Global Sustainability Impacts - New Zealand - Sam McIvor, Chief Executive Officer, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (New Zealand), from the 2018 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 9 - 12, 2018, Kilkenny, Ireland.
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2. Global context
• Increasing demand for premium red meat
• Our consumers are modal – premium has wide reach
• Power of retail
• Food anxiety
• Connection to real food production
• Experience is king
4. NZ Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
Mission: strive together as beef industry stakeholders to produce the world’s most sustainable
beef through strategic, collaborative and coordinated action that is transparent to all
9. SENZFAP – Four parts
Sustainable and Ethical New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme
NZFAP
Animal health, welfare
and production
Biosecurity
Farm and natural
resources
People
Notas del editor
Increasing demand for premium red meat: in developed markets, there is declining meat consumption per capita but when these consumers purchase red meat, they are seeking better quality and are willing to pay more for it.
A desire for better food at all levels supports a strong future for ‘real’ premium red meat in order to support wellbeing, deliver great experiences and reflect my ability to choose
Our consumers are ‘modal’: meaning consumers are seeking different food experiences depending on their need state, such as convenience during the week or indulgence on the weekend. Irrespective of the need state, they are seeking premium quality.
While one person may mainly be driven by one need, on different occasions they will have other needs and look for other benefits
Food anxiety: consumers are increasingly concerned and anxious about the authenticity of their food, where and how their food is produced (including environmental impacts), and the welfare of the animals. The image of industrialised meat production has tarnished all types of food production
Raised as nature intended, Natural with integrity & respect
Fed grass naturally, with the rhythm of nature, - as it should be with little intervention
Connection to real food production: Consumers want a connection to real, natural food, produced as nature intended by caring people.
With a growing level of food anxiety and disconnection – connection to both place and to the values behind production (people and way of operating) is important for consumers
Experience is king: Ultimately though, consumers make decisions based on taste and the eating experience must consistently meet the consumers’ expectations
Aligned with the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef the NZ roundtable for sustainable beef steering group have adopted their sustainability principles. We have also adopted the relevant UN sustainable development goals.
We are an industry led steering group, including beef industry player throughout NZ supply chain, together with WWF
The steering groups first meeting was in August 2017, the group has liaised with the Canadian and US roundtables
The group has identified potential NZ beef burning platform issues
Stakeholder research project to rank burning platform issues is underway
Research objectives:
Obtain a summary of various stakeholder perceptions of NZ beef industry
Outline issues facing the industry and identify those of highest priority
Address potential solutions to these ideas
Timeframes:
Q4 2018: research undertaken
Q2 2019: formation of NZ roundtable with focused priorities and work plan
Authentic and independently verified best practice animal raising and production standard
Red meat produced under this standard comes with assurances of:
integrity
origin
traceability
bio-security
environmental sustainability
animal health and welfare
Essential ingredients for meeting the expectations of our diverse international consumer audience
Purpose:
Create better and more robust businesses
Demonstrate that the red meat sector is farming sustainably and ethically
Provide confidence to red meat consumers
Principles
Healthy land, healthy animals and healthy people
Animals which have a life worth living
Create high quality, natural food by careful, skilled and knowledgeable farmers
How
Match the farm system with the resources for sustainable outcomes
Mitigate negative on-farm practices within and beyond the property boundary