Sustainability in Practice: global lessons learned in the field

After visiting nine countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia, Vanessa Chiamulera has released a comprehensive analysis of how sustainability is being applied on farms around the world, and what these lessons mean for Brazil.

The report demonstrates that:

• Sustainability is fundamentally a management system, not a stand-alone project.

• Social technologies — training, culture, processes, cooperatives — build the operational foundation.

• Machine and data technologies — automation, sensors, biodigesters, precision tools — deliver scale, efficiency and predictability.

• Countries that lead in sustainability tailor ESG to local realities, not imported models.

• Brazil has the opportunity to design its own integrated approach, grounded in efficiency, regeneration and inclusion.

Key recommendations include:

✔ Using ESG as a decision-making framework

✔ Strengthening operational governance and daily routines

✔ Tracking indicators that truly guide performance

✔ Aligning people, management and technology

✔ Treating sustainability as an economic strategy for resilience