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Delivering on our Good Growth Plan

In our Good Growth Plan, launched in 2020, Syngenta makes four ambitious commitments. We are accelerating our innovation to provide solutions for farmers to make agriculture more resilient and sustainable. We strive for carbon neutral agriculture, while continuing our work to enhance biodiversity and soil health. We are reinforcing our existing commitment to help people stay safe and healthy in our operations and on the field. And we want to achieve these commitments in partnership with others and through open dialogue about the value of agriculture innovation for farmers, nature and society.

Reporting on progress

We report on progress toward achieving the targets set in our Good Growth Plan annually. Our achievements in 2022 were as follows.

Accelerating innovation for farmers and nature

  • USD 289 million invested in sustainable agriculture breakthroughs (1.3 billion since 2020)
  • 3 sustainable technology breakthroughs
  • 2.1 million tonnes of crop produced with programs for lowest residues in crops

Strive for carbon neutral agriculture

  • 2.9 million tonnes CO2e of carbon benefit potential on farmland
  • 6 million hectares of farmland benefited by soil conservation and biodiversity enhancement measures
  • 12% increase in CO2e emissions intensity of our operations since baseline 2016

Help people stay safe and healthy

  • 0.30 recordable injury and illness rate (IIR) per 200,000 hours
  • 12.9 million people trained on safe use
  • 99.5% of suppliers included in sustainability and fair labor programs

Partnering for impact

  • Scaled up of strategic partnership programs with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Solidaridad
  • Continued working with the food value chain to promote sustainable agricultural practices
  • Continued collaborations with academic and research organizations
Celebrating our first Good Growth Plan

We launched the first Good Growth Plan in 2013 and set hard, stretch targets to improve the sustainability of agriculture by 2020. By 2019, we reached most of our goals – a year earlier than scheduled. More information on our first Good Growth Plan can be found in our 2019 Good Growth Plan progress report.

 

Our Good Growth Plan

We would like to thank all those who accompanied us along this journey and whose expertise, insight and energy helped us turn the commitments set in our first Good Growth Plan into real, measurable benefits for farmers, the people they feed and the planet we all share.