Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 12
We are Ardo
The path to a more
sustainable food system
Minimal environmental
impact
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Sustainability
statements
4. Thinking global, acting local
At Ardo, we are driven by a global vision, as we aim to
make nutritious food accessible to people worldwide.
To realise this ambition in a sustainable way, we embrace
the principles of proximity:
Close to our crops
We operate 16 production, packaging and distribution facilities in 7 countries
across Europe’s most fertile crop-growing regions. By keeping our factories
close to our fields, we minimise the time between harvesting and preserving
the natural goodness of our products in our freezers.
Close to our customers
We have sales offices in Europe and in the Americas. In this way, we ensure
our customers always have a local Ardo representative nearby. This approach
enables us to be proactive and respond quickly to the rapidly evolving needs
and desires of our customers.
Our headquarters and production site in Ardooie (Belgium)
Global vision
Whilst having a local approach for growing our crops and serving our customers,
Three years later, we acquired VLM Foods, establishing our
we still aim to take advantage of our scale and enable the sharing of best
presence in the United States and Canada and, simultaneously,
practices across the group. Moreover, we try to leverage our geographical spread
securing a substantial stake in Compañia Frutera La Paz,
as part of our climate adaptation so that when one region is hit by extreme
the leading processor of fresh frozen pineapple in Costa Rica.
weather, production in other regions can compensate for the associated impact.
In 2024, La Paz transitioned back to being fully owned by its
Over the past few years, we have expanded our global reach through strategic
founders as a Costa Rican family enterprise. La Paz will
mergers and acquisitions. In 2014, Ardo merged with Dujardin Foods when the
continue as an important strategic supplier of frozen tropical
second generation of these two companies, founded by two brothers, decided
fruits and root crops to Ardo and ArdoVLM.
to join forces.
Our sales office in Montreal (Canada)
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