AALSMEER, Netherlands, October 14 /PRNewswire/ --
- Eosta Signs Climate Agreement With Other Dutch Organisations
In the presence of Al Gore and the Environment Minister Jacqueline
Cramer, Eosta and twelve other Dutch organisations signed a climate agreement
yesterday in Aalsmeer. The agreement to achieve completely climate neutral
management was signed together with a variety of other companies, including
PricewaterhouseCoopers, PGGM, ANWB Wegenwacht, Triodos Bank and other leading
companies.
'We have long been inspired by Al Gore's call to give more consideration
to climate change,' says Eosta director Volkert Engelsman. 'According to the
FAO, current forms of agriculture are responsible for around 30 % of all
greenhouse gas emissions. Fertilisers are one of the most significant
culprits. Organic farming replaces fertilisers with compost and other
sustainable forms of soil improvement. Consequently, organic farming makes a
considerable contribution to turning back the climate problem.'
Earlier this year, Eosta continued this intention as the first to bring a
wide range of Nature & More TUV certified climate neutral fruit and
vegetables to the European market. TUV Nord has been appointed by the United
Nations as the first certification body to carry out this kind of emissions
analyses and certify emissions rights.
The Nature & More 'Climate Neutral' quality mark stands for the
publication, reduction and compensation of the greenhouse gas emissions that
are associated with the production, transport, refrigeration and packaging of
Nature & More products.
Nature & More growers get the 'Climate Neutral' label with TUV
certification by mapping all greenhouse gases within the supply chain and
compensating them with emissions rights obtained by using organic farming
practices (http://www.natureandmore.com).
To this end, Eosta is working with sister organisation Soil & More, which
initiates projects around the world in which biological waste is processed to
create a superior humus compost which is gratefully used by organic and
traditional growers worldwide. Soil & More director Aart van den Bos: 'This
process does not generate environmentally harmful methane gas. Moreover,
other harmful greenhouse gases are also avoided, such as nitrous oxide which
is released by the production and use of fertilisers. Finally, this Soil &
More compost provides a higher humus content in the soil, which binds carbon
from the atmosphere. The emissions rights that Soil & More earns with these
projects are used to compensate for its own emissions output from transport,
refrigeration, packaging, etc.
http://www.eosta.com, http://www.natureandmore.com,
http://www.soilandmore.com
SOURCE Eosta BV
