Pesticides
A third of Britain’s species of wild bees and hoverflies are in decline and, if current trends continue, it is predicted that some of these will be lost from the country altogether*.
Iceland’s Crop Protection policy requires that our own label foods must be sourced, grown, produced and distributed in compliance with all relevant UK legislation relating to pesticides, wherever they happen to be located, and we insist that our own label suppliers and growers must act responsibly in respect of pesticides, demonstrating compliance with all relevant regulations.
This includes requesting that suppliers are certified against Assured Produce and Global Gap standards. We also endorse all programmes that have Integrated Crop Management (ICM) Systems as their core objective.
Our suppliers are required to work to minimise the use of crop protection products on both an operational and long-term basis including phasing out pesticides classed as “Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHP’s) and only using these as a last resort.
Iceland supports any work undertaken by suppliers and growers to develop pollinator friendly farming practices and supports the protection of pollinators. Iceland restrict the use of some neonicotinoids in line with UK Legislation and our suppliers are required to mitigate risks to pollinators.