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2018 sustainability report 1 | 2018 Sustainability Report
Contents
Introduction
About this report
This is Nomad Foods’ second Introduction Better Operations
annual sustainability report, 4 Our CEO’s Message 24 Our Planet
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covering the period from January 5 2018 Sustainability Highlights 27 Packaging
6 Our Sustainable Path 28 Our People and Communities
to December 2018. Our first report
7 Governance 28 Employee Wellbeing
was published in spring 2017.
8 Our Supply Chain 30 Employee Health and Safety
9 Materiality 31 Diversity and Inclusion
This report is influenced by the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Better Sourcing How We Do Business
and includes standards defined by
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11 Our Oceans 34 Food Safety, Quality and Traceability
the GRI guidelines. 13 Our Fields 35 Corruption and Anti-Competitive
15 Our Ingredients Behaviour
It meets the requirements of the 17 Our Supply Chain Ethics
EU Directive on Non-Financial
Better Nutrition
Reporting.
19 Our Nutritious Food
21 Our Approach to Additives
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22 Our Influence
do business
How we
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Better Better Better How we
Introduction sourcing nutrition operations do business
Introduction
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Our CEO’s message
Introduction
Welcome to Nomad Foods’ second sustainability report. I’m pleased to
share our progress over the past year and to introduce our new sustainability
strategy, Our Sustainable Path.
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Feeding a growing population sustainably, while seafood from sustainable fishing or responsible
protecting the environment and biodiversity, is one farming by the end of 2025 to 100% of our consumer
of the main challenges of our time. It is a challenge packaging will be recyclable by the end of 2022.
that our consumers are increasingly concerned Measuring our progress is how we ensure
about. They see the solution as a healthy and sustainability sits at the heart of our business on
sustainable diet that is good for the environment a day-to-day basis and I’m proud of what we’ve
and good for them too. It is a concern that I only achieved this year as outlined in this report, as
expect to grow. well as the targets that we have set ourselves. I
As Europe’s largest frozen food company, we are know that Our Sustainable Path puts us in the best
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determined to play a role in helping our consumers possible position to work towards a better future for
eat sustainably. In 2018 we took a step back to both people and the planet.
systematically assess our sustainability work and to
determine our plan of action for the future.
This culminated in the launch of our new
Stefan Descheemaeker,
sustainability strategy, Our Sustainable Path. It is a CEO
European wide programme with the ambition of
making a difference every day through affordable,
sustainable food. We view what we do as
contributing jigsaw pieces to the global efforts led
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by the UN and our new strategy focuses on where
we can make a difference.
We created our strategy by mapping our “We view what we do
environmental and social impacts against the as contributing jigsaw
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and by
building on the foundations we have established
pieces to the global
over the last 20 years. We identified three key efforts led by the UN and
focus areas – better sourcing, better nutrition and our new strategy focuses
better operations – and we have committed to
on where we can make
do business
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six ambitious targets to provide a clear sense of
direction as we move forward; from 100% fish and a difference”
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2018
Introduction
Sustainability Highlights
Co-hosted
SDG14 Life
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Launched Scored
our new
sustainability 90% Below Water 84
webinar to progress
strategy,
sustainably towards targets
on
Our sourced fish sustainable
Sustainable and seafood raw material
employee
Path 95%
engagement
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of our new
to accelerate our
product launches are in Our Voice Survey
sustainability agenda Joined the
healthier meal
Sustainable choices
Scored Launched
Agriculture
Top 40 Initiative Our
operations
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in the 2% Well Way
to roll out
Dow Jones sustainable farming decrease a health and
wellness programme
Sustainability practices across all
vegetable sourcing
in carbon to support
Index emissions our employees
per ton of finished goods
do business
How we
in own production
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Our Sustainable Path
Introduction
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Introduction
We spent 2018 embedding the strategy throughout Governance
the business, using internal engagement sessions
Our Executive Committee holds ultimate
and webcasts, including targeted sessions for
responsibility for Nomad Foods’ sustainability
our Enterprise Leadership Team, and developing
direction. To guarantee that we meet the
action plans with dedicated teams. We will work
targets set out in Our Sustainable Path, we have
with partners throughout our supply chain to
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a Sustainability Steering Committee: a cross-
achieve these commitments by 2025 at the latest.
functional group chaired by our CEO, consisting
We will ensure that new products lead the way in
of seven members of our Executive Committee
sustainability and will also use our media presence
and representatives from different functions and
and consumer communications to drive positive
markets. Our Group Sustainability Director reports
change.
directly to the Chief Communications Officer,
who sits on the Executive Committee and the
Sustainability Steering Committee, ensuring that
our business activities drive progress towards our
“As the world population sustainability strategy.
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We want our strategy and commitments to
grows and the demand be borne out in all new product development.
for nutritious, sustainable Therefore, in 2018, we embedded detailed
sustainability criteria into our NPD processes: a
food increases, we need governance model for approving all new products
to transform the way we in all markets. Products that do not comply with
produce and consume food. our strict environmental and social standards are
flagged by the system, and an action plan for
We will play our part in that improvement must be developed in partnership
transformation and have with senior management.
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shaped our new strategy to
support the UN’s Sustainable
Development Goals.”
