Sustainability

AlphaBio Control was born out of a vision that the current way of producing food and biomaterials could, and should, be done more sustainably.

Born out of this sustainability vision, the company’s drive to bring to the market effective, more sustainable crop protection technologies enables growers to produce high quality affordable food, whilst protecting the natural environment.

Sustainability does not have a single definition; almost everyone will have a different view of what the term means. Sustainability does not have a unit; can you be 100% sustainable? Can you be 10% sustainable? Is sustainability an endpoint, a journey or a process?

“The company’s ethos is therefore a straightforward approach to this subject; we cannot just think like a more sustainable company, we have to act like one.”
Iain Fleming, Co-founder

“Do these commitments in themselves mean that AlphaBio Control is a sustainable company? No, but it does mean that we commit to being a more sustainable one.”
Iain Fleming, Co-founder

We believe that aligning our commitments with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals helps us to focus on the bigger picture.

Click on each one to see how our commitments tie in with each SDG

SDG 2.4 Indicator 1

Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture

– We will improve agriculture one spray at a time;
– We will seek more sustainable active ingredients to replace the current petrochemical-based ones;
– We will integrate these products into conventional agricultural integrated pest management systems so that all farmers can access them.

SDG 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

– We commit to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination;
– We will also commit to eliminating unlawful discrimination of customers or in the public in the provision of goods, services and facilities.

SDG 10.2

By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethinicity, origin, religion or economic or other status

– We commit to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination;
– We will also commit to eliminating unlawful discrimination of customers or in the public in the provision of goods, services and facilities.

SDG 12.3 & 12.6

By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses. Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle

– We will seek more sustainable active ingredients to replace the current petrochemical-based ones;
– We will work with our partners, distributors and farmers to ensure our products are used in the best possible way, to protect food production, reduce waste and protect our environment.
– We will seek audit and accreditation of our environmental, social, and sustainable practices by seeking industry recognised certifications.

SDG 13.2

Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

– We will seek more sustainable active ingredients to replace the current petrochemical-based ones;
– We will seek regulatory approval for our products wherever we can to maximise their uptake;
– We will integrate these products into conventional agricultural integrated pest management systems so that all farmers can access them.

SDG 15.5

Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species

– We will seek more sustainable active ingredients to replace the current petrochemical-based ones;
– We will work with our partners, distributors and farmers to ensure our products are used in the best possible way, to protect food production, reduce waste and protect our environment.