Paulig's purpose, For a life full of flavour, means so much more to us than just a taste experience. It includes taking responsibility for people and the environment, as well as how we operate. The food and beverage industry can play a crucial role in global climate, nature, and health-related challenges. Paulig aims to be among the sustainable frontrunners in our industry and to continuously strengthen its Sustainability Approach. We regularly benchmark our targets and performance against a range of external frameworks, benchmarks and disclosure expectations covering social, environmental and governance topics. For our part, we aim to contribute to a more sustainable food system through our strategic sustainability initiatives and aim to inspire consumers to consider sustainability aspects in their consumption choices.
Paulig Sustainability Approach 2030 is based on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and comprises three focus areas and ambitions:
Products that are healthier for people and the planet
Our ambition is that, by 2030, 70% of our sales shall come from products that are healthier for people and the planet. For us, this means 70% sales from Nutri-Score A & B products, and 70% sales from products that perform well enough in terms of HowGood Impact Score, respectively. The HowGood Impact Score covers eight social and environmental metrics, assessed by the research company HowGood, and we are in the process of defining the ‘healthier threshold’. To reach the Nutri-Score A & B goal, we have a roadmap in place, driven by Sustainability and R&D. Alongside systematically working towards healthier products, we take food safety and quality with the utmost seriousness.
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Climate and nature actions
Paulig has science-based climate targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, providing external validation for our decarbonization pathway. In line with the latest SBTi criteria, including the Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) guidance, we are committed to reducing our operational and value chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% by 2030 (across scopes 1-3) from 2018. In Paulig’s own operations (Scopes 1 and 2), we intend to reduce emissions by 65%. In the value chain (Scope 3), we strive to decrease FLAG-related emissions by 37% and non-FLAG-related emissions by 51% compared to the 2018 baseline. These efforts together represent a 43% reduction across all scopes by 2030. Together, these targets demonstrate our commitment to addressing climate change in line with the target of limiting the global temperature rise to a maximum of 1.5°C.
We have advanced our nature strategy by assessing our impacts across the value chain and expanding regenerative agriculture programmes in our supply chains of wheat and corn to help reduce nature-related impacts and strengthen long-term resilience. We follow the SAI (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative) Regenerating Together framework in how we define regenerative agriculture: An outcome based farming approach that delivers continuous improvement in climate impact, soil health, water stewardship, and biodiversity, while supporting the economic viability and resilience of farmers. Along with our climate and nature ambitions, we have committed to work towards circularity. Our packaging development efforts promote circularity, and the prevention of food and coffee waste. We are committed to the global challenge of reducing food loss and waste by 50% by 2030.
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Fair and inclusive way of working
Our aim is to be a fair and inclusive partner and employer across our value chain.
We focus on long-term sourcing relationships. Paulig only sources coffee that is a third-party certified or from our carefully selected, verified partnership programmes. By 2030, Paulig aims to ensure that natural main raw materials originating from high risk areas are sourced from sustainably managed, externally verified sources.
We are committed to enhancing our understanding of human rights issues within Paulig and due diligence practices with our suppliers and partners. We are engaged in mapping human rights-related risks and developing processes and a holistic way of working with our suppliers and other partners throughout our value chain. Furthermore, we commit to striving for transparency in our key value chains.
We continue to develop our value-driven company culture to ensure that all our employees perceive Paulig as a fair and inclusive company. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
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