Annelie Selander,
*per ton of finished goods from
Group Sustainability Director our own operations
do business
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Introduction
Our Supply Chain
Nomad Foods is a €2.2bn business Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, have indirect control — for example when we
the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Portugal purchase ingredients or products from another
bringing together some of the and the UK. As a global company with a varied producer— we select suppliers who reflect our high
biggest European frozen foods portfolio of fish and seafood, vegetable, chicken standards and agree to strict specifications. We
and ready meal products, our supply chain starts also work in partnership with certification bodies,
brands, including Birds Eye, Findus with securing raw ingredients and ends with our such as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), to
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and iglo. tasty products on our consumers’ plates. maximise our impact beyond our supply chain.
We have direct operational control over many
This year, we welcomed two new acquisitions to of the elements in our supply chain. This means 1. As we made both acquisitions in 2018, Aunt Bessie’s and
our brand family: Aunt Bessie’s and Goodfella’s we design and implement policies, procedures Goodfella’s Pizza will be fully included in our 2019 sustainability report,
when we can relate the development to a full calendar year of sales
Pizza1. We work across 13 primary markets, led and processes to ensure that they meet all our data. We make an exception for palm oil, as the acquisitions resulted
from our UK headquarters in Bedfont: Austria, requirements, including sustainability. Where we in more significant changes in this area.
Primary Production Brands Consumers
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Fisheries and
fish farms
Farming
>4mn
(chicken, egg, households enjoying
dairy, pork, beef) our meals daily
Offices Employees
Vegetables
164
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1/3 pur- 2/3 con- consumer contacts
chased
volumes
tracted
volumes Manufacturing Distribution daily on average
through Nomad
Retailers Consumer
Production Careline
Materials for
sites
packaging Food
service
Employees
Other
ingredients Export
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Materiality
Introduction
In 2018 we conducted a light-touch materiality assessment. We asked internal and external
stakeholders—including representatives from within the company, customers and NGOs
specialising in sustainable food, fishing and agriculture—to rank a range of sustainability issues
in order of importance, and assessed their relative importance to our business and our ability to
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impact them through our value chain.
Material Issues
The chart is an illustrative representation of the results
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of our materiality assessment. All issues ranking within
Responsibly sourced fish
More important
Human rights
the top two thirds of both stakeholder importance & seafood
and significant impact are covered in the report. We Animal welfare
are not significant users of palm oil or eggs but have Nutritious profile of
included them because of the level of interest from Employee health, safety portfolio
external stakeholders. and wellbeing
Some areas, such as food safety and quality, and
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Diversity & inclusion Energy & emissions
legal and regulatory compliance, are fundamental Importance for stakeholders
parts of how we do business and are covered in the Reducing food waste
final section of this report. We also identified several Palm oil
key principles for operating responsibly that we Egg standards Sustainable packaging
Deforestation Sustainable agricultural
apply to all aspects of our business— innovation, practices
research, community impact and organisational Promoting plant-
Employee training &
based diets
transparency. These are covered throughout the education
Operational water &
report where relevant to the issues being discussed. Responsible marketing waste management
Labour & management
The materiality assessment confirmed that our relations
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will conduct a full materiality assessment in 2019 to at
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ensure that we continue to focus our efforts on the ia
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most important issues for our stakeholders and for GMO su
es Artificial additives &
the business.
Locally grown preservatives
produce
Better sourcing Provision for
alternative diets
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Impact of Nomad Foods More important
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10 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Oceans
Fish is an important ingredient to
us—many of our most iconic and
best-loved products are fish and
fish products. Sourcing it responsibly
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is central to both the health of our
oceans and the sustainability of our
business.
As the risk of overfishing already poses a serious
threat to the health of marine life, it is imperative
that responsible management and sustainable
fishing practices are used to meet the increasing
demand of fish globally.
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Aquaculture—the production of seafood in a
farmed managed environment—is a growing
industry and provides a way to reduce the
the world. For the last 20 years, our brands have
been working with the MSC to protect our oceans
“Our aim is to transform the
pressure on wild fisheries. Although there is a from overfishing and ensure the environmental market so that sustainable
need to ensure that the environmental impacts of impacts of our operations are minimised. practices are standard, not
aquaculture, particularly the use of wild fish stocks Part of our approach is to increase awareness of
to create feed, are managed carefully, we believe the importance of choosing responsibly sourced the exception.”
that responsible aquaculture has an increasingly fish amongst consumers and to make it easier for Andrew Papachrysou,
important role to play. them to identify sustainably sourced fish when Procurement Director
making purchase decisions.
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Our approach
#1. We are committed to sourcing 100% of our fish
from externally certified sources by the end of
2025. We are working towards this with long-term
Our progress
In 2018, we further increased the proportion of
certified sustainable fish in our portfolio, driven by
>90%
partners including the Marine Stewardship Council both sales growth of existing products and new of fish and seafood
(MSC) and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council product launches. We doubled our sales volume of
(ASC), as well as our suppliers. ASC-certified products across Europe compared
raw material is
Nomad Foods is the largest branded producer to 2017 and launched eight new ASC-certified sustainably or
responsibly sourced
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of eco-labelled wild-caught fish and seafood in products in 2018.
