SUSTAINABILITY The green commitment
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ustainability, ethical sourcing and environmental responsibility have been growing in importance in recent years as vending clients and their customers seek to play their part in
protecting the planet. This has influenced suppliers to the tea, coffee, snacks and confectionery markets to do all they can to minimise their impact on the environment.
Many major suppliers have well-planned strategies to tackle issues such as deforestation and climate change while striving to protect farming communities and reduce emissions.
PROMISE Snacks & confectionery giant Mondelēz International, for example, tackles its sustainability ambitions through its Cocoa Life programme which has a target to protect and restore forests in cocoa-growing areas by 2022. Published last year, these 2022 targets cover the company’s two
largest cocoa-sourcing countries – Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire – as well as going beyond the CFI countries to cover its third largest, Indonesia. Cocoa Life’s approach to these commitments has been twofold: to enhance and scale up the most successful initiatives in cocoa
farming communities; while also piloting and learning from new, innovative approaches that will be accelerated or course-corrected this year. Cocoa Life has mapped 100% of the farms registered with Cocoa Life in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Indonesia to ensure cocoa is not being sourced from protected forest areas. The programme has also trained more than 134,000 farmers in these areas in good agricultural practices to increase yields and protect the environment, while more than 60,000 farmers participated in financial schemes to become more climate-resilient. Cedric van Cutsem, associate director Cocoa Life, operations, Mondelēz International, says: “We believe conserving the land and forests is a promise to future generations, and our commitment to sustainably-produced cocoa reflects our purpose to empower people to snack right, supported by Cocoa Life’s commitment to make cocoa right. Mondelēz International is also signatory of the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, as well as a participant in the New Plastics Economy Initiative, and a member of the UK Plastics Pact. The initiatives share a collective ambition to address plastic waste and pollution at its source, by moving toward a circular economy where plastic stays in the economy and out of the environment.
TIME-SENSITIVE Determined to play a leading role in climate change, Nestlé last year announced it was accelerating its efforts with the aim to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve this ambition, some of the company’s specific actions included launching more products with an improved environmental footprint, reformulating products using more climate-friendly ingredients and moving to alternative packaging materials. It also aims to scale up initiatives in agriculture to absorb more carbon; strengthen programmes with farmers to restore land and limit greenhouse gas emissions; and step up efforts to protect forests by replanting trees and enhancing biodiversity.
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