BECO supports Nutreco in realising their sustainability ambitions
Rotterdam, The Netherlands,
March 2011
Nutreco is a global leader in animal nutrition and fish feed. Quality, innovation and sustainability are guiding principles embedded in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture.
Nutreco has a long history and impressive track record in the field of sustainability. However, at the end of 2009 the Executive Board of Nutreco defined a set of concrete sustainability targets, which were also translated to the bonus scheme of Nutreco management.
In January 2010 BECO was appointed to help Nutreco in translating the different sustainability targets into result driven day-to-day activities. The first deliverable for BECO was a sustainability project plan. The main part of the plan was structured around the sustainability targets.
There was a distinction between the sustainability targets that were better addressed by a global corporate approach (procurement, product innovation, engagement, feed-to-food quality and Human Resources (HR)) and those targets benefiting from a local approach (sustainability action plans and carbon reduction programmes for each site).
For the sustainability targets requiring a global corporate approach a small team for each target was formed, led by the relevant corporate manager. The team prepared principles, policies and methodologies to facilitate progress towards innovating sustainable products, sustainable procurement, engagement on sustainability with industry value chains, reducing the Carbon footprint and HR management, which included increasing internal engagement with sustainability. BECO was, among others, involved in the development of the new sustainable policy, in the development of the corporate Carbon Footprint Programme and in the development of a specific set of corporate HR indicators to steer the performance in this field in the coming years.
On a local level all operating companies were asked to develop a Sustainability Action Plan and a Carbon Reduction Plan specific to their activities. These initiatives were addressed by the management in the operating companies and/or sustainability teams in each business unit.
As a member of the corporate sustainability team, BECO gave support to the local businesses throughout the year, for example by providing planning frameworks and tools, facilitating pilot projects and development sessions and by giving feedback on draft plans. BECO also helped the local businesses in different parts of the world through executing energy assessments and building local Carbon Reduction Plans. Inogen Associate, Antea, was also involved in delivering parts of the project with BECO.
An overview of the sustainability initiatives of Nutreco in 2010 can be read in their Sustainability Report 2010, also supported by BECO: http://www.nutreco.com/images/stories/NutrecoPublications/CSR/2010/nut_sr_lay-out_at_nut_160211_18h45.pdf
For further information contact Kris Van Malderen at Kris.vanMalderen@anteagroup.com