Living Sustainability at Certis Belchim

At Certis Belchim, sustainability is more than just a corporate trend—it’s a shared commitment deeply integrated in our culture. Every individual within our company, from local teams to global leaders, embodies this principle in their daily actions. Whether it’s through innovative solutions, responsible practices, or community engagement, we each strive to make sustainability a reality at every level. Together, we live this mission, ensuring that our collective efforts create a lasting impact for the environment, agriculture, and society.

Certis Belchim Sustainability Champions

Certis Belchim has created a network of sustainability champions to be the ambassadors of the sustainability strategy. This network will lead and develop local sustainable initiatives in all Certis Belchim business units and countries.

Discover our local initiatives

Spanish initiatives

Growing For The Future is a collaborative project within the agricultural sector to provide crop protection solutions, adapted to market and consumer demands.

For this, we support Crop Management programs, based on the combination of our Bio-rational products of microbiological and natural origin, and conventional products.

Italy initiatives

  • Plastic reduction: no more large plastic containers for drinking water, but use the filtration system from tap water.
  • Employees commuting: already in the personal objectives of employees to increase the awareness in urban or inter-urban travelling
  • Recycled paper: ongoing analysis to replace all printed paper with recycled materials.
  • Solar panels: The Certis Belchim building where offices are located is now equipped with ‘solar’ panels

France initiatives

  • Plastic reduction: No more plastic bottles in the offices. Replaced by water fontains
  • Coffee machine: Switch “coffee caps” to a more ecologically friendly ground coffee machine
  • Printing: Reduce printing with use of DocuSign and other pdf tools
  • Company Car Policy: under adoption to move to Hydrid and/or Electric cars for CO2 emission reduction

Sustainability takes center stage at Certis Belchim

Sustainability at Trial Field Days

The 2024 Trial Field Days event in Londerzeel concluded on the 27th of June, and it was once again a remarkable event! Over the course of six days, we showcased the extensive range of agricultural innovations and solutions from Certis Belchim, with a particular focus on herbicide trials involving over 30 different weed species.

Highlights included:

  • 57 field trials
  • 31 tunnel and lab trials
  • 35 crops
  • 10 hectares
  • 5 Thematics hubs
  • 1800 unique visitors
  • 4500 cups of coffee, including 2 decaf!

The event demonstrated the latest advancements in crop protection and management, bringing together experts and enthusiasts from across the industry.

The Thematic Hubs showcased the key elements driving Certis Belchim’s success and embodying its business approach. Positioned alongside the field and the glasshouse, these hubs included the Laboratory Hub, the Regulatory Hub, and the Sustainability Hub