Tate & Lyle expands sustainable stevia program with Earthwatch
Learnings from 2021 on-farm pilot to be adopted across participating farms.
Tate & Lyle PLC has entered into the next phase of its sustainability program for stevia, a plant-derived and in-demand low-calorie sweetener, by enrolling new farmers in China. The program will support participating farmers to implement best practices identified in its 2019 stevia life-cycle-analysis and verified in its 2021 on-farm pilot.
Tate & Lyle partnered with environmental charity Earthwatch Europe, working with Nanjing Agricultural University in East China, to develop the program, which aims to ensure that the stevia industry grows sustainably