Philip Morris International Inc. joined the United Nations Global
Compact (UNGC) in 2015. By doing so PMI committed to embed its Ten Principles
into the strategy, culture and daily work of the company, and I am pleased to work
for this company which provides such a commitment. On
September 12, PMI published its sustainability report, communicating its
progress in respect to the United Nations Global Compact Principles.
Besides, as a Turkish citizen, it is nice to hear an example case
from Turkey in terms of strengthening our sustainability fundamentals in this report.
An example of “farm economics, mechanization and innovation” comes
from Turkey. In Turkey’s oriental tobacco growing, labor is not only the main
cost, but it is also the bottleneck limiting the volume that each farmer can
produce, due to the labor intensive preparation of the small Oriental leaves
for curing. The “vento” machine technology allows farmers to harvest Oriental
tobacco leaves in bulk by enabling the curing preparation in a cotton net tube
instead of the traditional practices whereby tobacco leaves need to be
carefully aligned during harvesting so they can be individually sown on a
string for curing.
These machines enable the farmer to make an estimated labor saving
of 25 labor days/ha and allows farmers to harvest larger volumes, thereby
significantly increasing income. With PMI’s technical and financial support,
around 1,700 farmers, representing 27% of PMI’s volume sourced in Turkey, were
using “vento” machines by the end of 2016. In 2017, we expect to source over
40% of our tobacco in Turkey to be cured using this technology.
As a PM Turkey employee, I proudly share the full report:
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