Wheat cultivated with BAT-fertilizer
Level: Spearhead
Production made with less resource demanding and/or cleaning techniques can contribute to reduced climate impact.
Details
- Type:
- Technical specification
- ID:
- 11125
- Group:
- Cereals and other grain products
- Swedish:
Criterion text
Raw material of wheat in the product must have been produced with electricity from renewable resources1 (hydropower, wind power, solar energy, biofuels, waste heat or Nordic electricity mix) for drying and storage and been cultivated with fertilizer from a production facility which uses nitrous oxide purification.
1According to the EUGENE Green Energy Standard
Verification
Upon request, the supplier shall be ready to present one of the following, for example:
- Natur och klimatkonceptet [Nature and Climate concept], such as Kungsörnen or equivalent
Subject matter of contract
Sustainable production of cereals and other grain products.
Information about the criterion
One cultivation concept which fulfils the requirement is the nature and climate concept for cultivation of wheat from contract growers of Lantmännen. The wheat flour may be used in compound products such as bread.
Added values of the concept are increased biodiversity, optimized use of nitrogen fertilizer through the use of censors and no use of straw-shortening agents.
Environmental goals
Motive
Choosing a product produced with less resource-demanding and/or cleaning techniques creates the possibility to reduce the climate impact of a certain product without changing the product group. Choosing the environmentally preferable alternative within a product-group is a way in which the procuring agencies can fulfil their preference regarding the product while assuring high environmental performance.
Versions history
The version date indicates when the sustainability criterion was created or last updated. Last reviewed dated tells when we last checked that the sustainability criterion still is relevant.
- Current ID
- 11125
- Version date
- 2016-12-16