11 | 2018 Sustainability ReportIn 2018, MSC assessed 14 of the largest fisheries we Ocean Festival in Oslo alongside the MSC to help and the farms we source from. In addition, we
source from and found sustainability improvements consumers understand that their fish choices expect to see an additional one of our fisheries
in all of them—from reducing the volume of matter. Findus Sweden also joined the MSC at the obtain certification as we continue to use our
bycatch (the unintended catching of other fish Taste of Stockholm Festival. influence to keep raising the bar for sustainability
species) to improving fish habitats. This is largely Transparency is important to our consumers. standards.
due to the long-term commitments that fisheries Our Fish Provenance Tool, an online tool which
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have made to improving their operations and allows consumers to trace where their fish is from,
to increasing demand from producers and operates in eight markets and we are developing
consumers for sustainable fishing practices. plans to expand this as a means of increasing
We have been working to introduce front-of- knowledge.
pack eco-labelling to our certified products to
underpin our commitment to only use responsibly
sourced fish and seafood. As a result of this, 80% of
Future Plans
our sales volume is now MSC- or ASC-labelled. 2019 will be a key year in terms of progress towards
In addition, our brands support local activities 100% sustainably sourced fish by 2025. We are
to champion sustainable fish, such as Findus working towards a step change in certified farmed
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Norway participating in the annual Passion for raw material, in close collaboration with the ASC
CASE STUDY
SDG 14 Life Below Water webinar
703
Our oceans are suffering from in an online forum, to advocate for working with fisheries to achieve
a host of issues, many of them ocean sustainability and promote MSC certification, and we are
as a result of human impact. collaborative partnerships in setting out plans for group-wide
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Finding a solution is complex and progressing towards the targets. initiatives to combat plastic
requires collaboration across the pollution and support ocean clean- Number of MSC/
board. That’s why, in November The webinar delivered a number ups, which are key activities for SDG ASC products across
2018, we partnered with the MSC of positive outcomes. Following 14.1. A collaborative approach is global portfolio2
and GlobeScan to host a global discussions on the importance of key to drive progress towards SDG
webinar, discussing how we can farmed fish in meeting growing 14 as a whole, so we will continue
work together to accelerate consumer demand for fish, we to work with other partners to find
progress towards SDG 14: Life are developing an aquaculture solutions throughout 2019.
Below Water. We brought together roadmap for our business. We are
stakeholders from across the world also accelerating our efforts in
2. C
ompared to 643 products in 2017
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12 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Fields
As the number one frozen vegetable Our approach when to harvest vegetables, minimising food waste
and preserving biodiversity as well as monitoring
brand in Europe, it is essential that #2. We are committed to sourcing 100% of our
quality and yield, and ensure adherence to our
vegetables through sustainable farming practices
we use nutritious vegetables grown by the end of 2025. We are already working closely
high standards on pesticide use. We contract with
third-party suppliers to procure the remaining
in a way that minimises our impact with our suppliers to continue driving progress.
part of our vegetable portfolio, and we will work
Approximately two thirds of our vegetables are
on the planet.
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with them to ensure high standards across all
produced through contracted relationships with
vegetables.
individual farmers and growers across Europe,
Maintaining soil health, making selective use of
many of whom we have worked with for three
pesticides and preserving biodiversity are key
generations. Our experienced Fieldstaff work with
targets within SDG 2 and crucial for ensuring the
them to make crop management decisions around
future of our agricultural supply chain.
CASE STUDY
Pea Breeding
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Since the 1980s, we have been working to address
various environmental challenges through our
pioneering pea breeding programmes. Our
agricultural experts are developing new pea
varieties which are more resistant to disease
and environmental stress, producing high yields
without excessive water usage and fertilisers whilst
maintaining high nutritional value. So far, we
have developed several new varieties of high-
performing peas, all with the same taste that our
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customers expect and enjoy.
Our current pea breeding programme is a key part
of our work to secure the future of pea production
across Europe and was expanded in 2018 to
operate across several growing areas. This allows
our team of scientists and experts to investigate
new properties of peas in various environments,
with the aim of developing a portfolio of
genetically diverse pea varieties that will lead the
way in the future of sustainable farming.
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13 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur progress Future plans
In 2018, Nomad Foods joined the Sustainable We will continue raising the bar for sustainable
Agriculture Initiative (SAI): a network of food farming practices amongst all our contracted
companies and retailers who share our vision and farmers, leading the way with our hero crops
principles of sustainable agriculture. This represents such as peas and spinach. We have also started
the next step forward for our business and we mapping the rest of our supplier base and will
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are working hard to introduce all our farmers to engage with them fully over the course of 2019
the SAI Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA). This to understand what sustainable agriculture
will measure the sustainability of our agriculture standards are currently in use. We want all of
operations, such as farm management, soil our vegetables to have the same sustainability
health and crop protection. We have successfully credentials, whether produced by our contracted
completed the pre-audit process and we are now growers or procured from third party suppliers.
working with our growers to implement the FSA into We will continue to work with procured vegetable
their practices. To aid compliance, we introduced suppliers to ensure sustainable practices are put
a new policy to screen all new contracted in place before 2025. We will also extend the
agricultural growers across all markets according screening of new suppliers to include this group.
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to the FSA’s approach to sustainable agriculture.
“In 2018 we extended our exclusive
pea varieties further across the
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Nomad markets, and we continue
to breed new varieties focussing
on improved tolerance against
diseases and increasing weather
extremes.”
James Young, Agriculture Director
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14 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Ingredients
Although a large portion of Our progress
our supply chain is focused on Poultry is our second largest source of animal
protein after fish and seafood. In 2018, we
sustainably sourced fish, seafood consulted with NGOs, suppliers and consumers to
and vegetables, we also use a inform the development of a roadmap to increase
chicken welfare. One focus is to eliminate cage-
range of other ingredients in our
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reared chickens for poultry meat and we are
products. already making good progress, with over 95% of
our chickens that are barn-reared rather than
We work with our global suppliers to understand cage-reared.
and address the impact of issues such as animal Eggs are a secondary ingredient rather than
welfare, human rights and deforestation through the primary ingredient in most of our dishes and
responsible sourcing of high-risk ingredients such as we purchase low volumes of eggs. Where we do
palm oil. use them, the majority of our eggs are from barn-
reared chickens. We expect to transition to 100%
Animal welfare barn-reared eggs by the end of 2020 at the latest.
