🥙Food and Agriculture Industry

With the growing emphasis on sustainability in the food and agriculture sector, understanding global standards, regulations, and initiatives related to environmental impact has become increasingly vital. In this overview, you'll find everything you need to know about what companies must do and the sustainability frameworks and initiatives available in this industry.

Sector-specific regulation

Country: France

Affichage Environmental (Environmental labeling)

• From 2024: AE voluntary for textiles and food

• From 2025: AE mandatory for textiles and food

• From 2027: AE mandatory for furniture and cosmetics

• The French environmental labeling system is often viewed as the prototype that will guide the implementation of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF).

• Currently tested environmental representation informs consumers about the environmental impacts of products or services.

• It forms a grading system as A-B-C-D-E, a score out of 100 with potential thematic sub-scores (e.g., climate, biodiversity, resources), or an "environmental cost index," visibly presented on products or services on shelves or online

• It is calculated over the entire product or service lifecycle according to a validated reference system.

(more information)

Sector-specific framework

Organisational level for measurement and reporting

FLAG | Forest, Land and Agriculture

• Framework for companies in land-intensive sectors to set science-based targets that include land-based emission reductions and removals

• Common, robust, science-based understanding of how much and how quickly a company needs to cut its land-related emissions in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C

(More information)

Generic regulations and Frameworks

To learn more about the industry-agnostic regulations and frameworks to follow, check here:

🌎pageAll product categories

www.yook.one