Sustainability
Rumenco Group Sustainability Statement
The Rumenco Group has been supporting UK agriculture for over 50 years with innovative products to promote animal welfare and ensure efficient production. We acknowledge the significance and threat of climate change, and the coming decades present an immense challenge for all industry stakeholders. We therefore recognise the importance of ensuring we actively develop all our business operations with sustainably as the core principle.
“Consequently, The Rumenco Group is totally committed to the goal of operating in a sustainable and responsible manner. The Leadership and all staff are fully engaged in considering the environment in all daily activities and searching for solutions to positively improve our environmental footprint.
“We have set ourselves demanding but achievable goals covering all aspects of our business. These are far reaching across all the organisation and, in addition to energy use and carbon emissions, cover other key areas such as raw material procurement, recyclable status of packaging materials and waste management.
“We actively seek to adopt the use of Best Available Techniques (BAT’s) in our production processes whilst looking to reduce, where possible, the overall business energy consumption through modernisation of plant and equipment.
“In addition to improving our use of resources, we believe the Rumenco Group can make positive contribution to other key areas impacting on environmental sustainability. Improving the efficiency of nutrient use, particularly in ruminants, can have a significant impact on CO2E emissions. We are therefore committed to extensive research and development programmes that seek to provide innovative products and solutions to help farmers reach their own sustainability goals.
Energy use and CO2 Emissions
As a company with manufacturing at the core of our business, energy use is intrinsic to our processes. We are therefore committed to reducing our energy consumption and CO2 footprint to help UK agriculture meet the obligations and requirements for a sustainable future.
• Rumenco is committed to ensure all operations are carbon neutral by 20XX
This will be achieved through a combination of:
• Energy Efficiency: We aim to reduce of overall energy usage by x% of our 20XX benchmark by 20XX
• Renewable Sourcing: By 20XX we aim for x% of our energy to be come from sources not producing C02 emissions
• Responsible offsetting: Where Carbon neutral options are not possible, certified offsetting of emissions will be established to achieve our ttoverall targets
Packaging
As a manufacturer of high-quality animal nutritional and health products we must ensure that goods arrive at our customers protected and uncontaminated. In many cases our packaging is also integral to the safe and effective use of the product.
• Rumenco is committed to reducing the use of all plastics to the minimal feasible levels and recyclable substitutions where possible by 20XX
To reach these targets we will:
• Review all product specifications and redesign where required to minimise total packaging
• When plastic is required use recycled varieties where permitted
• Engage with suppliers and regulators to increase the number of sustainable packaging options that are available