Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients and a major supplier of pharmaceutical excipients, presented its life+nature program, aimed at renewing and strengthening its sustainability approach, and defining some ambitious targets for 2030. In the coming years, the group is committed to decarbonizing its activities by reducing its direct and indirect emissions, making its product offering more sustainable by systematically integrating eco-design, and continuing to put people at the heart of its strategy in terms of health, safety, well-being, ethics, diversity and inclusion – whether they are Roquette employees, customers, suppliers or the local communities where it operates.
Driven by a constant desire for innovation and a long-term vision, Roquette has built this program, which is fully integrated into the group’s strategy and activities, on three engagement platforms: PRESERVE the planet, INVENT for the future and CARE for people.
For Xavier Galliot, Head of Sustainability, Member of the Executive Office of the Roquette group: “With life and nature being at the heart of our business, sustainable development is one of the strategic pillars of the company. We are very proud to present life+nature, which is the concrete materialization of our commitment. Thanks to a dedicated expert team, a workforce who is aware and engaged in the role they have to play, 16 identified priority areas of work and several hundred million euros invested over the next few years, we will act for a more sustainable future, strengthen our performance and achieve our ambitious objectives by 2030.”
Aware of its environmental footprint and the consequences of climate change on its activities, Roquette has built this platform around two main areas of work: mitigation via a vast decarbonization plan validated by the SBTi(1) to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030; and adaptation of its value chain to climate hazards, with sustainable raw materials, optimized water management and resilient sources of supply.
Through the “INVENT for the future” commitment, Roquette’s ambition is to anticipate and offer solutions designed to create shared value for its customers, society and the planet. Thanks to the integration of eco-design into its innovation processes and the implementation of a tool to assess the sustainability of its product portfolio, Roquette proposes a more sustainable offer that adapts to its customers’ demand for sustainability and meets new consumer expectations. Spearheading this platform is an eco-design training program that has been launched with Roquette’s R&D and Innovation teams. Primarily focused on conducting life cycle assessments of all Roquette products by 2030, the program will enable the development of new solutions aimed at reducing environmental footprint throughout their life cycle and contributing to an even stronger positive social impact.
By 2030, each employee will benefit from more than 25 hours of training each year, an objective already achieved for the year 2023 and which will be maintained for the long run.
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