IMS Member Commitments Jurgen Preugschas, IMS Executive Committee International Meat Secretariat Ottawa, Canada October 2013

The International Meat Secretariat (IMS) brings together meat and livestock organisations throughout the world Non-profit making association. Forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences on international issues: conferences, meetings, publications Representation in international organisations: FAO, OIE, OECD Members: national meat and livestock organisations, corporations and other bodies connected with the meat and livestock sector More than 90 members in over 30 countries around the world

Meat, dairy products, draft power (eg. India) High quality protein, heme iron, vitamin b12 Convert grass (and by-products) into protein Leather, wool Landscape, biodiversity Water and soil quality Economic and social benefits

BENCHMARKING Produce more of what we want Produce less of what we don’t want Continuous improvement « journey » not a « destination », Identify hotspots Improve profitability

Pre-competitive issue From feed to meat and dairy Need for international normalized methods Realistic Credible Account for both +ve and –ve impacts Partnership with FAO on LCA (LEAP) Partnership with FAO GAA

IMS Members committed to continuous improvement, some examples (of many): USA National Cattlemen’s Beef Assocition “triple bottom line” LCA developed with BASF USA National Pork Board Live Swine Carbon Footprint Calculator Brazil Low Carbon Agriculture (ABC) program –restore degraded grasslands Canada, Quebec Env. and Socio-Economic LCA Etc., etc.

Livestock key contribution to feeding the world Livestock = livelihood for 1B poor (FAO) Count positive contributions as well –social and environmental services provided by livestock

Sustainability can only be achieved if the livestock sector can make a profit We are all contributing to sustainability through continuous improvement … in our OWN SITUATION–there is no one size fits all THERE IS NO FOOD SECURITY WITHOUT LIVESTOCK!