EUROPE only talk about energy , but also water , for example . We are impressed with these companies in cellulose and paper and were surprised that they already had some KPIs . Most surprising for us was that they also had KPIs from their pre-produce ,” Bötsch observes . “ That gives us the impression that , in certain areas at least , the management is very caring about it and we can really work together to bring all these advantages , improvements and innovations to the front and to the consumers .”
Producing more efficient products While Migros is working on the paper pilot with Sofidel , one of its main suppliers , M-Industry , also has non-food producers within it that are looking to reduce energy consumption . One such producer is Mifa , which creates homecare products for Migros . “ We ’ re working on reducing the energy consumption during the washing cycle . Our focus is on the washing temperature not in production ,” comments Michael Lang , Head of R & D at Mifa .
“ If you look at the lifecycle of detergents , the biggest chunk of the energy consumption is during the use of our products . Previously , you had to produce them by mixing one hot substance with one cold substance .
“ We want to collect data from the processing stage for these paper products to find out if it is feasible to get that data from suppliers ”
SANDRO GLANZMANN Sustainability Specialist for Non-Food Products