Global Demand and Sustainability

World population currently stands at just under seven billion, yet this figure is expected to increase by 12% to at least eight billion in 2030 and over nine billion by 2050. The UK Government Office for Science’s report, “The Future of Food and Farming”, states that of the world’s global population, 13% are malnourished and another 15% suffer from deficiencies in key components of daily nutritional requirements.

Growth in global population and the trend towards rising standards of living are putting significant new demands on crops, land, water and other agricultural inputs.  There is a deficit between fertile land and world crop requirements; the past forty years have seen crop yields increase by over 100% whilst land under agricultural production has increased by only 8%.

Plant Health Care is committed to creating biological products which improve crop yields whilst reducing input requirements such as water and fertiliser.  We believe that Plant Health Care will contribute directly to alleviating pressure on world food resources, helping to nourish a growing world population whilst caring for the global agricultural environment.

Ethics

It is the Company’s policy to conduct its business affairs in an ethical and legal manner.  Any actions that may raise questions as to the Company’s honesty, integrity, impartiality, reputation, or activities that could cause embarrassment to the Company or damage to its reputation, are prohibited.  We require each employee to obey all federal, state and local laws and regulations while conducting business on behalf of PHC, including but not limited to antitrust and trade regulation laws, environmental laws, employment laws, product safety laws, and advertising laws.  Any individual having information or knowledge of any prohibited act is expected to be promptly report such matters to the senior management and  the Human Resources Department.

Workplace and employee relations

Having a well motivated and skilled workforce committed to the vision and values of the business is vital for driving our growth. The Group is committed to achieving equality of opportunity at all levels and will endeavour to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment or is placed at any disadvantage on the grounds of his or her race, sex, gender alignment, sexual orientation, marital status, colour, religious belief, nationality, ethnic origin, age or disability that is not justifiable in Law under the Race, Sex or Disability Discrimination Act.

Employee professional and personal growth is also critical to Plant Health Care’s employee relations philosophy. During the year the Group provided opportunities for numerous staff to develop through training and national qualification programmes.

Ensuring the health and safety of our staff is of prime importance to the Company and the health and safety record has been excellent over the past five years.

Environmental management and supply chain

We believe that the impact of Plant Health Care’s business activities on the environment are overwhelmingly positive because of our focus on natural technologies with resulting low environmental impact  in terms of waste, residual levels of bi products or other forms of unwanted environmental impact.

Conclusion

Plant Health Care endeavours to act responsibly at all times and acknowledges that good Corporate Social Responsibility policy and practice is important to our reputation and success. Plant Health Care is committed to developing a fuller policy on CSR as part of its strategic development and ensuring that outcomes will be measured and reported to provide as much transparency as possible to all of our stakeholders.