We are very aware that sustainable entrepreneurship is a continuous process. We therefore pursue a practical and concrete sustainability policy that is supported throughout the entire organisation. This enables us to make all aspects of our business operations more sustainable and to proactively facilitate the sustainability objectives of our customers. In order to effectively manage and monitor the progress we make in this area, we work with four pillars:

Sustainable production
Caring for people
Healthy and sustainable products
Supply chain management & doing business with integrity

We report on this annually in the form of CSR annual reports. These can be downloaded from this page.

CSR annual report 2024

This year, our CSR annual report is available entirely in digital format – a conscious choice for more sustainable distribution.

View the highlights, read the interesting interviews and discover everything about our sustainability strategy at: mvojaarverslag.vanloongroup.com

The 4 pillars of our CSR strategy

Sustainable production

Emissions
Energy management
Protein transition
Water
Waste and food waste
Packaging materials
Deforestation and biodiversity

Caring for people

Employee safety
Health and well-being of our own employees
Fair working conditions in the supply chain
Diversity, equality and inclusion

Healthy and sustainable products

Affordability and accessibility of products
Safe products
Healthy and tasty products

Supply chain management & doing business with integrity

Supply chain management and doing business with integrity

Animal welfare
Sustainable product valorization
Transparency & product integrity
Ethical business operations

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.