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www.ipminstitute.org
Overview of Industry Stewardship Initiatives and Issues
IPM Institute of North America, Inc. Harnessing Marketplace Power to Improve Health, Economics and Environment
2004, 2005 EPA Pesticide Environmental Stewardship National Champion2005 EPA Children’s Health Recognition Award Winner
2003 EPA Region V Recognition Award Winner
IPM InstituteLeveraging marketplace power to improve health, economics and environment
• In agriculture• Sustainable ag/IPM guidelines, standards, audit protocols
• In communities• IPM STAR for schools, childcare, healthcare, structural pest management professionals
Check Strip
BMP Strips
Sixth International IPM Symposium
Portland OR, March 24-25, 2009
• > 5 pesticides in 75% of streams tested
– Heinz Center for the Environment, 2002
• 96% of fish, 100% of surface water and 33% of major aquifers contain one or more pesticides
– US Geological Survey 2006, compiled 1992-2001 studies
• 91 chemicals in the average human body – 17 are pesticide breakdown products– Includes carcinogens; neuro, reproductive and
developmental toxins– Environmental Working Group, Commonweal, Mt. Sinai School
of Community Medicine; CDC; 2003
• Chemicals, pesticides in household dust, drinking water, air, etc.
Legacy of current/past practices
We are doing better!
• Bald eagle nesting pairs increase from 417 to 5,748 after DDT ban
- Fish & Wildlife Service, 2003
• From ‘03-’06, US EPA registered 55 biopesticides, 12 “reduced-risk” conventional pesticides, and 15 anti-microbials. Only 23 new products were conventional pesticides.
– US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs Annual Reports
Consumers (and taxpayers) Care!
After quality, price, convenience…
• Campbell Soup, Del Monte, Frito Lay, General Mills, Gerber, McDonalds, Unilever, Wal*Mart , FPA/GMA many others have well established or developing IPM and/or sustainability initiatives
• That’s a lot of acres and activity!
Third-party audit programs US Acres, 2006
USDA Organic 4,000,000
Food Alliance 4,000,000
Northeast Eco Apples 450
Protected Harvest 4,000
Rainforest Alliance (forest products) 22,000,000
SYSCO Sustainable/IPM 512,000
Goals
• Share information on current/planned initiatives
• How can we increase efficiency and accelerate impacts?– ongoing info sharing– partnerships– targeting
• Improve measurement, accountability, communications
• Scope…
Food Chain Sustainability
Meeting our needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their needs
- Brundtland Commission 1987
SUSTAINABILITY
Corporate Ethics
EnvironmentalStewardship
Social Equity
Economic Justice
Personal Health & Wellness
FoodSafety
Fair Labor
Practices
Fair Trade
Animal Welfare
Biodiversity Nutrition
Worker Safety
Eco-efficiency
BodyBurden
Soil, Water, WildlifeConservation
Resource Distribution
STRATEGIES
IPM
Organic
Education
Taxation
Regulation
Best Management
Practices
EnvironmentalStewardship
Social Equity
Economic Justice
Personal Health & Wellness
EMS
FoodSafety
ResidueTesting
Fair TradeLabelsAnimal Welfare
Standards/Auditing
NutritionLabels
Worker Safety
Training
Eco-Footprint Analysis
Emissions Trading
Eco-labels
Sign of the times!“Free Range Fish and
Lobster”
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2004, 2005 EPA Pesticide Environmental Stewardship National Champion2005 EPA Children’s Health Recognition Award Winner
2003 EPA Region V Recognition Award Winner