Klaus Kastenhofer – Sustainability expert – Ecology

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Pro Planet Goals:

•  Supporting sustainable consumption for mass-market

•  Guideline for comsumers on products at POS

•  Awareness raising

•  Image


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Hot Spots •  Pesticides •  Wastage of Water •  Illegal Standpipes •  Illegal Land Use •  Threat of the Nature Protection Area

Coto de Doñana •  Transport/CO2-Emissions

Objectives of the Project •  Reduction of Pesticides •  Reduction of Water Consumption •  no illegal Water and Land Use •  Renaturation •  Reduction of CO2-Emissions

Pro Planet: Strawberries from Spain




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3  REWE Group strategy for conventional products: Pro Planet 4   Product safety and sustainability: Function of standards

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Product safety and sustainability: Function of standards

REWE Group expectance to GLOBAL GAP standard

Residue monitoring strategy especially for high risk or sensitive products; Possible acceptance by officials Unlike others, Global Gap doesn't define own risk-orientated minimum requirements for MRL Anlaysis on farm and doesn't have own monitoring program (Therefore in some cases QS standard outside Germany required)

Corporate platform residue data base will announce any deviation on MRLs to standards automatically: Challenge for standard's risk management in the future!

Active Support Quick and proactive support in emergency cases (i.e. quaternary ammonium salts)



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Continuous Improvement Even on „Minor Must“ criteria, a continous improvement program is needed: Missing regular cleaning of stores and equipment (minor must) can't be accepted after several inspections (EHEC)

Providing a high international standard with reliable audits, sanctions, internal control and transparency Sufficient control on farm level: Risk-based audits and restrictive control of quality management for group audits needed. Identification of farm location covered by certificates (Multisides?).

Efficiancy High level benchmark and cross approval to avoid double certification and costs Direct clarification and sanctions required.



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Future of Agriculture

Marketing of agricultural products in the future needs more than product quality and safety.

Retailers have to take responsibility for ethical-social and ecological production.

Retailers will need common, reliable sustainability standards.

GLOBAL GAP Water modul, GRASP etc as voluntary moduls are first steps towards common understanding of sustainable agriculture.

GRASP will be compulsory for REWE brand fruit and vegetables.





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Thank you for your attention! Guido Siebenmorgen

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