Stewardship: doing good business, not simply feeling good
For two decades the agri-business industry has acted responsibly by practicing responsible ‘stewardship’ of products. The term has confused the uninitiated but in layman terms it means managing agrochemical products from inception to use by farmers and through to phase out and disposal.
It’s a lifecycle approach that developed from a few scattered global programmes initiated by the CropLife association network twenty years ago into an integrated business model in which the major global players in the industry have embraced.
Read MoreBlack, white and a few shades of grey
Among the hordes of French and Spanish tourists in Hanoi in March, a steady stream of black as well as grey suits (even a white one!) were spotted filing into the Melia Hotel in the quaint capital. ASEAN ministers, European Commission representatives and their policymakers mingled with business leaders and senior executives from a variety of industries to discuss the biggest challenges in the region at the ASEAN-EU Business Summit.
The two-day meeting concluded with the private sector providing some key recommendations to ASEAN ministers as to how to improve the business environment and help contribute to an ASEAN economic community by 2015 and beyond.
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