Our results
With our mission in mind, we know that we need to take action to make our company, and therefore society, more economically and socially sustainable. Although we do create value, our activities are also accompanied by negative impacts on energy, raw materials and the climate, for example. Within our companies, we are therefore looking closely at where our impact lies and how we can influence it favourably. We are at the start of a long journey. In fact, we are reviewing our processes and the way we report. For instance, we would like to make our sustainability data reliable, comparable and standardised. This will help us better manage our performance. In addition, we aim to align our CSR reporting with the obligations of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. The table below links our objectives to the most material themes. We note that the table is subject to change due to revision of processes and reporting method.
Policy pillar: Our market position
Material theme | Quantitative result 2021 | 2022 reporting target and strategic | Status |
Strategic innovation | Participation in various (public-private) research projects: 11 | We want to make the impact of such public-private partnerships measurable and the format of R&D understandable. |  |
Responsible corporate governance and ethics | Reported cases of discrimination: 0. | We are expanding the list of measurable indicators, such as the number of employees working under collective bargaining agreements, the number of confirmed corruption and data security incidents, and contributions to social initiatives. | |
Number of reports to the Speak-Up Whistleblower tool: 1. |
Policy pillar: Sustainability
Material theme | Quantitative result 2021 | 2022 reporting target and strategic | Status |
Circular production | We have no indicators for this material theme within our scope so far. | We want to join the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). | |
Due to the introduction of heat recovery, the VanDrie meat-processing companies in the Netherlands will operate practically gas-free by 2025. | |||
Within Nevedi, we are pushing forward on the theme of sustainable animal feed. | |||
Greenhouse gas emissions in the chain | Energy use per calf slaughtered or tonne of calf feed (kWh), respectively: 47.59 and 27.09 | We are making our Organisational Environmental Footprint (OEF) transparent. |  |
We will be implementing emission-saving measures in our production plants in the coming years to achieve a 49% CO2 reduction by 2030 compared to 1990 | |||
Water consumption per calf slaughtered or tonne of calf feed (m3), respectively: 0.75 and 0.18 | |||
Gas consumption per calf slaughtered or tonne of calf feed (m3) 1.82 and 1.58 respectively. | We will enter into strategic partnerships to achieve emission reductions in calf husbandry through innovation. |
Policy pillar: Animal health and welfare
Material theme | Quantitative result 2021 | 2022 objectives and strategic | Status |
Animal health and welfare in the chain | 61.6% reduction in use of antibiotics from 2007 - 2021. | By 2022, we want to achieve a generic reduction of antibiotics of 15% compared to 2017. | |
11.49% decrease of antibiotic use from 2017 -2021. | |||
Origin of calves in the chain: 61% Netherlands, 29% Germany, 10% other member states. | We are working towards stopping the import of young calves from Eastern Europe and Ireland to the Netherlands. | ||
51% decrease in average transport kilometres from 2009 - 2021. | We will push for the information exchange between dairy farms and the veal sector to be improved. | ||
99.8% compliance rate following Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) inspection results on animal welfare at the four Dutch meat processing companies. |
Policy pillar: Food safety
Material theme | Quantitative result 2021 | 2022 objectives and strategic | Status |
Transparency and traceability | 2021 recalls: 2. | We are expanding the list of measurable indicators to increase the verifiability of our commitment to this material theme. |  |
Number of external audits: 148 | |||
98.9% compliance rate based on Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) food safety inspection results at the four Dutch meat processing companies. |
Policy pillar: Good employment practices
Material theme | Quantitative result 2021 | 2022 objectives and strategic | Status |
Safety, health and well-being of our employees | Sickness-related absences 2021: 6.2% | We are expanding the list of measurable indicators to increase the verifiability of our commitment to this material theme, such as number of internships, training places, and accident rates. | |
Recruiting, retaining and training our employees | Number of employees in 2021: 2,600. | We are expanding the list of measurable indicators to increase the verifiability of our commitment to this material theme, such as the number of employees entering and leaving employment, and the number of employees working under collective bargaining agreements. | |
Average number of years in service: 12.7 | We are working on a strategic HRM approach in our meat processing companies. |