U.S. Soy Sustainability
Abby Rinne – Director of Sustainability

Sustainability Driver
2Source: Smithsonian Magazine

4Precision Agriculture

GPS, CAMERASAND FEELERS

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VARIABLE RATESEEDING AND
APPLICATIONTECHNOLOGYSATELLITE AND
NORMALIZEDDIFFERENCEVEGETATIONINDEX (NDVI)IMAGERY

DRONESIRRIGATIONSENSORS

95%

of U.S. farms
are family farms“Operating a multigenerational farm compels
me to always take a long look at how I
manage my operation. My farm has to be
managed for profit today without losing sightof the fact that future generations will
depend on it for their livelihood aswell. Because of my strong family legacy, mycustomers can expect consistency and apartner that will be here doing business forgenerations to come.”
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Carbon Footprint
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Carbon Footprint (including LUC) of whole soybeans
imported into Japan
Total (kg CO2 eq/kg product)

5.80

5.60

0.40

United States

1.00

0.86

Argentina

Austria

BrazilGermany

0.82

0.75

France

Italy

Cultivation

1.00

0.93

RussiaUkraineTransport

Source: Blonk Consultants, Agri-footprint *Results based on default emission modelling, including land use change emissions, according to the rules of the PEFCR-Feed guidance document (European Commission, 2018) as implemented in the Agri-Footprint5.0 database.
Input data rely on country average FAO statistics and other secondary sources. Supplier specific information would improve data quality and may provide differing results. Comparisons have not been reviewed in the context of ISO 14040/14044 compliance.

Land Use Change

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What is GFLI?
The Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) is an independent non-profit animal nutrition and food industry
institute created by the feed industry. The Institute developed and maintains a publicly available
database of more than 1800 datasets on ingredients to make it possible for companies and otherpartners can calculate their product environmental footprint.
The GFLI database consists of over 1800 LCA datasets for major feed ingredients over the entire world(most datasets concentrated in Europe). With alignment of methodology with the FAO-LEAP & EU
PEFCR Feed, the GFLI database is the most complete LCA database for feed (and food) ingredients.
How can it be used?
The GFLI can be used to compare the environmental footprint of various sourcing
countries of soy to calculate your product’s environmental footprint.
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Assurance Protocol
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U.S. Soy Sustainability
Assurance Protocol (SSAP)• Scheme designed to meetsourcing guidelines in international
market•Four Directives• Aggregate• Third party audit• Certification• Continuous Improvement Goals

U.S. Soybean Sustainability Assurance Protocol
F O U R D I R E C T I V E S W I T H C O N T R O L M E A S U R E S & R E G U L AT I O N S
1. Biodiversity and High Carbon Stock
Wetland, grassland, forest, biodiversity

2. Production Practices
Conservation tillage, crop rotation, precision farming

3. Public and Labor Health, and Welfare
EPA, EEO, OSHA

4. Continuous Improvement
CRP, Conservation programs, training and info sharingBy 2025, U.S. Soybean Farmers Aim to:
INCREASE ENERGYUSE EFFICIENCY
BY 10 PERCENTREDUCE LANDUSE IMPACT BY
10 PERCENTREDUCE SOIL
EROSION 25 PERCENTREDUCE TOTALGREENHOUSEGAS EMISSIONS BY 10PERCENT

These continuous improvement goals were adopted by key U.S. Soy
organizations in 2014 and are based on Field to Market 2000 benchmark.

Environmental Impact of U.S. Soybean
Production (1980-2020)
130%

CROP YIELD IN
TONS PERHECTARE

XX%
XX%

48%

34%

46%

43%

LAND USE IN
HECTARES PERTONSOIL EROSIONIN TONS PER
BUSHELENERGY USEPER TONPRODUCTIONGREENHOUSEGASEMISSIONS PERTON XX%PRODUCTION

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, 2021. Environmental Outcomes from OnFarm Agricultural Production in the United States (Fourth Edition). ISBN: 978-0-578-33372-4

U.S. Soy

Verified Sustainable U.S. Shipments forMarketing years 2014-2024
MY2014-MY2024

50,000,000

44,480,427

45,000,000

40,605,328

40,000,000

33,687,650

35,000,000
28,432,763

MT

30,000,000
25,000,000

22,355,707 21,299,232

20,000,000

16,379,071

15,000,000

11,415,446

10,000,000
5,000,000

05,876,808

6,845

851,933
MT2014

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2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

SSAP Shipments as a Percent of Total U.S. Soy Exports
98%

92%
45%

67%

69%

0%

49%
69%

Key Achievements for SSAP

Gold Equivalency

How to obtain an SSAP Certificate• Speak to your supplier!

• SSAP certificates are transferable21

Coming Soon!

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• U.S. Trademark approved• In use in:oBelizeo

Mexicoo

El SalvadoroNicaraguao

Guatemalao

ChinaoColombiaoTaiwanoEcuadoro

JapanoPanamaoSouth KoreaoVenezuelaoIndonesiaoCosta Ricao

PhilippinesoDominican RepublicoVietnam• Can be used to differentiate U.S. Soy,
examples can include bags, totes, labels,etc.

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