We are very aware of the fact that sustainable business is a continuous process. Corporate social responsibility is, therefore, structurally rooted in our business operations. To manage and monitor the progress we make in this area, we work with four pillars:

Consumer & Health
Chain Management and Animal Welfare
Welfare and Safety Employees
Sustainable Production

We report on this annually in our CSR Annual Reports, which can be downloaded from this page.

Our CSR guiding principles

Consumer and
Health

The Dutch public’s interest in healthy eating and exercise is still growing. We opt more often for a no-meat day. As a meat processing business, we play an important role in contributing to a varied diet. Safeguarding food safety is obviously part of this. Consumers and customers must be able to have complete confidence in this.

Employee Safety and Well-being

Our employees are our assets. We continually strive to create a safe, healthy and interesting working environment. This means that we provide a safe and pleasant working environment and that we also encourage our employees to adopt a healthy lifestyle. By paying attention and taking an interest in our employees, our goal is to keep every one of them committed and enthusiastic.

Supply Chain Management and Animal Welfare

Successful, sustainable and humane business is only possible if it is embedded throughout the whole supply chain. As certified supply chain manager, Van Loon Group ensures that the required methods are carried out correctly by every link in the supply chain.

Sustainable
Production

From solar panels on the roof to stimulating employees towards ‘sustainable behaviours’. And from heat recovery to reducing waste water contamination levels. This is just a selection from the full range of measures that Van Loon Group puts into practice. We do everything we can to minimise our footprint while sustaining the continuity of our organisation.

CSR Annual Report 2023

Sustainability in practice

Highlights in 2024:

The SBTi has validated and approved our CO₂ reduction targets for 2030. With these ambitious targets, we are complying with the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C.
We organised events with Varken op z'n Best. These events focus on the latest developments in the pig sector and the importance of chain concepts.
We organised our first supplier day especially for non-meat suppliers to involve them in our sustainability ambitions.
Due to a stagnating market and insufficient prospects, we have decided to discontinue the production of meat substitutes. The specially developed FiberFort™ fibre is now used as a plant-based raw material in our hybrid meat products, which we are actively scaling up in order to contribute to the protein transition and reduce our CO₂ footprint.
By achieving the silver EcoVadis medal, we are among the top 15% worldwide and the top 6% in the Meat Processing sector. EcoVadis is an international platform that assesses companies on their sustainability performance.
With the launch of the vitality programme, the terms of employment have been enriched with tax benefits for bicycle and sports subscriptions, in order to contribute to the health and fitness of our employees.
To take our safety culture to the next level, we have introduced the Life Saving Rules as part of the ongoing Road to Zero Harm programme, with the aim of structurally reducing the number of accidents.
The implementation of our blockchain data system makes it possible to accurately calculate emissions from our farmers.