EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices

In December 2022, Starch Europe became a Signatory with Commitments to the EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices. As a key element of the Farm to Fork Strategy and an integral part of its action plan. It sets out the actions that the actors ‘between the farm and the fork’, such as food processors, food service operators and retailers, can voluntarily commit to undertake to tangibly improve and communicate their sustainability performance (read more here).

Determined to continue our efforts on sustainability already undertaken, notably through our Safety Awards programme carried out since 2014, as well as our efforts to inform and educate on dietary and nutritional sustainability (www.starchinfood.eu) and BeyondStarch information campaigns, Starch Europe signed the EU Code of Conduct, pledging to endorse the aspirational objectives set out in this Code of conduct where applicable.

Starch Europe, as an association, also committed to:

Striving towards decarbonisation

Engage and encourage its members to strive towards the decarbonisation commitments set forth in the Starch Europe Decarbonisation Roadmap, including conducting an independently verified sector-wide LCA Study in 2031.

Starch Europe Safety Programme & Awards

Conduct its yearly Safety Programme & Awards, launched in 2014, which aims to encourage the sharing of best practices and increasing and rewarding efforts which maximise worker health and safety within its membership.

Promoting the Code

Promote and disseminate this Code towards our membership, and encourage the individual members to align their sustainability actions and/or business practices to the aspirational objectives and targets of the Code and invite them, on a voluntary basis, to adhere to this Code, as appropriate.

Continuing dialogue along the food chain

Continue to engage in dialogue with other food chain/systems actors and with EU and international policy-makers to forge relationships, exchange good practices and discuss challenges encountered, learn from each other (studies, projects), create better mutual understanding, and identify opportunities for collaboration and potential partnership.

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