MIGROS GENOSSENSCHAFTS BUND

Institute for Water Education . “ On the farm level , we have developed a barn to produce chickens and this is also a barn which has a self-sufficiency in energy consumption ,” reveals Bötsch .

Many in the industry have been positive about working with Migros on its goals . “ We were very surprised that at least one of our main suppliers were themselves eager to know where they are compared to others ,” explains Bötsch . “ For example , in certain value chains we have calculated , fully integrated and undertaken life cycle analyses for those products and they actually want us to create a differentiation potential for those raw materials .”

Such positivity is not confined only to the food sector , as Domenico D ’ Angelo , CEO at Sofidel , illustrates : “ Sofidel wanted not only to fulfil the growing requests from markets and regulators , but be recognised as a leader in social responsibility and environmental

sustainability . These topics have been completely integrated in the corporate strategies , with actions , investments and supplies carefully selected , taking into account every environmental and social aspect related to them .”

Minimising hotspots Within the non-food sector , the business has launched a scheme to reduce energy usage . “ We analysed our assortment to see what are the resources or the raw materials that we ’ re using the most . In the non-food assortment , we ’ re using a lot of wood , cotton , metal and we ’ re using plastics ,” Glanzmann notes . “ For these raw materials , we analysed the whole supply chain to see where we have the biggest impact in terms of environment or social issues and then asked how we can minimise those hotspots .”

Bötsch continues : “ In the paper sector , with towels and tissue paper , we have created a pilot project

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