Regional Roundtable Report Form (Please use this form to provide your report to the monthly GRSB Board of Directors meeting. This will enable the staff to accurately record your report in the meeting minutes.)

GRSB Roundtable Member: Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

Date: April 24, 2020

Person Reporting: Anne Wasko/Monica Hadarits

Report on Governance and Organization:

• COVID-19 business continuity planningo Membership engagement planning

Offering bi-weekly engagement or learning opportunityo Framework risk management planning

CRSB Council approved an Exception policy for the Certified SustainableBeef Framework; on-site audits may be replaced with remote audits, atthe discretion of the Certification Body, where necessary

Report on Projects and Initiatives:

• ~100 participants at each of the three goal webinars: greenhouse gas, land use andanimal health and welfare, held on April 1, 14 and 21, respectively

o Excellent engagement and attentiveness scores• Hired a communications and marketing agency to develop a 3 year plan for CRSB and

implement one “campaign” that includes paid advertising to determine potential impact,reach and return on investment

Report on Committee and Working Group Activities:

• 106 participants at the CRSB Semi-Annual Meeting, held via GoToWebinar, on March 31st

Upcoming Meetings / Conferences / Events:

Other:

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Regional Roundtable Report Form (Please use this form to provide your report to the monthly GRSB Board of Directors meeting. This will enable the staff to accurately record your report in the meeting minutes.)

GRSB Roundtable Member: Paraguayan Roundtable of sustainable beef (MPCS)

Date: April, 24 2020

Person Reporting: Hugo Sánchez

Report on Governance and Organization: The MPCS had the general Assembly last March 30th, with good participation of members of all constituencies. All authorities were reelected. We agreed to have virtual meetings each 1 or 2 month.

We had also a Board of directors’ virtual meeting. We studied our priorities for this year and the next and to consider these for the GRSB meeting and Working Groups. Also we studied possible candidates to represent the MPCS in each group.

Report on Projects and Initiatives: The MPCS continued to work in the development of the survey to assess the application of the sustainability measures in producers in cooperation with Fecoprod (member of the MPCS). We are completing the requirements to the funds to do that. Meanwhile, Fecoprod is working in the development of the tool to process the data.

Report on Committee and Working Group Activities: We are participating on all the working groups of GRSB. We look for other represents to them, to have more active participation.

Upcoming Meetings / Conferences / Events: We cancelled a scheduled Field trip to Paraguarí, Eastern Region, and we do not have immediate activities in addition to the monthly calls. The field trip were rescheduled for September.

As the GRSB global conference was also postponed, we are thinking to have a local meeting in Asuncion in that date

Other:

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Regional Roundtable Report Form (Please use this form to provide your report to the monthly GRSB Board of Directors meeting. This will enable the staff to accurately record your report in the meeting minutes.)

GRSB Roundtable Member: Australian Beef Sustainability Framework

Date: 28/04/2020

Person Reporting: Pip Band

Report on Governance and Organization:

ABSF is funded through Meat & Livestock Australia from grass fed, grain-fed and processing levies. The ABSF is overseen by a Sustainability Steering Group (SSG) appointed by the Red Meat Advisory Council. The SSG has representatives from across the beef value chain and is informed by a multi-stakeholder Consultative Committee.

Report on Projects and Initiatives:

• In June, 2020 the ABSF will publish its fourth report (third long-form report). This reportprovides detail across the six key priorities of the framework and updates data acrossthe 47 indicators. The report also provides contextual updates relevant to progressingthe framework. Work is currently focused on finalising the draft report for industryreview and developing a remote launch approach to target industry, government,Consultative Committee as well as targeted engagement with food media andinfluencers.

• A dashboard for Balance of Tree and Grass cover (BoTGC) will be released later thisyear. The BoTGC will provide users with the ability to drill down into regional and localtrends. Interactive maps will show changes in tree cover and ground cover.

• Goal setting process is currently being considered by industry and consideration to aphased development/ release of goals.

• Annual update on progress for Carbon Neutral 2030 due within next month. Thisprovides an annual update on progress towards goal using National Greenhouse GasInventory. The next update will be for the 2017 reporting period.

Report on Committee and Working Group Activities:

• SSG to lead consultation with all the industry Peak Councils and State FarmingOrganisations for review of the 2020 report about to commence

• Consultation plan for goals being considered with likely commencement mid-2020

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Upcoming Meetings / Conferences / Events:

• Next SSG meeting Wednesday, 30 April to review draft report• 2020 Framework Sustainability report in June (date TBC)• Next Consultative Committee (multi-stakeholder forum) due to be held in August.

Other:

A three-year project is commencing with funding from the federal government to develop an innovative national platform to enable grass-fed beef producers to demonstrate performance in order to access emerging markets through various value chains. The platform will be co-designed with producers, processors and end markets and will:

1. provide a user-friendly tool enabling producers to:

a) assess themselves against one or more sustainability areas leveraging remote sensingand other technologies across five areas (four from framework environment and onefrom economic themes):

1. Vegetation management

2. Ground cover and soil conservation

3. Biodiversity stewardship

4. Carbon balance

5. Drought resilience

b) opt-in to have additional verification (e.g. through certification etc.); and

2. offers self-directed learning pathways for those wishing to improve practices.

The approach will remove traditional auditing and reporting burdens on-farm. The platform will be flexible enough to enable adaptation as new knowledge and technologies emerge.

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Regional Roundtable Report Form (Please use this form to provide your report to the monthly GRSB Board of Directors meeting. This will enable the staff to accurately record your report in the meeting minutes.)

GRSB Roundtable Member: Southern Africa Regional Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

Date: 24/04/2020

Person Reporting: Christine YambaYamba

Report on Governance and Organization: A virtual meeting was held that saw the half the members participate. These being Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, ILRI Research, Solidaridad and Namibia sent in apologies.

Report on Projects and Initiatives: A research is ongoing that is looking at the effect of development programs in Southern Africa

Report on Committee and Working Group Activities: Finalizing the registration of SARRSB in Zambia.

Upcoming Meetings / Conferences / Events: Next meeting proposed in May.

Other:

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