Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 27
The path to a more
sustainable food system
We are Ardo
Minimal environmental
impact
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Energy efficient operations
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Sustainability
statements
Scope 1 & 2 Intensity (T CO2eq / T prod) per financial year
To reduce our direct GHG emissions, we have committed to a series
Achieving this target has been challenging in the last years, as
of energy efficiency measures based on three key principles: we start
extreme weather events have disrupted our harvests and our freezing
by reducing our energy consumption, then reusing energy wherever
activities, resulting in lower production volumes compared to historical
possible and finally regenerate by investing in green energy. Our
production volumes. It is difficult to adapt our factories to these
specific target is - measured against our 2020 baseline - to achieve a
fluctuations and unpredictability. Lower and more irregular production
40% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions (T CO2-eq / T prod) in
resulted in less efficient energy use and increasing therefore our energy
our own operations by FY29/30. We believe that implementing various
consumption per T produced compared to historical efficiency of our
actions and programmes across our operations will enable us to
factories. We managed to compensate and even reduce our CO2 per
accomplish even more ambitious sustainability goals, aligned with our
T produced thanks to investments in green energy production and
SBTi commitment.
procurement of green energy.
These energy efficiency measures have clearly borne fruit as we have
In absolute terms (T CO2-eq), we have already decreased our scope
already reduced our Scope 1 & 2 emissions (T CO2-eq / T prod) in our
1 & 2 emissions by 39% since FY19/20, which is mainly a combined
own operations by 28% since FY19/20.
result of lower production due to climate change impacts and green
0.128
-28%
-40%
0.114
0.102
0.105
0.099
0.092
0.096
0.092
0.086
energy production and procurement.
By implementing regenerative agriculture practices and limiting the
impact of climate change on our crops, we should further strengthen
Energy efficiency
27
-39%
87,370
our energy efficiency in production. Combined with the ongoing
implementation of various actions and programmes across our
1
2
3
REDUCE
REUSE
REGENERATE
Energy awareness
Scope 1 & 2 absolute (T CO2eq) per financial year
operations, this should enable us to accomplish our GHG reduction
commitment.
71,221
68,083
55,334
53,016
0.081
0.076
