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24 Cargill 2020 Annual Report Coexistence of forests and soy production To understand where our food comes from has become more important than ever, considering the current and future demand for products produced with social-environmental responsibility. As highlighted in our Forest Policy, we are committed to ensuring that our supply chains are free from deforestation. At Cargill, we seek transparency for each link of the supply chain, including soy, the highest volume agricultural product in our operations. We purchase grains directly from farmers and indirectly from cooperatives, pro- cessors and retailers. - We operate with more than 15,000 soy producers in Brazil - including smallholders to large rural owners. We work side-by-side so that properties and communities achieve economic, social and environmental resilience. We believe that farmer prosperity makes the agribusiness more sustain- able for all those involved. Besides the mapping, which is done at all farms of direct suppliers, we have procedures to prevent that soy planted in restricted areas enters our supply chains. In the second semester of 2020, 620 farms were blocked for being on official lists, such as the IBAMA list of embargoed areas; we analyzed another 258 properties to avoid the risk of triangu- lation, i.e., rerouting of soy produced in restricted areas. Soy and corn crop rotation An advantage arising from the innovations brought to the soy chain, farmers were encouraged to plant corn in the soy fields, under rotation. Thanks to this initiative, winter corn has been cultivate six times since 2002, leveraging grain production in the country. Transformational mindset We act with distinct actors of the chain, such as producers, clients, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public organizations, which means dealing with different mindsets. Transformational moments like the one we are currently facing in the soy chain require that our teams have a deep understanding of the needs and expectations of all these groups, even on topics for which there is no consensus. The change of mindset necessary for us to move forward with Profile of the Cargill soy chain Industrial production of soy 122.6 million tons 72% our sustainability vision implies achieving that both our team as well as the members of the value chain assimilate the complexity involving soy production. In order to align our teams with this context, we carried out the Learning Journey on Sustainable Soy program, a set of webinars, over a two month period, on the social, environ- mental and economic context of producing soy in Brazil, Cargill's participation in the sector, stakeholder expectations regarding sustainability and the technology and tools we use to ensure our conformity. We have a permanent work group that counts on the pres- ence of leaders involved with soy, that meets monthly to debate the most relevant issues brought by team members about clients and regions in which we act. Volume produced by the direct Cargill chain 28% Volume of the indirect chain Learn about our policies: • Sustainable Soy Policy • Forest Policy • Commitment to Human Rights
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