About ASIAGAP

ASIAGAP and SDGs

ASIAGAP is closely associated with the SDGs. Essentially, putting ASIAGAP into practice is directly linked to implementing the SDGs.
What kind of roles ASIAGAP plays for each item listed in the SDGs are possible to be confirmed.

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

ASIAGAP-certified farms pursue numerous initiatives regarding human rights and employment conditions.

ASIAGAP Initiatives

  • Ban on forced labor
  • Ban on discrimination (based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender)
  • Indication of working conditions (working hours, break periods wages, etc.)
  • Compliance with working conditions
  • Negotiations and exchanges of views between employers and workers

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

ASIAGAP-certified farms protect the health of consumers and employees alike.

ASIAGAP Initiatives

  • Production of safe foods
  • Monitoring the health of workers and visitors, and implementing measures
  • Ensuring the occupational safety of workers
  • Adequate response to workers engaged in hazardous work
  • Accident preparedness
  • Enrollment in insurance covering occupational accidents

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

ASIAGAP-certified farms assume high levels of responsibility for production.

ASIAGAP Initiatives

  • Implementation of appropriate farm management
  • Production of safe foods
  • Eco-friendly agricultural production
  • Implementation of measures to ensure worker safety
  • Employment that considers human rights and welfare

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

ASIAGAP-certified farms take action to address climate change and its impacts.

ASIAGAP Initiatives

  • Energy use such as the consumption of electricity, gas, heavy oil, gasoline, light oil and kerosene is monitored, and efforts are made to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and conserve energy.
  • Measures are taken to control methane gas production in paddy fields
  • Fertilizers and agrochemicals are used appropriately

Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

ASIAGAP-certified farms conduct numerous initiatives to safeguard the bounty of the land.

ASIAGAP Initiatives

  • Activities based on environmental conservation policies
  • Initiatives to promote biodiversity
  • Identifying field soil characteristics and preparing soil for sustainable land use
  • Employing cultivation techniques that prevent soil loss
  • Implementing comprehensive pest and weed control