In 2020 CropLife Europe made six commitments to contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy. These existing commitments support the relevant aspirations set out in the Code of Conduct for responsible food business and marketing practices. To track and transparently share the progress the industry is making towards meeting the commitment goals, CropLife Europe has created a few mechanisms to review our progress. Every year, data will be collected by CropLife Europe through company, national association, and operator surveys and through information that would be publicly available. CropLife Europe has also a 2030 Commitment committee, composed of external stakeholders. Stakeholders include academia, NGOs, and trade associations.

Commitments by aspirational objectives:

Aspirational objective 6: Sustainable value creation in the European food supply chain through partnership

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved resilience and competitiveness of companies operating at any point along the food value chain by 2030;

b) Continued progress towards sustainable production, contributing to sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030 and improved animal welfare.

CropLife commitments :
1. Innovation & Investment - supporting the deployment of digital and precision tools as well as biopesticides Concrete commitments Pesticides and biopesticides manufacturers have committed to:
• Invest 10 billion Euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030;

• Invest 4 billion Euros into innovation in biopesticides by 2030.

2. Circular Economy - increasing the collection of the plastic containers in which pesticides and biopesticides are packaged 

Concrete commitments:
Pesticides and biopesticides manufacturers have committed to: 

• Establish an average 75% collection rate of plastic pesticide containers across EU Member States by 2025;

• Ensure that a container collection scheme is available in 100% of EU Member States by 2025, expanding the programme in two additional Member States each year.

3. Protecting People and the Environment - More targeted ways to protect crops with less impact on nature
Concrete commitments:

Pesticides and biopesticides manufacturers have committed to:
• Train 1 million advisors, multipliers and farmers on key best management practices for farmer health protection as well as for water and environment protection by 2030;
• To further reduce operators’ exposure, make technologies such as Closed Transfer Systems (CTS) available to 100% of European farmers and operators by 2030.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.