Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 74
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
Sustainability
statements
statements
GOV-2 — Information provided to and sustainability matters
The monthly Sustainability Committee focuses on:
GOV-3 — Integration of sustainability-related performance in
addressed by the undertaking’s administrative, management and
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KPI tracking: Monitoring and evaluating sustainability KPIs.
incentive schemes
supervisory bodies
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Project management: Overseeing and following-up the progress
of sustainability projects such as double materiality assessment,
Ardo integrates sustainability into performance metrics, aligning
carbon footprint measurements or decarbonisation roadmap.
incentives with key environmental goals. From FY24/25, Executive
MIMOSA+ implementation: scaling up the regenerative agriculture
Committee bonuses will include targets for reducing Scope 1 & 2 CO2
practices in our supply base.
emissions, lowering pesticide residues, and advancing regenerative
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Fostering awareness: Promoting a culture of responsibility.
agriculture. At the operational level, each factory is tasked with
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CSR Reporting.
specific energy and water efficiency goals, ensuring measurable
To implement our sustainability strategy and achieve our sustainability
goals, we have created a governance structure that oversees our
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sustainability efforts at Group level.
Our corporate sustainability programme is governed by:
progress across our sites.
Group Sustainability Director, Emilie Haspeslagh, active since 2011
The members of the Sustainability Committee are:
within Ardo mainly in commercial and business unit roles. She took on
Emilie Haspeslagh (Sustainability Director), Tijl Goens (COO),
the responsibility of Sustainability Director on 1st of January 2023.
Sabine Sagaert (CEO), Pieter Verschraegen (CHRO),
Emmanuel Jadin (Agronomy Director).
Group Sustainability Coordinator, Stephanie Cobbaert, joined
In the ever-evolving landscape of our family business, we have
always applied sound corporate governance. We conduct our
the team in 2023. She is fully committed to harmonising our
Our global sustainability strategy is integrated into our commercial
business with transparency, fair remuneration, respect for human
sustainability strategy throughout the Ardo Group and supporting the
and operational strategies. We encourage our various sites and
rights, and environmental responsibility, encapsulating a commitment
implementation of Ardo’s sustainability strategy.
countries to set up local sustainability programmes, focusing on key
to ethical business behaviour. We have embedded this business
local priorities and challenges. To ensure our sustainability strategy
approach in our governance framework, based on the guiding
Sustainability Working Group comprises members of the HR,
is embedded across all levels of our organisation, we launched the
principles of the Belgian Code of Corporate Governance for
agronomy, engineering, procurement, and marketing departments.
Sustainability on Tour initiative in 2024. Our sustainability team visited
non-listed companies, to formalise our long-term commitment
This working group is responsible for implementing our sustainability
all but one of our production sites to share the global sustainability
to sustainability and ethical conduct.
strategy and overseeing various actions and campaigns.
strategy, empowering local teams to create tailored programmes that
address site-specific challenges in line with Ardo’s priorities.
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GOV-4 — Statement on sustainability due diligence
