EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON  
RESPONSIBLE FOOD BUSINESS AND MARKETING PRACTICES 
 
TEMPLATE FOR COMPANIES 
SYNGENTA 
REPORT SUBMITTED ON 29 APRIL 2022 
 
Type of 
business/sector 
 
(E.g. retail, 
dairy) 
Sustainability 
dimension 
 
(E.g. 
environmental, 
social) 
 Code 
aspirational 
objective 
 
 (1-7) 
 
Individual commitments 
with baseline 
Progress on KPIs and 
goals (qualitative and/or 
quantitative) 
Additional 
information 
(optional)  
 
(E.g. partnerships, 
geographical 
coverage, sharing 
best practices, links 
with other COM 
initiatives, with other 
reporting initiatives) 
Comments 
(optional)  
 
(E.g. enablers, ideas 
on how to improve) 
Agriculture 
crop production 
Environmental  
Social Economical 
 
 
 
2: Prevention 
and 
reduction of 
food loss and 
2020 commitments and 
targets for 2025  
Accelerate innovation 
for farmers and nature 
 
• 
Invest USD 2 billion in 
sustainable 
       2021 progress 
 
 
 
 
 
• 
USD 546 million 
invested in 
 
 
 
SDG 1, 2 and 12

waste 
 
 
4: An 
optimised 
circular and 
resource-
efficient food 
chain in 
Europe 
 
agriculture 
breakthroughs 
 
 
• 
Deliver two new 
sustainable 
technology 
breakthroughs per 
year 
 
 
• 
Strive for the lowest 
residues in crops and 
the environment 
sustainable 
agriculture 
breakthroughs in 
2021* 
• 
Launch of two 
sustainable 
technology 
breakthroughs: 
Elestal®(Spiropidion) 
and MAP BeSide™  
 
• 
1.6 million tonnes of 
crop produced with 
programs for lowest 
residues in crops 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* We invested USD 546 million in 
2021 reaching over USD one billion 
in just two years of our Good 
Growth Plan commitment 
 
Agriculture 
crop production 
Environmental  
 
3: A climate 
neutral food 
chain in 
Europe by 
2050 
 
7: 
Sustainable 
sourcing in 
food supply 
chains 
 
Strive for carbon neutral 
agriculture 
 
• 
Measure and enable 
carbon capture and 
mitigation in 
agriculture 
• 
Enhance biodiversity 
and soil health on 3 
million hectares of 
rural farmland every 
year 
 
• 
Reduce the carbon 
intensity of our 
operations (Syngenta 
2021 progress 
 
 
• 
~3 million tonnes 
CO2e of carbon 
benefit potential on 
farmland* 
• 
7.5 million hectares 
of farmland benefited 
by soil conservation 
and biodiversity 
enhancement 
measures 
• 
10% increase in CO2e 
emissions intensity of 
SDG 6, 13 and 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Value calculated based on annual 
mitigation potentials outlined in 
the IPCC fourth assessment report 
for soil conservation and 
biodiversity enhancement projects

Crop Protection and 
Syngenta Sees) by 50 
percent by 2030 
our operations since 
our 2016 baseline** 
 
 
** We have made good progress in 
reducing our scope 1 and 2 carbon 
emissions, but still have work 
ahead to tackle the scope 3 
emissions of our supply chain. This 
is a high priority and work is 
ongoing to address this challenge. 
At the same time, we continue to 
provide innovative solutions and 
encourage the use of agricultural 
practices that help farmers 
mitigate climate change 
 
 
Agriculture 
crop production 
 Social  
5: Sustained, 
inclusive and 
sustainable 
economic 
growth,  
employment 
and decent 
work for all 
 
Help people stay safe and 
healthy 
• 
Goal zero incidents in 
our operations 
(We aim to achieve an IIR 
target of 0.25 by 2025) 
• 
Train 8 million farm 
workers on safe use 
every year 
• 
Strive for fair labor 
across our entire 
supply chain 
 
2021 progress 
 
 
• 
0.29 recordable injury 
and illness rate (IIR) 
per 200,000 hours 
 
• 
11.0 million people 
trained on safe use 
 
• 
99.5% of suppliers 
included in 
sustainability and fair 
labor programs 
 
SDG 3 and 8 
 
Agriculture 
crop production 
Environmental  
Social Economical 
6: 
Sustainable 
value 
creation in 
the European 
food supply 
chain 
Partnering for impact 
• 
Build cohesive 
partnerships and 
publish their 
sustainability 
objectives 
 
2021 progress 
 
• 
Scaled up strategic 
partnership programs 
with The Nature 
Conservancy and 
Solidaridad. 
Continued working 
SDG 16 and 17

through 
partnership 
 
 
 
• 
Launch innovation 
dialogues for inclusive
consultation on 
sustainability 
 
• 
Board-level 
governance of 
sustainability 
with partners in the 
food value chain 
 
• 
Carried on with the 
innovation dialogues 
started in 2020* 
 
• 
Established a new 
Sustainability 
Committee at the 
Syngenta Group 
Board level to 
oversee our 
sustainability 
activities 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Scaled up ENOGEN® Feed 
following last year’s innovation 
dialogue. Conducted Palm oil 
innovation dialogue in South-East 
Asia 
 
More information on Syngenta’s Good Growth Plan Progress Report 2021 and ESG Report 2021 available at www.esg-reporting.syngenta.com