SINGAPORE – Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) has announced that its sustainability management system, AtSource, has been recognized as an equivalent scheme to the Sustainability Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform’s Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) Version 3.0.
This recognition is a significant milestone for the company, validating its commitment to sustainable practices in the food and beverage supply chains.
The Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) provides a framework for evaluating, improving, and validating on-farm sustainability.
With the recent benchmarking results, AtSource has achieved the FSA Gold level equivalent for the AtSource+ tier, the highest level of recognition. This confirms that farms within the AtSource+ supply chains are adhering to best-in-class sustainable farming practices.
In addition, AtSource has achieved FSA Silver level equivalent for the AtSourceV tier, indicating that farms are meeting a defined standard of responsible agricultural practices.
These include environmental stewardship, labor rights protection, and safe working conditions for workers.
Joe Iveson, FSA Manager at the SAI Platform, emphasized the value of this recognition for farmers, stating, “For farmers, the benchmark against a globally recognized framework like the Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) gives extra validity to their efforts, whilst also reducing the audit burden on them.”
He further noted that this recognition would highlight the company’s sustainable practices to customers and consumers alike.
Katherin Ibarra, Sustainability Manager for AtSource at ofi, stated that the FSA equivalence would help customers meet their sustainable sourcing targets when purchasing AtSource products.
She emphasized the importance of partnerships in achieving scaled sustainability impacts, aligning with the company’s broader vision for resilient agricultural systems.
AtSource is a comprehensive sustainability management system designed to help food, beverage, and ingredient customers optimize the sustainability performance of their supply chains through actionable data.
In line with its sustainability efforts, ofi recently announced new targets to combat deforestation and promote regenerative agriculture, including the goal of establishing seven landscape partnerships and converting over a million hectares to regenerative agriculture by 2030.
Since 2018, ofi has made significant progress in sustainable farming, including distributing 8.9 million trees for agroforestry, rehabilitating 57,000 hectares of land, and training 970,000 farmers in Good Agricultural Practices.
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