Nutreco
- Ambitions and actions
- Further sustainability actions 2009
- Responsibility towards natural resources
- Feed-to-food quality
- Nutreco people and investing in the community
Looking outside Nutreco
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Many Nutreco companies and the corporate office can report on projects where support is given to community projects either nearby or in another country. Nutreco welcomes such actions. To date these initiatives were spontaneous from the local employees and managers. With the implementation of the Nutreco Sustainability Policy, appropriate community initiatives will gain recognition within Nutreco as part of the Sustainability Programme and participation in community activities will become a management goal.
Following are selected examples of community activities in 2009 that can become part of a coordinated Nutreco investment in the community.
Local food production in Bangladesh
People in the delta region possess very small plots of land that generally do not produce enough food to feed the family. SLOPB (Stichting Land Ontwikkelings Project Bangladesh), a Dutch organisation, has developed a system to increase the productivity. |
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A fish farming pond is located in the middle of the plot with a chicken hutch above it and vegetables are grown on the banks around it. In this way, families can produce their own high-value protein food and, in most cases, can also sell some to the market. Micro-credit is available to help initial set-up of the farms. Over 3,000 households will benefit from this project in the five years of Nutreco support, potentially benefiting around 100,000 people.
In December 2009 representatives of Nutreco Corporate, Skretting and Trouw Nutrition International visited the project. They report that part of the funding was used to purchase six motorcycles that enable the 22 field workers to travel around the region and provide training and help as new small-scale farms are set up. By December 2009 1,000 families had been selected and trained and around 200 farms were in operation and generating income. The first farms act as models to convince more families to join. |
Education in Indonesia
Trouw Nutrition Indonesia, which was founded in 2008, has developed a strong business. In 2009 it initiated a local sustainability action to provide new computers to a local Catholic orphanage and a small Muslim association taking care of local children. Education is a problem area for Indonesia and Trouw Nutrition Indonesia has opted to support those who are trying to provide education for the young and needy.
Training ex-employees in Chile
When the ISA virus spread rapidly through salmon farms in Chile, the reaction was to cull many of the fish and shut farm sites at least temporarily. This led to a down-scaling of the local aquaculture industry and at the end of 2008 Skretting Chile also had to close a feed plant and reduce its workforce of just over 500 to 260. During 2009 Skretting Chile worked with a welding company, an educational corporation and the local union to provide a 64-hour training course in welding for 30 ex-employees. To run the course, mobile training facilities were set up at the Skretting plant in Osorno.
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Gas supplies reach Spanish town
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Livestock project in Kenya
Hendrix UTD in the Netherlands provided funds to the Clara Foundation to invest in a livestock project for poor farmers in Kisumu, Kenya. During 2009 a representative of Hendrix visited Kisumu to help with the project. The main action was to purchase goats and sell them on to the farmers at a discount. This meant they were affordable and valued. In addition, a local veterinarian was contracted to inoculate livestock and dogs in the region against rabies and anthrax, which are dangerous to animals and people. Several workshops were organised for the veterinarian to demonstrate to the community how to prevent and treat animal diseases.