SunOpta Highlights Progress towards Sustainability Goals in 2015 Corporate Sustainability Report
September 21 2016 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
SunOpta Inc. (Nasdaq: STKL) (TSX: SOY), a leading global company
focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods,
released its sixth Corporate Sustainability Report today. The
report outlines SunOpta’s ongoing efforts to integrate
sustainability into its overall business strategy enabling it to
reduce its environmental footprint and improve operational
performance to accelerate shareholder value.
“Sustainability is central to how SunOpta operates and our
company’s purpose to responsibly bring healthy food from
field-to-table,” said SunOpta Chief Executive Officer Rik Jacobs.
“Our efforts around sustainability are key to our broader efforts
to focus the company on the emerging healthy categories in which we
hold significant competitive advantages. We’re also committed to
improving our operational performance to drive growth in operating
margins to realize maximum shareholder value.”
SunOpta’s approach is built on five platforms that are
integrated into its overall business strategy: workplace,
community, partnerships, environment and marketplace. These
platforms allow the company address each dimension of
sustainability in a way that serves customers’ best-interests,
improves the communities in which it operates and maximizes value
for shareholders. Work on each of the five platforms guides
SunOpta’s overall efforts to become an increasingly sustainable
organization. Highlights from this year’s report include:
- 78% waste diversion away from landfills
at company facilities worldwide
- 120 days-worth of time spent by
employees volunteering for organizations that help bring well-being
to life in their communities
- 25% year-over-year improvement in
employee engagement grand mean score across the company
- 33% reduction in Total Recordable
Incident Rate (TRIR) compared to 2014
SunOpta is committed to improving operational performance. The
company’s approach to sustainability supports this goal by
encouraging efforts to streamline processes to reduce SunOpta’s
environmental footprint and improve gross margins, while realizing
efficiencies in its supply chain and logistics operations.
About SunOpta Inc.
SunOpta Inc. is a leading global company focused on organic,
non-genetically modified (“non-GMO”) and specialty foods. The
Company specializes in the sourcing, processing and packaging of
organic and non-GMO food products, integrated from seed through
packaged products with a focus on strategic vertically integrated
business models. The Company's organic and non-GMO food operations
revolve around value-added grain, seed, fruit and vegetable based
product offerings, supported by a global sourcing and supply
infrastructure.
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SunOpta Inc.Beth McGillivary,
905-821-9669beth.mcgillivary@sunopta.com
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