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Our sustainability goals

As part of our integrated sustainability management programme, we are pursuing a number of different goals in the three areas of ecology, economy and social affairs.

Here are some of our sustainability goals.

Goal 1

Reduce the total energy consumption for production activities by 23.5 % per ton of finished product by 2025 compared to 2018

Plans for 2024:

Tests to store temperatures in central warehouse 2, monitoring of the coldsense tool installed in ZL1 (sensors)
Optimization of production orders with the aim of reducing energy consumption
Increased use of business intelligence (controlling tools)
Implementation of a forecasting tool to predict electrical energy consumption
Conversion and installation of a new refrigeration track to generate 0 °C cold with the ammonia refrigeration system in Plant 1
Installation of a new heat recovery system in the TK1 French fries production area
Optimization of the autoclave controls
Separation of the refrigeration rails, creation of performance-adjusted temperature zones in the area of the refrigeration systems
Examination of options for reducing the required steam pressure in parts of plant 1, plant 2 and plant 3

Reduce the total energy consumption

Reduce our CO2 emissions

Goal 2

Reduce our CO2 emissions by more than 70 % per ton of finished product by 2025 compared with 2018

Plans for 2024:

Pursuing the commitment to the requirements of the Science Based Target Initiative as the Wernsing Food Family
Developing and implementing a decarbonization strategy for the Addrup site
Increase in in-house electricity generation (connection of wind turbines and construction of a PV parking lot roof)
Integration of ground-mounted PV systems into our company's own medium-voltage grid
Participation in municipal heat planning

Goal 3

Reduce or maintain average fuel consumption for the long-distance fleet to below 26.5 l/100 km by 2030

The long-distance fleet is continuously renewed. The fleet is monitored by a modern Fleetboard system (telematics system) with the following objectives:

Lower fuel consumption
Lower costs for maintenance and repair work
Reduced risk of accidents
Avoidance of fines

The target of 26.5 l/100 km was achieved in 2023. Now the target is being changed to: Maintain the average fuel consumption for the company's own long-distance fleet at below 26.5 l / 100 km by 2030.

1,000-man rate

Goal 4

Reduce the work-related injury rate (1,000-man rate) by 20 % by 2025 compared to the baseline year 2020

Activities in 2023:

An occupational safety day was held in April 2023, especially with the trainees. Shop floor management was expanded to include occupational safety and an electronic display was installed in a test department in parallel with shop floor management to show the accident-free days for the department. In addition, the LOTO (Lockout/Tagout) system for safely shutting down and decommissioning systems was introduced in other departments.

Outlook for 2024:

Planning training courses for safety officers (m/f/d)
Conducting safety training for ladder and shelf inspectors (m/f/d)
Integration of occupational safety into the existing shop floor management of the departments

Goal 5

Increase the recyclability of the packaging used by volume to more than 95 % by the end of 2025

We have set ourselves the goal of achieving 95 % recyclability of our packaging by 2025. Last year, we were once again able to successfully complete several projects, so that we succeeded in achieving a recyclability ratio of 93 %.

We aim to achieve the target of 95 % by reducing the amount of material used for non-recyclable packaging and, in parallel, focusing on the recyclability of packaging. Among other things, extensive tests were carried out on the application of plastic labels.

Measures 2024:

Discussions with suppliers on changes (omitting wrapping film on delivery, reviewing the use of reusable containers for raw materials)
Projects in the area of packaging materials (switching to recyclable PP film)