
Sustainability assessment of Bio-Südtirol apple producers for hotspot analysis and as a basis for an optimisation strategy
Description
- Sustainability assessment of eight apple producers with the SMART-Farm Tool
- Development of a catalogue with recommendations for improvement measures
- Workshop with evaluated plant managers
- Information and communication to all members of Biosüdtirol
Time frame
2017
Focus
Apple production
Region
South Tyrol, Italy
Number of analysed farms
8
Customer statement
«We Biosüdtirol farmers are real stubborn heads and have stubbornly set ourselves the goal of being more sustainable. We are more motivated by an ideal than by minimum standards. The SFS team has been very empathetic in assessing our sustainability and thanks to the SMART analysis we have a clear picture and can compare ourselves. Now we know where we stand, where we can improve and, above all, how we can improve. Because we agree with the SFS team: Sustainability per se is not a condition, but an ongoing process.»
Bernhard Lösch, Obmann BioSüdtirol
The project team

Leonhardt Jancso
Project leader, sustainability in companies and agricultural value chains
Sustainable Food Systems GmbH
Richard Petrasek
SMART assessor, sustainability analysis expert
Sustainable Food Systems GmbH
Moritz Teriete
Strategy, sustainability management and sustainability communication
Sustainable Food Systems GmbH