© Bios Partners 2008 TRENDS IN EUROPEAN AGRI-FOOD STANDARDS Steve Homer.

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TRENDS IN EUROPEAN AGRI-FOOD STANDARDSSteve Homer

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Campaigns & media

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Lifecycle of compliance drivers…

Drivers develop faster than most standards and decay over time

PVS PVS PVS PVS PVSPVSPVSPVS

Drivers

Niche Response

Model developed with David Richardson NSF-CMi

Multi stakeholder voluntary standards & consumer labels emerge

Farmers and growers do not have enough time to finish one before the next one emerges !

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Lifecycle of compliance drivers…

Drivers develop faster than most standards and decay over time

PVS PVS PVS PVS PVSPVSPVSPVS

Slow to respond creating ‘assurance lag’

Drivers

Niche Response

Public Response

Industry Response Expands behind drivers & specialist standards

Model developed with David Richardson NSF-CMi

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Lifecycle of compliance drivers…

Drivers develop faster than most standards and decay over time

PVS PVS PVS PVS PVSPVSPVSPVS

Slow to respond creating ‘assurance lag’

Drivers

Niche Response

Public Response

Industry Response Expands behind drivers & specialist standards

Legal ComplianceSPS

Market CompliancePrivate Standard

Industry LeaderNiche Standard

Corporate Response

Model developed with David Richardson NSF-CMi

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The combination private standard – The future ?

• Environmental and Pesticides – Our unique approach with 'Nurture'

offers us the fantastic opportunity to pioneer standards around the use of pesticides, reducing energy usage and allows us to break new ground improving and enhancing the local environment.

• Social and Ethical– Working in partnership with the ETI we

ensure our suppliers are annually risk assessed on ethical standards and worker welfare to ensure that all standards are achieved. Our dedicated technical team also visit suppliers to ensure continuous conformance. This is evaluated and monitored using SEDEX, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange.

How does Nurture work?Each grower is audited on an annual basis to ensure they meet the required high standard Tesco has set. No matter where in the world we source our fruit and vegetables from and who we work in partnership with we use one standard this is Nurture.

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M&S Plan ‘A’

• Field to fork

• Climate Change

• Waste

• Sustainability

• Fair Partner

• Health

• Partnership with Oxfam

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THANK YOUSteve Homer