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Currently, less than 0.5% of our total sales volume
comes from products containing cage-reared
Our approach eggs.
We support the development of safe, responsible
and sustainable food production systems,
encompassing traceability and animal welfare as
well as environmental and ethical concerns, and
we are committed to going above and beyond 16%
regulatory standards when sourcing animal Poultry
products such as poultry and eggs.
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In consultation with our suppliers, we updated
Purchase
our Policy on Sourcing of Animal Products to ensure 8%
100% traceability, humane slaughtering practices, volume of Red
and the responsible use of antibiotics to prevent
suffering. Critically Important Antibiotics, those
animals by meat
that are listed by the World Health Organisation as breed type
important for human health, need to be monitored
carefully. We are working hard to increase chicken
76%
welfare in our supply chain, thereby eliminating the Fish
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need for these high priority antibiotics entirely.
15 | 2018 Sustainability ReportFuture plans significant user of palm oil, it is important that we although we purchase RSPO-certified palm oil, the
minimise our impact on deforestation and respond palm oil is refined and processed with non-RSPO
We have made good progress towards ensuring
to the demands of our stakeholders. A number of palm oil, therefore losing traceability to its origin.
that all our poultry and eggs are sourced from
our markets, e.g. Findus Norway and Iglo Belgium, However, we have already initiated actions to
barn-reared birds and will continue working
are already using 100% RSPO-certified palm oil and replace all mass balanced palm oil in our supply
towards eliminating cage-reared birds from our
we are working to replicate this across all markets. chain with a segregated alternative, which is
supply chain. We are also working with suppliers
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fully traceable and guarantees that only RSPO-
to remove all use of Critically Important Antibiotics
across our entire supply chain. We will continue
Our progress certified palm oil is used. This process is due to be
completed in late 2019 or early 2020.
to build awareness amongst our suppliers of our In 2018, 98.5% of our palm oil was sustainably
new policy as well as work in partnership with key certified: an increase of almost 3% from 2017, and
stakeholders to further develop our standards and we are proud how the business has progressed in
Future plans
understanding of animal welfare. this area. In addition, no non-conformances were Our long-term goal is to use 100% RSPO-certified
found during RSPO supply chain audits across the segregated palm oil in our products. We aim to
Palm Oil business in 2018.
Following the acquisition of Aunt Bessie’s and
achieve this for iglo Netherlands by the end of 2019,
becoming the third market that is 100% certified,
Goodfella’s, our total use of palm oil increased. leading the way for others to follow. We will also
Our approach
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Due to differences in policies between the newly continue to reduce our total volume of palm oil
We are committed to sourcing 100% sustainable acquired brands and Nomad Foods brands, purchased by reformulating our products where
palm oil, as certified by the Roundtable for mass balanced RSPO-certified palm oil was re- feasible.
Sustainable Palm Oil. Although we are not a introduced into our portfolio. This means that
11%
mass balance
“Deforestation needs to be 1.5%
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addressed to halt climate non-
change. Even though we are Palm oil
certified
not a major user of palm oil,
when we use it, we require it to that is RSPO-
be certified palm oil and are at certified
98% RSPO-certified already.”
Annelie Selander, Group Sustainability
87.5%
segregated
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Director
16 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Supply Chain Ethics
We recognise that the supply chain Our progress
of food production and processing We have created a three-stage plan to raise
awareness of our SCoC to ensure compliance and
is one of the sectors which may continuous improvement of practices across our
be vulnerable to modern slavery, suppliers. In Phase 1, which was ongoing in 2018,
we requested all direct suppliers to register with
particularly due to the global
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the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (SEDEX) and
nature of suppliers. The broad scope complete a self-audit questionnaire. We increased
the number of suppliers registered to 60% (up from
of our suppliers, which varies from 50% in 2017), however this was below our ambitious
small traders to large multinational target of 80%. This is mainly due to the process
companies located in all continents, being more time-consuming than we anticipated
and the acquisition of two further businesses into
requires significant efforts and the group, increasing our supplier base.
dedication in order to manage
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ethical risk.
In 2019, the ambition is to have 75% of our suppliers
registered with SEDEX, which is lower than the 2018
Our approach ambition, reflecting the learnings and the business
changes resulting in the expanded supplier base.
We work closely with our suppliers to implement our This will then allow us to move on to Phase 2 which
ethical policies and practices, and we continually includes conducting more regular risk assessments
evolve our approach to meet changing legislation and addressing issues of non-compliance.
in all our markets. In 2018, we rolled out our We have also recruited an Ethical Compliance
updated Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC), which Manager to increase our focus on responsible
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requires all suppliers to apply the same standards trading. Besides maintaining our ethical supplier
60%
of ethics and behaviour that we apply to ourselves. database, our long-term ambition is to move from
This includes treating all workers with respect closing gaps to proactively addressing potential
and dignity, supporting equal opportunities and non-compliance issues in collaboration with our
taking all possible steps to prevent modern slavery, suppliers.
human trafficking or child labour in all areas of of suppliers
their supply chain. The code also requires suppliers
registered with
to meet wider sustainability criteria covering areas
such as the environment and health and safety. SEDEX
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17 | 2018 Sustainability ReportBetter Better How we
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18 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Nutritious Food
We have seen increasing focus Our approach fruit, vegetables, nuts, fibre and protein. The
resulting score determines which meals constitute
from governments, policy makers, #3. We are committed to increasing the proportion
a healthy choice. We train all of our research
of healthy meal choices in our portfolio every
NGOs, consumers and the media year, starting from 2017. Nutrition has always been
and development experts in applying the NPT,
including all our chefs.
on combatting obesity and a priority for us and is a core focus area of Our
Sustainable Path. Our nutrition strategy is peer-
advocating balanced, healthy and reviewed by our Nutrition Advisory Board: a group Our progress
sustainable diets. of independent nutrition experts.
