Symrise has addressed the 1st Climate Adaptation Conference ‘THE SHIFT’ with sustainable solutions for increasing resilience towards existing and future climate change challenges. Climate change accelerates and impacts agricultural and economic outlooks. The immediate reality of climate change is impacting businesses, economies, and societies worldwide. This makes adaptation to the effects of climate change necessary. Climate-related regulations too are increasing compliance needs for businesses.
Symrise wants to better understand the consequences of climate change for businesses and society. Also, it wants to help develop adaptation strategies that protect businesses, economies, and societies. In this context, symrise took part in Europe’s first corporate climate adaptation conference “The Shift” in Berlin beginning of November. Experts and key opinion leaders from corporations, universities, and politics attended. They exchanged on possible solutions and important next steps as global cooperation and collective innovation are called for. The event facilitated collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and partnerships across industries and borders.
Symrise presented climate adaptation in action
Increasing resilience and contributing to climate adaptation has formed a core mindset for Symrise for many years and will continue to do so. Symrise presented this approach to the audience of a special workshop. Dirk Neudorf, Senior Global Marketing Manager at Symrise, showed examples of effective risk mitigation and climate adaptation within the Symrise supply chain. By training and enforcing environmentally friendly farming practices, Symrise globally contributes to safeguarding ecosystems. Also improving soil health, and reducing the carbon footprint of agricultural production in a variety of projects.
Building partnerships for scalable solutions
Symrise recognizes that scaling climate adaptation processes requires collaboration across the entire value chain. By partnering with farmers, food manufacturers, and local stakeholders, Symrise is driving systemic change that benefits both the planet and business outcomes. In working directly with a broad range of stakeholders. Symrise offers a bridge, helping both sides advance sustainability goals and adapt to current and future climate changes.
Collaborating with farmers for tangible impact
Symrise’s global team works hand in hand with farmers across the world, implementing regenerative farming techniques such as crop rotation, cover cropping, and soil carbon sequestration. For example, in France, Symrise collaborates with carrot farmers to enhance soil fertility as well as water and biodiversity conservation. In Madagascar, the company’s vanilla project employs shadow management techniques to protect crops by reducing soil erosion and enhancing soil stability in a holistic approach to sustainability. These measures aim at empowering farmers to adopt more eco-friendly practices. They learn how to implement crop rotation, use service plants, and incorporate dead cover crops. Also, these measures are supporting the living and working conditions of the farmers, for example with the “Bridging the Gap” initiative.