Our contribution to the Sustainability Development Goals In 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offered the world a blueprint towards achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. The 17 goals target poverty, hunger, education, gender inequality, clean water and other critical issues. Controlling pests and diseases in the greenhouse using predatory mites and wasps; making plants more resilient by using biostimulants in the soil, and introducing bumblebees to improve pollination, have all, directly and indirectly, enabled a significant reduction in the use of chemicals in horticulture and agriculture, ultimately improving the ecosystem. We promote food security, improve nutrition and foster sustainable horticulture and agriculture, helping to end hunger by controlling pests and diseases using beneficial insects and biostimulants that offer sustainable alternatives for growers to produce residue-free fruit, vegetable and other crops. Our products work both above ground and around the root system in a holistic approach that promotes plant health and biodiversity. We actively promote integrated crop management practices in both the developed world as well as smallholders in less developed countries, sharing our knowledge with not-for-profit organizations, research centres and academia to reach growers around the world. Amongst other social projects, the Koppert Foundation provides training in integrated pest management to ‘plant doctors’ who advise local growers on sustainable plant protection practices. Innovation is part of Koppert’s DNA. The ongoing drive to discover and utilize natural principles forms the core of our activities. Koppert’s strength lies in its ability to turn this knowledge into practical applications which contribute to finding sustainable solutions to prevailing problems in horticulture and agriculture. In doing so, Koppert is a ‘Partner’ for the SDG Goals. 64
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