The Principles

The standard is built on ten principles

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Legal Compliance and Continuous Improvement safeguards the business from legal repercussions and protects its reputation and brand integrity. Implementing compliance measures can lead to streamlined processes and improved operational efficiency.
Social Practices guides the business regarding engaging in environmental preservation efforts, ethical labor practices, philanthropy, and promoting volunteering.
Soil Conservation is a combination of practices used to protect the soil from degradation. Soil conservation is proven to increase the quality and quantity of crop yields over the long term because it keeps topsoil in its place and preserves the long term productivity of the soil.
Water Conservation and Management encompasses the policies, strategies and activities done to manage water as a sustainable resource, to protect water from wastage, and to meet current and future human demands.
Planting Material and Seeds are an essential input in agriculture for maximizing production, maximizing revenues, improving adaptability to adverse environmental conditions, and meeting quality raw material requirements in the market.
Integrated Nutrient Management refers to the efficient use of nutrients to improve crop productivity. If done rightly, it intends to balance the soil nutrient input with the crop requirement.
Integrated Pest Management enables the farms to maintain the natural crop ecosystem balance. Optimal level of beneficial insects and minimum level of harmful pests on the field are managed.
Waste Management Practices involves the regular collection, transportation as well as processing and disposal or recycling and monitoring of different types of waste materials. In combination, these services can save the businesses a considerable amount of money and can also prevent the environment from being harmed.
the practice of protecting and preserving the wealth and variety of species, habitats, ecosystems, and genetic diversity, is important for our health, wealth, food, fuel, and services we depend on.
Energy Management enables businesses to measure power factor which is how much power their processes are consuming as part of production and manage the energy efficiently to meet the present and future needs along with optimizing energy budget.