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We welcome Bayer as a SAI Platform member

25th January 2022

“Joining SAI Platform will enable us to work together with key food system stakeholders, farmers, and peers to transform the food value chain by co-creating sustainability standards and practices towards regenerative agriculture”

Gerhard Adam, Global Food Value Chain Partnership Lead, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG

Bayer is a Life Science company with core competencies in the areas of health care and agriculture. Their products and services are designed to help people and the planet thrive by supporting efforts to master the major challenges presented by a growing and ageing global population.

Bayer’s Crop Science Division is a world-leading agriculture enterprise driving innovation in biology, biotechnology, crop protection, and data science. In 2020, they employed around 33,000 people in 143 countries, and invested 2 billion euros in R&D to deliver tailored solutions to farmers, set new standards in sustainability, and pioneer the digital transformation of agriculture.

In close cooperation with partners, Bayer is committed to become carbon neutral, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the environmental impact of crop protection by 30% on their customers’ fields, and empower 100 million smallholder farmers by 2030.

To learn more about Bayer’s Crop Science Division: https://www.cropscience.bayer.com/