Commitment N° 3: To reconcile economic development and preservation of the environment

Limagrain encourages all initiatives taken by its subsidiaries to limit the impact of its activity on the environment. For example, Jacquet has adopted measures concerning the air. Every year the French industrial baker carries out controls on its ovens and boilers to check that they comply with CO2 emission levels.

Limagrain militates to ensure all aspect of production are at the heart of sustainable development. Indeed cultivated plants have the capacity to trap CO2 efficiently. Corn, for example, is an extraordinary absorber of sunrays which it transforms into biomass, providing it has enough water for its growth. A hectare of corn absorbs twenty to thirty tons of CO2 and supplies two to four times more oxygen than a hectare of forest.

• The stakes for society: Achieve optimal environmental performance
• To create varieties that are both economical and more productive
• To participate in better management of water resources
• To conceive renewable raw materials from plants
• LG Vision Harvest, a decision-aid tool
• Sowers of the world : Rinus