Acting for Our Environment 21
Acting for Our Environment We continue to pursue excellence in our operations while helping partners improve supply chain efficiency. Climate change has a direct impact on the availability of our key natural resources because it alters ecosystems and disrupts food production and water supplies. As such, it poses a significant risk to our operations. Motivated then by both ethical and business concerns, we are going to great lengths to continuously improve processes, reduce our environmental footprint and mitigate the effects of climate change. We seek to optimise the environmental impact of our products within the entire supply chain, carefully examining how they are designed, manufactured and ultimately used by the consumer. We have introduced an ambitious agenda that aims to protect the environment across our operations and throughout our value chain. Because the real footprint of a product includes all the steps in the supply chain that lead to the market, we are also collaborating increasingly with our suppliers to reduce
Our targets
Greenhouse gas emissions Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 30% between 2015 and 2030 Additional goal to reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions by 20% over the same time period
their own footprints, helping us minimise the true environmental impact of a given product. By working with our suppliers, we contribute to overall climate change mitigation: this has a direct impact on local producer communities and a positive effect on the supply of the natural ingredients and all of the raw materials we rely on. Through this collaborative approach, we seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve water stewardship and waste management and have correspondingly ambitious targets. We assess our activities and those of our suppliers to find opportunities to limit our environmental impact, from purchasing 100% renewable electricity to encouraging zero deforestation. Our targets to reduce GHG emissions are approved by the Science Based Targets initiative and are aligned with the global effort to limit climate change. As a signatory to the International Council of Chemical Associations Responsible Care Global Charter, Givaudan commits to actively strengthen Responsible Care worldwide by dedicating its people, technologies and business practices to the charter’s six elements, which target continuous improvement in environmental, health and safety performance. Our Responsible Care Management System provides the framework within which our environment, health and safety (EHS) policy, procedures and daily activities operate. This framework is structured around the Responsible Care Charter, ISO standards, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements. It is an established and successful initiative to improve performance in environmental protection, and occupational health and safety and builds on existing EHS policies and procedures, providing a coherent framework to bind them together.
Renewable electricity 100% renewable electricity by 2025
Total weight of incinerated and land‑filled waste by type and disposal 4% reduction, per tonne of product, year on year on average (baseline 2015) Water 15% reduction, per tonne of product, by 2020 (use of municipal and groundwater; baseline 2009)
Givaudan – Our Sustainability Approach