By the end of 2018, we had increased sales of
We screen our products through our Nutrient
healthy meal choices in our retail portfolio by €62
We are committed to making it easier for Profiling Tool (NPT), which uses an externally verified
million compared to 2017. We are proud of this
consumers across Europe to enjoy food that is scoring system to assess their nutrient content.
achievement as we continue to strive for more.
good for them and for the planet. Our responsibility Points are allocated for nutrients of public health
Reformulating old favourites with their nutrient
stretches from our ingredient sourcing and recipe concern including sugar, salt, saturated fat and
profile in mind is key to our success, as it allows our
creation to our communication of nutritional energy. These are then weighted against the total
consumers to enjoy healthier options without a big
information to customers. points scored for positive ingredients, such as
change in their behaviour. In addition, a healthy
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nutrient profile is always a priority when developing
new products. In Sweden, for example, we
launched our new Pease range in 2018, combining
the goodness of pea protein with a blend of herbs
and spices to create protein-packed, meat-free
meals. Taken together, 95% 3 of new or reformulated
products were healthy meal choices in 2018.
3. Excludes Food Service
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% of new or reformulated products for
retail which are a healthier meal choice
according to our Nutrient Profiling Tool
2017 88%
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2018 95%
19 | 2018 Sustainability ReportNutritional labelling Future plans
We know that labelling is a key part of helping We’re expanding the reach of our Nutrient Profiling CASE STUDY
customers to make healthier choices. We use on- Tool (NPT) to our Food Service portfolio and our Nutriscore
pack nutritional labelling across all markets and new acquisitions. We are already assessing Aunt
adopt widely recognised schemes wherever they Bessie’s and Goodfella’s using the NPT and will In 2018, Findus France adopted the widely
exist. This includes the Keyhole symbol in Sweden further support customers to make healthy choices recognised Nutri-Score labelling system. Products
and Norway, the Heart Mark symbol in Finland, by introducing traffic light labelling to Goodfella’s now carry a colour-coded front-of-pack label
Nutri-Score labelling in France and traffic light packaging in 2019. which rates products on a scale of dark green
to red according to their nutritional value. Over
labelling in the UK. We have also developed a Nutrition Retailer
89% of our portfolio is already rated green on
Engagement Toolkit to inspire and enable our
Nutri-Score, and we want to increase this to 95%.
marketing teams to engage with retailers on We aim to have Nutri-Score labelling on 100% of
nutrition. This is due to launch in January 2019. Findus France products by the end of 2019.
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20 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Approach to Additives
We know our consumers are Our progress Future plans
concerned about artificial additives In 2018, we assessed each of our recipes across our Our main focus is delivering on our target to make
entire product portfolio to establish our baseline, 100% of our portfolio free from taste enhancers,
and preservatives. however we have been reducing additives in our artificial flavours and artificial colourants before our
products for over 15 years. Most of our progress 2020 deadline. However, we also recognise that
They expect us to create delicious meals that allow
has been made by renovating existing recipes, but consumer tastes are constantly changing, and we
our ingredients’ natural flavours to shine through
we have also implemented a strong governance want to be quick to respond. With this in mind, we
without requiring additional flavours, colours and
process to ensure that 100% of our new products are developing a vision for broadening our clean
taste enhancers.
are free from taste enhancers, artificial flavours and labelling policy, challenging ourselves to continually
artificial colorants. monitor and meet our customers’ expectations.
Our approach
93%
#4. We are committed to 100% of our portfolio
being free from taste enhancers, artificial flavours
and artificial colorants by the end of 2020. We
are in a strong position, having had a clean
of products without
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labelling policy in place for over 15 years which
sets out our internal standards on how to select taste enhancers,
ingredients when developing or reformulating artificial flavours
products. Our standards already go above and
and artificial
beyond regulations, but in 2018 we went a step
further, introducing a central Clean Label Steering colorants
Committee to drive improvements in our recipes
and ensure that we meet our target.
Freezing is nature’s way of locking in goodness
without the need for added preservatives. When we
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create a new product, we don’t add preservatives,
although we do make exceptions for foods
such as ham where ingredients are preserved
in a traditional way, or where preservatives are
necessary for food safety.
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21 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Influence
We want to change consumers’ politics. In Italy, we launched ‘Findus Green Camp’,
an online video collection of four young explorers
eating habits for the better. discovering how to grow crops responsibly. The
resources are designed to educate consumers of
We use the wider influence of our brands to inspire
all ages about sustainable agriculture.
people across Europe to enjoy a balanced diet, as
well as making more sustainable choices.
