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“ We want to sell to our consumers a chicken or fish with the least possible energy consumption along the value chain ”
MANFRED BÖTSCH Head of Sustainability at Migros Retail alongside one of the biggest producers for us . With them we have really tried to have a benchmark on the energy consumption of paper and cellulose products . This is just an example and we ’ ll actually roll this out to all our topmost energy consuming industries . Logically , in our own industry it ’ s easier to do with farmers but we are quite far along in this respect . It ’ s even more complicated to go in the value chains where we don ’ t have our own industry – for example paper and cellulose – but it ’ s important for us that we really also champion these topics .”
The pulp and paper industry is one of the most energy-intensive sectors of the EU , with average energy costs around 16 % of production costs , and in some cases up to 30 %, according to the European Commission .
“ We chose the paper sector because we wanted to start with a well-developed supplier and to learn from them and then spread the findings over to maybe less-advanced industries . We analysed ,” explains Glanzmann . With this in mind , Migros chose to partner with Sofidel on this project , having shared a commercial relationship for over 15 years . “ Sofidel is delivering to Migros paper produced with a lower energy consumption than in the past and with a higher content in renewable energy ,” advises D ’ Angelo . “ Sofidel believes that in the coming years product innovation will be necessarily linked to sustainability . In the period 2013-2016 Sofidel invested
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