We are proud to be a founding member of the Excellence Through Stewardship^® program. This industry-coordinated initiative promotes global adoption of stewardship programs, quality management systems and supports responsible management of biotechnology derived products from inception through use and removal from the market.

Commitment to the program includes independent third party audits, which are performed on a three-year audit schedule. This audit program verifies stewardship programs and quality management systems are consistent with Excellence Through Stewardship^® initiatives. The audit schedule requires an audit of Monsanto’s global headquarters and country of primary activity (United States) and two additional global regions within a three-year cycle.  Our teams have completed verification audits in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Latin America South (Argentina and Chile). A successful re-verification audit of the U.S. was completed in 2012. Third party verification audits in 2013 include India and Latin America North (Mexico and Costa Rica).