Future plans
Our approach Plans are already underway to continue
championing healthier eating in 2019. We’re
The majority of our key marketing targets focus
excited to be partnering with national television
on promoting healthier options. To drive these
channel ITV and several UK supermarkets on Veg
forwards, in 2018 we articulated what our three
Power: a major campaign to promote vegetables
largest brands, Birds Eye, Findus and iglo stand
to UK children and help tackle childhood obesity.
for: ‘Helping the nation eat a little more goodness
We have seen enormous growth in consumer
every day’. This represents an important step in
demand for plant-based options as a more
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sustainable alternative to meat. Following the
brands. We also provide consumers with up-to-date
launch of our Pease range, we are launching our
scientific evidence about healthy eating, collected
Green Cuisine range in four key markets in 2019. The
by our in-house team of nutritionists.
range uses pea protein to create protein-packed,
We know that many of our products are enjoyed
meat-free meals, inspiring both meat-eaters and
by families. We operate a strict marketing policy
vegetarians to make culinary choices that are
to help parents and guardians make informed
better for the environment.
choices, and we never use messaging that
encourages children to ‘pester’ their parents about
buying products.
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Our progress
We’re constantly working to inspire balanced diets.
For example, in 2018, Birds Eye UK used TV and
digital channels to educate millions of consumers
about the health benefits of peas, partnering with
Buzzfeed to share creative recipe ideas.
We also use our position as an industry influencer
to champion sustainability. Our Findus Sweden
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team participated several events throughout the
Almedalen week—the leading event in Swedish
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23 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur Planet
As a growing food business with We also have a responsibility to ensure that water, logistics. We have been working hard to establish
energy and materials are used efficiently when measurement protocols in order to understand
13 manufacturing sites, plus 3 making our products. Halving global food waste our carbon footprint, and each site operates with
additional sites following the by 2030 is a key target of SDG 12, and we are policies in place to manage their impact. Now that
determined to help make this happen. we have a better understanding of the impact of
acquisition of Goodfellas and Aunt our business as a whole, we are looking to create
Bessie’s, Nomad Foods has an Our approach an environment policy that will manage and
reduce our carbon footprint across our operations.
important role to play in cutting #5. We are committed to reduce our greenhouse Our responsibility to manage our emissions,
carbon emissions. gas emissions every year, from our 2015 baseline combat waste and safeguard environmental
of 641.2 kgCO2e emitted per ton of finished goods resources extends beyond our factories. As a food
Greenhouse gas emissions from our own operations. We know that reducing business, we need to carefully consider food waste,
emissions begins with thorough, accurate data both within our operations and for our consumers.
Scope 1: collection and analysis. We calculate our annual Freezing is a well-documented way to reduce food
group carbon footprint by mapping out all sources waste at home, offering longer shelf life and making
Direct emissions from owned and
controlled sources of emissions and converting them into equivalent it easy for consumers to control portion sizes. We
57.8
• Natural and biogas • Liquid CO2 & Dry Ice tons of carbon dioxide. The footprint covers our work with retailers and consumers to raise awareness
• Diesel/Petrol • Propane own operations, including factories operated by about food waste and promote frozen options. And
• Lubricating Oils • Air Conditioning Nomad Foods (excluding co-packers, Goodfella’s we reduce food waste within our own operations
and Aunt Bessie’s sites acquired in 2018), all owned through careful monitoring of our factories and
Scope 2: and third-party warehousing and our inbound donating our surplus food to food banks.
56.1 Indirect emissions from the generation
of purchased energy
kgCO2e per ton of finished goods Our progress
• Purchased Electricity • Purchased Stream All our environmental data is independently
verified by an external auditor and allows us
Scope 3: Start 594.1 kgCO2e
to identify how and where best to reduce our
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47.1
Indirect emissions that occur in our year environmental impact.*
value chain 641.2
• Re-used materials & • Fertiliser *The reported total CO2eq emissions were confirmed with reasonable
170.5 waste • Fresh & effluent 2017 548.3 kgCO2e 54.9 assurance by GUTcert, an accredited verification body and member of
the AFNOR Group. The scope of GUTcert’s verification includes scope
• Diesel/Petrol (leased water 603.2 1, scope 2 and scope 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol “A Corporate
cars) • Electricity in external Accounting and Reporting Standard” and GUTcert’s procedure is based
• Liquid nitrogen
• Propane
warehouses
• Inbound logistics
2018 536.9 kgCO2e 55.6
on ISO 14064-3, taking into account ISO 14064-1 and the working draft
ISO TR 14069 WD 1.”
592.5
284.4 kilotons CO2e total 2018 Own production Warehousing and logistics
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Reduction
24 | 2018 Sustainability ReportCarbon Emissions Several of our factories have taken steps to Water
reduce their environmental impact in 2018. Our
In 2018, we reduced our emissions per ton of finished Total fresh water consumption decreased by 5%
reduction in scope 1 emissions is largely due to
goods by 2% compared to 2017. We’re pleased that compared to 2017 due to several factors, namely
our Tønsberg factory in Norway which now uses
we have been able to increase our production the closure of the Bjuv factory site, which saved
half its gas supply with renewable biogas, saving
volume by close to 10,000 tons whilst only minimally 163,000 m3 alone, water-saving initiatives at our
approximately 2,000 tons CO2e. Our reduction in
increasing our absolute carbon footprint (0.02%). Lowestoft site and reduced production volumes at
scope 2 emissions is partially due to our Lowestoft
Our total Scope 1 fossil fuel consumption is our Tønsberg site.
factory in the UK which switched to a 100%
267,621,332 kWh whereof 98.7% is natural gas.
renewable energy supply in October 2018.
