Nutella maker Ferrero Australia has won the Medium to Large Business Sustainability category at the 2015 Green Globe Awards, which recognise environmental excellence, leadership and innovation.
Ferrero Australia, which has produced the Tic Tac and Nutella brands at its Lithgow factory since the 1970’s, says its family-owned structure gives it a values-driven culture that allows the company to drive sustainability at both global and local levels.
Ferrero Australia - the local arm of the Italy-based Ferrero Group - also received a special commendation certificate in the Innovation category for its BioGill project, which improves the management of liquid trade waste.
Ferrero says it integrates best practices and innovations in sustainability across each aspect of the value chain of its products, with targets and achievements annually reported in its Corporate Social Responsibility Report which has a GRI A+ accreditation and is externally verified by Deloitte.
Its sustainability recognition of “local actions to global commitments” highlights the company’s achievements in:
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local advocacy of Ferrero’s global CSR commitments;
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its pursuit and promotion of 100 per cent sustainably sourced ingredients by 2020 (with palm oil already 100 per cent sustainably sourced, segregated and traceable to plantation);
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its community investment and volunteering with partners Brainwave and Foodbank;
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the environmental achievements at the Lithgow factory featuring significant reductions in electricity, water usage, waste to landfill and GHG emissions. The company self-generates over half of its electricity needs and has implemented innovative new waste management technology.
