CSR Report 2019/20
Environment With our headquarters nestled among a rural Aberdeenshire estate, it’s our intention to have as little impact on the nature around us as possible. And this has always been our way. Forty years ahead of modern legislation protecting waterways from livestock, Glenbervie led the way, fencing off their water ways from cattle and sheep, allowing fish in the river to spawn and reproduce without diffused pollution from the estate. Following the government’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), we continue to show progressive improvements and it’s not just the world on our doorstep we strive to protect. Since 2012, we’ve been a member of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) – an organisation aimed at reducing deforestation overseas caused by the production of palm oil.
While some manufacturers are stripping palm oil from their recipes to elude the connection with deforestation, we realise that overseas economies will suffer if the use of palm oil suddenly stops. Our membership continues to help minimise the negative impact of palm cultivation on the environment and communities in producing regions. We also manufacture UTZ and Fairtrade-certified products, supporting each organisation in their plans to improve sustainable sourcing globally. Tracking environmental efforts throughout our supply chain, we formally screen all our suppliers, including points on social and environmental performance in our policies. We use third-party risk assessment tools such as SEDEX - a membership organisation which is driving sustainable improvements in global supply chains.
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