Our scope 3 emissions increased on a per ton
Scope 2. basis compared to 2017, The increase is due to
8% several factors. We saw an increase in waste 29%
Renewable derived from animal products, which partly Municipality
electricity self- accounts for this rise. The closure of one of our water
generated / factory sites in Sweden meant that more raw
4,811,729 m3
227,675,048 kWh purchased materials and finished products were transported Volume of fresh
to external warehouses resulting in increased diesel
Breakdown of 23% road transport and more purchased electricity. water consumption,
electricity and steam Steam We are already trialling ways of tackling broken down by
consumption
emissions associated with transport. In 2018, we source 71%
conducted a pilot in which finished products from
Well water
69% our existing production sites were transported using
rail freight instead of diesel road transport, which
Non-renewable avoided 271kg CO2e emitted per container. Due
electricity to these promising results, we will be looking to
purchased expand this in the near future.
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4,045,593
Water discharge from
factories in m3
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25 | 2018 Sustainability ReportWaste and Materials for re-use newly acquired businesses and calculating their
annual carbon footprint. Once this is complete,
In 2018, the total volume of waste produced by our
we will be able to set emissions reduction targets CASE STUDY
operations decreased by 5.7%. However, there is
for them as well, to ensure that they align with our Norway
more to do as the volume of materials for re-use
progress on sustainability across the board.
increased by 8%, the majority of which was used
We will continue addressing food waste and three Every ten minutes, over five tons of edible food is
for animal feed.
of our markets have signed industry pledges to wasted in Norway. To raise awareness about this
combat food waste. issue, Findus Norway mimicked five tons of food
Food Waste waste in a clear container and placed it in Oslo
We work hard to minimise avoidable food waste central station; one of the busiest locations in the
Split of waste materials country. Passers-by were invited to take a pledge
in our factories and achieved a 5% reduction
compared to 2017. We also optimised our planning (excl. materials for re-use) to reduce their own food waste through planning
their meals better and using their freezer more. The
processes to reduce the amount of edible surplus team also created a website for people to take
4.3%
food we produced. Where we did have excess the pledge online.
food, nine markets partnered with local food 41.2% 29.9% 24.4% 0.2%
banks to ensure it went to good use, sending the The campaign was featured on national television
equivalent of 337,420 meals to food banks. 48,689 tons and the pledge has been signed by almost 1,500
Unusually hot weather conditions in 2018 Avoidable food waste, whereof 99.6% Recycled people, including the Norwegian Minister of
impacted the harvest of our crops in some markets, Unavoidable food waste*, whereof 98.9% Recycled Climate and the Environment.
resulting in lower yields or smaller vegetables. Packaging waste
This in turn affected our harvesting practices, the Rest of Non-hazardous waste
subsequent production of the vegetables, and the Hazardous Waste
amount of waste generated. We will review this by
individual sites to identify areas of improvement
where we can work with the sites to reduce the Packaging waste, broken down by
amount of waste generated.
disposal method based on tons of waste
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We are committed to continue reducing our 11.3%
carbon footprint year on year, and are currently Incinerated 1.3%
developing a more detailed policy for reducing for energy Landfill
our environmental impact that will apply across recovery *In the factories where we process our vegetables, our
the business. At the end of 2018, we submitted our unavoidable food waste is higher due to the parts of the
proposed greenhouse gas reduction targets to the 87.4% vegetables that are unsuitable for human consumption, such as
leaves, pea pods and cabbage stems.
Science Based Targets initiative, to ensure that our Recycled
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reduction is in line with climate science and the
2015 Paris Agreement. We are also integrating our
26 | 2018 Sustainability ReportPackaging
Packaging is crucial for ensuring correctly, and we participate in industry initiatives Future plans
including the UK Plastics Pact and the Norwegian
the safety and quality of our Plastinitiativet to find circular economy solutions to
Our most recent forecasts indicate that by 2020
we will have achieved 90% recyclability of our
food. But when it is not disposed unsustainable packaging, working collaboratively
packaging.
across the value chain with packaging manufacturers,
of correctly, food packaging can producers, retailers, consumers and disposal facilities.
We believe that labelling has an important role
to play in encouraging consumers to recycle or
have a disastrous impact on the We have a Responsible Packaging Design Code
dispose of food packaging correctly, and are
of Practice, which applies to all packaging we
environment, polluting oceans and use. As well as setting stringent standards for food
looking at strengthening our packaging policy by
making labelling a mandatory requirement.
damaging ecosystems. safety, the Code of Practice includes a protocol
for avoiding excess packaging. We also request
In 2018, plastic packaging has come under intense that all our suppliers source packaging materials
71%
scrutiny from consumers, governments and media. sustainably, for example through the Programme
for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
Our approach and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
of consumer
#6. We have committed to making 100% of our
packaging recyclable by the end of 2022. As part
Our progress packaging is
of reducing waste, we need to make it as easy When developing new products, we prioritise recyclable
as possible to reuse and recycle any packaging. paper-based packaging materials over plastic,
We believe in using established on-pack labelling and over 80% of our paper packaging comes from
to help consumers dispose of packaging sustainably managed forests.
“Addressing plastic pollution
whilst maintaining food safety
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and quality is a key focus for
us. 100% recyclable is a first
step, but we are committed
to going beyond this.”
Stella Peace, Group R&D Director
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27 | 2018 Sustainability ReportOur People and Communities
We know that great people make Employee Wellbeing markets and exceed statutory minimums.
