Exploring corporate awareness and action on the wild pollinators: A survey of European value chain actors
Pollinators play a crucial role in ecosystems and in agricultural productivity. Their presence also has important implications for supply chain resilience and corporate sustainability performance. However, relatively little is known about how companies perceive the importance of wild pollinators and their role in pollinator conservation.
To aid this gap, the survey is being conducted by VALOR partners, researchers from Wageningen University & Research, as part of the VALOR Work Package 5 Dependences of value chain actors. The survey aims to investigate companies’ awareness, attitudes and practices related to wild pollinators. Results seek to provide practical guidance for companies and wider supply chain policies to mobilise corporate engagement in pollinator stewardship. It focuses on companies operating in the post-farm stages of value chains, including traders, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. It covers a broad range of sectors that depend on pollinators, including food, feed, bio-based materials, energy, and medical products.
The survey is distributed online through direct email invitations and LinkedIn posts, and is open to companies across Europe. Target respondents are managerial staff with responsibility for procurement, supply-chain, sustainability or finance.