Forging links... CONFERENCE-DEBA TE “Is sustainability compatible SCAN THE QR CODE with competitiveness in French TO FIND OUT MORE agriculture?” #Wheatdonation As part of the Cooperative and VIVESCIA 100,000 packs of Francine Industries’ AGMs, a conference was organised involving several high-level flour donated to Banques guests from very different backgrounds: Alimentaires Guillaume Gomez, representative of the French President for food and gastronomy; Audrey Bourolleau, the (1/4 of their annual founder of Hectar, a specialised private requirements). VIVESCIA farmers donated 86 tonnes institution of higher learning; Laurent Duplomb, senator of Haute-Loire and of wheat in 2023. Following a call from the Minister of agriculture author of a report on the competitiveness of agriculture; Éric Birlouez, sociologist last autumn, VIVESCIA Group and its subsidiary Grands specialising in food, AgroPariTech. Moulins decided to donate 36 additional tonnes of flour. VIVESCIA wins The Young Farmers’ the LCL-GreenFlex award Committee on a field trip thanks to its simplified to the Netherlands carbon footprint analysis! Three busy days full of rich insight LCL bank and its partner took participants from Groningen GreenFlex rewards companies to Amsterdam, where they were that are committed to the able to talk to farmers from the environmental transition and a Royal Cosun cooperative, more sustainable economy. the Young Farmers’ Union, and agri-food analysts from Rabobank to explore the challenges of decarbonising Dutch agriculture. The programme also included visits to agricultural machinery production facilities, a cacao storage site in Amsterdam, BASF’s experimental aquaponic greenhouse for vegetable seeds, and Cargill’s starch production plant. nOV.2023 DEC.2023 JAN.2024 CONSOLIDATED REPORT 2023-2024 45