Dutch Soy Coalition

The Dutch Soy Coalition describes itself as "an initiative of Dutch civil society organisations" which aims "to contribute towards the reduction of the impacts caused by the production, transport, processing and consumption of soy".

Publications

In July 2011 the Netherlands-based consultancy CREM published a report commissioned by the Dutch Soy Coalition, called "In Search of Responsible Soy". The report analyzed thirteen voluntary soy standards against social justice and environmental criteria. One of the 13 standards was the Round Table on Responsible Soy, an initiative of WWF that is supported by Solidaridad (see dedicated page on Round Table on Responsible Soy).

The RTRS has been criticised by many NGOs for certifying genetically modified (GM) soy and the associated wholesale spraying of Roundup herbicide as responsible. The RTRS has among its members the big multinationals involved in GM soy production and trading, including Monsanto, ADM, Bunge, Cargill, etc. (see dedicated page on Round Table on Responsible Soy).

At odds with these criticisms, the CREM/Dutch Soy Coalition report gave a positive assessment of the RTRS's social and environmental performance. But there is a question mark over the objectivity of a report commissioned by an organisation - the Dutch Soy Coalition - which is supported by RTRS members WWF and Solidaridad.

Affiliations

The following organisations participate in the Dutch Soy Coalition as of August 2011:

Both ENDS (secretariat) | ICCO/KerkinActie | IUCN-NL | Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) | Oxfam Novib | Stichting Natuur & Milieu (the Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment) | Solidaridad | WNF-Netherlands (the Dutch branch of WWF)

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