SAN RAMON, Calif., Might 31, 2023 – Valent U.S.A. LLC introduced at this time a brand new product evaluation framework with particular standards that allows the corporate to guage and outline “sustainable options” throughout its broad portfolio of agricultural merchandise. The brand new framework, known as the Sustainable Options Standards, is designed to assist growers and clients attain a extra sustainable agricultural crop manufacturing operation.
The factors is a part of Valent’s and father or mother firm Sumitomo Chemical’s dedication to advance sustainable agriculture by modern merchandise, practices and options that profit agriculture, the atmosphere and society.
Utilizing related U.N. Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs) as a information, the standards covers sustainable agriculture practices grouped below the three pillars of individuals, planet, and productiveness. The factors is grounded in science and options eight distinguishable icons that show key sustainable practices and attributes, that are then utilized to Valent’s present and future portfolio of typical, biorational and botanical product options.
The corporate will incorporate these icons in quite a lot of digital and print supplies and instruments that discipline expertise and gross sales representatives can use to help growers and clients in attaining greater ranges of sustainability efficiency of their operations.
“We’re honored to work alongside growers and clients to repeatedly study, enhance and allow sustainable agriculture and its societal advantages,” mentioned Matt Plitt, president and CEO, Valent U.S.A. “We’re excited to combine our standards inside our R&D platform to extend modern and sustainable options in our product pipeline and handle what growers want finest to realize their sustainability aims.”
The factors was developed by an inside cross-functional staff that evaluated detailed science-based regulatory evaluations by exterior impartial authorities, peer-reviewed literature, in addition to discipline evaluations by agricultural extension providers to determine key product qualities and their contributions to sustainable agriculture.
A 3rd-party assessment of the standards was performed by SCS Consulting, a world agency with experience in serving to organizations implement credible sustainability methods, processes, and steering.
For extra info, please view Valent U.S.A.’s sustainability standards. To learn the way every product is scored below the standards, browse our sustainable options.
About Valent U.S.A.
Valent U.S.A. LLC, headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., develops and markets merchandise in the USA, Canada and Mexico that advance sustainable agriculture, defend crops, improve crop yields, enhance meals high quality, beautify the atmosphere and safeguard public well being. Valent merchandise embrace a well known line of high quality herbicide, insecticide, fungicide and plant progress regulator merchandise for agricultural, seed safety {and professional} use. Valent is a frontrunner in advertising and gross sales of each conventional chemical merchandise and biorational merchandise developed by its affiliate, Valent BioSciences LLC. For extra details about Valent or our full product line, please name 800-6-VALENT (682-5368) or go to valent.com.
About Sumitomo Chemical Firm, Restricted
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Sumitomo Chemical is one among Japan’s main chemical corporations. It provides a various vary of merchandise globally within the fields of petrochemicals, power and practical supplies, IT-related chemical substances and supplies, well being and crop science merchandise, and prescription drugs. For extra info, go to the corporate’s web site at https://www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp/english/.