We also know that the strength of our business
the difference, so looking after our Our approach is highly dependent on the health of communities
employees’ safety and wellbeing in In 2018, we launched ‘Our Well Way’: a health and
around us, so we regularly run and participate in
activities for local people in all our markets.
both our factories and offices, and wellness programme designed to support all our
4,380 colleagues’ physical, mental and financial
investing in the development of our wellbeing. The programme consists of a global
Our progress
colleagues is essential to making toolkit which is delivered across our markets by The success of ‘Our Well Way’ was reflected in our
local champions. In addition to the programme, annual employee engagement survey, Our Voice.
Nomad Foods a successful and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, The results show employee wellbeing up four points
sustainable company. which vary according to the needs of specific from 2017, much of which is due to employees’
4,015
Full-time employees
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82 Sustainability score based
on Our Voice Survey
82 Wellbeing score based
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on Our Voice Survey
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Sustainability Ambassadors
enthusiasm in Our Well Way activities across our Future plans In 2018, we established a European network
markets. A ‘Run for Records’ group run by iglo of Sustainability Ambassadors: Nomad
We are proud that our employee engagement
Austria combined getting fit with raising money for Foods employees who are passionate about
scores are significantly ahead of FMCG averages. championing sustainability throughout the
charity, whilst our ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions rolled
However, our long-term target is to be in line business. Our Ambassadors drive progress on Our
out across the business brought teams together
with high-performing businesses in other sectors. Sustainable Path by delivering activities in their
to inspire healthy eating. We also accelerated
Therefore, we are currently running local and local markets. Together, they form Sustainability
the roll-out of our group-wide management
functional workshops to identify our key areas Action Groups on three key topics: saving the
and leadership programmes, and made our
for improvement and develop activities to drive oceans by saying no to plastic pollution; fighting
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career management processes significantly more food waste and inspiring healthy eating, as well as
progress.
transparent, allowing employees to take active a fourth group for sharing initiatives internally. Our
steps in their career development. Ambassadors have already launched a range
79%
We are proud to see our markets actively of great initiatives, including our Belgian team’s
participating in their local communities. In the Nutritional Academy, and our Italian team’s
UK, for example, more than 40 volunteers from ‘Our Vegetable Garden’ programme inviting
our Bedfont-based Commercial Team went out employees and their children to grow and harvest
their own vegetables. Going forward, we will look
into three local schools to run an hour-long ‘Eat of total employees at scaling up the most successful initiatives from
Well Grow Well’ session. The initiative reached
participating 2018 to create business-wide employee action on
810 children, helping them to understand the
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importance of eating healthily and asking them to in employee sustainability.
make a pledge to do so more often. engagement survey
29 | 2018 Sustainability ReportEmployee Health and Safety
As our business grows, it is essential lines to ensure safety and environmental risks are workplace transport, as well as setting the basics in
identified and controlled, to minimise the risks place for the base business and acquisitions. As a
that we provide a safe working across our factory network. We also identified an result of these efforts, we achieved a 24% reduction
environment, particularly for the additional high-risk area that required attention, in lost time accidents in 2018, going from 53 to 38
which is the use of ammonia in our cold-storage incidents and a 46% reduction in total recordable
2,500 employees working in factory facilities. As a result, we have developed cases. We’re proud that our Loftahammar site in
roles. engineering processes and a tight maintenance Sweden has now achieved two years without a
schedule to identify any damage as soon as single lost time accident and we will continue to
possible, alongside emergency plans in the case work with all our sites to achieve this across our
Our approach of gas leaks on site. entire supply chain.
We invest in having site safety personnel across
our factories, and we have a dedicated central
Our progress Future Plans
health and safety team which supports sites in In 2018, we focused on improving our rate of lost Our Occupational Health and Safety Policy was
implementing technical solutions. We are also time or recordable accidents, particularly within updated in 2018. However, with the acquisition
reviewing all of our machinery and production our high-risk areas of machine safety and of new brands, we need an updated policy to
reflect the breadth and scale of our operations.
Developing this policy is key focus for 2019, ensuring
that we continue to uphold the highest standards
of health and safety for our employees. In 2019, our
Leadership teams will be focused on embedding
safety throughout all of our systems.
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➜ Number of lost time accidents:
38 accidents
Total recordable accidents:
➜ 24 accidents
Total first aid accidents:
➜ 301 accidents
Total near misses:
➜ 715 incidents
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Lost-time injury frequency rate:
➜ 5.59 per one million hours worked
30 | 2018 Sustainability ReportDiversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is an Our approach up of our top 65 leaders across the business) to
progress towards an equal balance of men and
increasingly important topic that Our D&I focus is detailed in our Nomad Diversity
women, whilst never compromising on ensuring
and Inclusion Policy, developed in 2018. It is
cuts across all sectors of society and governed by a specific Diversity and Inclusion
that we have the best talent in these roles. This is
an important ambition and we are already taking
affects all our employees. Steering Group, sponsored by members of our
steps towards it. We have initiated the Women in
Executive Committee and made up of colleagues
Nomad Network (WINN) group, which runs several
Embedding D&I within our structure and processes from various functions across the business. This
events throughout the year including speaker
is creating a culture where colleagues feel committee supports and promotes the D&I agenda
sessions on International Women’s Day, panels
involved, respected, and connected, regardless in the business, working with local champions at our
and forums on various topics including role models,
of their sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, race, locations across Europe.
mentoring, emotional resilience and establishing
ability, religion or ethnicity. In essence, it means that One area of specific focus is gender balance.
your own personal brand. It’s currently deployed in
everyone can bring their complete self to work. We want our Enterprise Leadership Team (made
the UK with plans to be rolled out across the business.
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