Santa Maria, CA – Primus Auditing Operations is proud to announce that it is now offering the newly developed Sustainability Standard™ for food producers and processors interested in communicating sustainability performance to buyers. The new standard was developed cooperatively by Azzule and the Sustainable Food Group. The certification standard uses multiple internationally-recognized environmental, economic, and social welfare measures and may be added as an addendum to food safety audits, saving auditees time and money, or as a stand-alone assessment.
The science-based Standard covers 16 categories recognizing best practices, performance metrics, and continuous improvement. The Standard provides automatic credit for producers participating in other programs including the National Organic Program, Sysco’s Sustainable/Integrated Pest Management Initiative, the Potato Sustainability Initiative, LEAF Marque, and Whole Foods Market Responsibly Grown. The Standard also recognizes participant use of consensus tools including Cool Farm Tool for calculating greenhouse gas emissions, select Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops metrics, and the Pesticide Risk Tool™.
Primus Auditing Ops has a corps of auditors trained and certified to conduct the Sustainability Standard™. For more information or if you would like to schedule an audit, please contact AuditAdmins@primusauditingops.com or call 805-623-5563.
Source: Primus Auditing Operations
