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The Collaborative Soy Initiative (CSI) is a collaborative framework with the vision of 100% conversion-free, sustainable soy production and market uptake, on a global scale. We are convinced that a mix of measures is needed to achieve this goal, including supply chain tools and supplier policies, legislation and landscape programmes. Mandatory and voluntary measures are both needed in combination to achieve scale and impact with conversion-free sustainable soy. The experience and tools of current voluntary soy sustainability initiatives and robust standards can support and supplement mandatory due diligence, and can have an increased effect if synergies are created among them. In return, strong legal frameworks and their compliance are important for voluntary initiatives to succeed and scale up.

The CSI informs stakeholders about ongoing actions and builds bridges among initiatives to attain genuine impact.

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  • Between Chaco and Pampa: strengthening Argentina's role in soy sustainability
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    Argentina obtains much less attention for its role in soy (oil) production and sustainability than Brazil. But, for example over 2015-2019 it provided more than…
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  • Succeeding with soy sustainability in unpredictable scenarios
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    The war in Ukraine, except from its humanitarian, geopolitical and environmental consequences, has a strong effect on global grain and oil markets. How does t…
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  • Beyond silos: engaging suppliers for the ground work
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    One silo for certified soy, two silos for EU compliant soy, twenty silos for the rest of the market. Is this the scenario that unfolds with markets demanding di…
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  • Working groups

    Between 2016 and 2019, 31 actors of the soy sector brainstormed around the key question: “What do we have to do, with all stakeholders together, to achieve 100%…
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  • "Meta Meetings" of soy initiatives

    By the organization of in-depth exchange meetings, the Collaborative Soy Initiative seeks to initiate a bridge building process between the different internatio…
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  • Information webinars

    The mission of the Collaborative Soy Initiative, within the wider pursuit of 100% deforestation and conversion free sustainable soy, is to inform on sector-wide…
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