PANORAMA November 2022 VIVESCIA’s human chain in motion! Our wheat drive applauded by the French Prime Minister November 2022 A SIMPLIFIED CARBON FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS FOR FARMERS The simpli昀椀ed carbon footprint analysis designed by the Cooperative and the Group’s CSR teams in partnership with French start-up MyEasyFarm received the “Grand Est Transforma琀椀on” Prize in the environmental category. The aim of this diagnostic tool was: ➜ to understand the reality of VIVESCIA cooperative farmers, and how to best help those who wish to engage in progressive, low-carbon agricultural practices; ➜ to quickly 昀椀nd commercial opportunities for The visit of Elizabeth Borne shines a light on VIVESCIA’s wheat donation initiative, supported by our farmers and low-carbon grain that create value for VIVESCIA employees of the Cooperative and Grands Moulins de Paris. Industries’ companies, and our major agri-food customers; In March 2022, VIVESCIA Group made a commitment to supply local food banks with all the Francine 昀氀our they need ➜ to anticipate market opportunities for carbon for people experiencing food poverty within the VIVESCIA credits in agriculture. Cooperative’s territory. Thanks to this initiative, 65 tonnes of wheat were donated by VIVESCIA’s farmers, which was converted into 65,000 packs of Francine 昀氀our, thanks to the help of Grands Moulins de Paris. A conference-debate December 2022 That was the theme of the conference-debate “Agriculture: food security and climate organised with recognised experts in the context of change – challenges and perspectives” the Group’s 2022 annual general meeting. Politicians, economic and scienti昀椀c experts, and academics gave their different perspectives to help us better understand the challenges and the path forward. SCAN THE QR CODE TO WATCH THE CONFERENCE-DEBATE There were three speakers: Geneviève Pons, Managing director of the European Jacques Delors think- tank in Brussels; Sébastien Abis, Director of Club DEMETER and associate researcher at IRIS; and Christian Huyghe, scientific director for agriculture at INRAE, as well as Christoph Büren. 53
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