Sustainable commodities

Viterra holds an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) as part of our focus on sourcing commodities from sustainable supply chains and meeting end use customers’ needs. Growers must complete an ISCC declaration if you wish to sell sustainable commodities.

ISCC is a globally applicable certification system that verifies sustainability principles for biobased food, feed and renewables. It is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using land sustainably, protecting natural biospheres and being socially sustainable.

What are my responsibilities? 

If you intend to sell your grain to us as sustainable, you must complete a declaration confirming your farm complies with six principles:

• Crop shall not be produced on land with high biodiversity value or high carbon stock and not from peat land
• Crop shall be produced in an environmentally responsible way
• Safe working conditions shall be implemented
• Crop production shall not violate human labour rights or land rights
• Crop production shall take place in compliance with all applicable regional and national laws and shall follow relevant international treaties
• Good management practices shall be implemented.

To complete an ISCC declaration, log on to myNGR or call NGR for assistance on 1800 556 630.

What commodities can be ISCC certified?

• Wheat
• Barley
• Canola
• Chickpeas
• Faba beans
• Lentils
• Sorghum

Making ISCC declarations easier with Sustainable Grain Australia (SGA)

As part of our focus on supplying sustainable commodities, we teamed up with Australia’s other major commodity marketers to create a more streamlined and simplified process for you to make a grower sustainability declaration.

SGA makes it easier for you to do business with the participating companies by simplifying the certification process meaning you can now do one sustainability declaration each financial year rather than one for every company.

To complete an ISCC declaration, log on to myNGR or call NGR for assistance on 1800 556 630.

If you would like more information about selling to Viterra, please contact your local grain merchant on 1300 453 626.

How to declare your farm as sustainable

With Sustainable Grain Australia, growers can easily complete a sustainability declaration each financial year through NGR in a quick and easy process by logging on to myNGR or call NGR for assistance on 1800 556 630.

The declaration is linked to your NGR and is available to companies involved in SGA through the myNGR system.

All growers wishing to sell sustainable commodities are required to complete an ISCC declaration with NGR. 

An audit may be carried out to ensure sustainable requirements are being met in which documentation such as spray diaries, agronomist recommendations, soil tests and paddock records are required as evidence. 

Watch how to submit a sustainability declaration as a grower through myNGR: