1 December 2010 - Sonneveld supports production of sustainable palm oil (Corporate News)

Sonneveld has started an active policy in support of sustainable palm oil. We have been compensating for our annual use of palm oil with GreenPalm certificates since October 2010. It is our aim to only use sustainable palm oil in our bakery ingredients from 2013.

Challenged by market developments, Sonneveld has decided to compensate for its annual use of palm oil with GreenPalm certificates.  Sonneveld Group B.V. from Papendrecht is thereby supporting the production of sustainable palm oil.  A GreenPalm certificate stands for the investment needed to produce a certain quantity of sustainable palm oil.  Sonneveld has also joined the RSPO, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.  The RSPO is dedicated to making the global palm oil production sustainable.

Jorrit de Bruin, Sonneveld’s Product Group Manager and Dutch baker Pim Visser from Echte Bakker Visser presented Ambassador Nicolette Kluijver with a ‘Monkey Sandwich’ on 25th November 2010 during the festive conclusion of the Monkey Business project for sustainable palm oil.  This ‘Monkey Sandwich’ is a tangible example of the cooperation within the bakery chain in relation to this important subject.

The Monkey Business Foundation’s objective is to prevent the orang-utan from becoming extinct and to protect its habitat, Borneo and Sumatra’s tropical rain forests.  As the illegal logging for palm oil plantations represents the biggest threat where the survival of the orang-utans are concerned, Monkey Business has challenged ten companies from the food industry to look into the preservation of palm oil.  This participation perfectly fits in with Sonneveld’s sustainability policy.

“Sonneveld wants to live up to its trendsetting role in the industry, which can partly be achieved by supporting initiatives which contribute to sustainability.  The sessions with Monkey Business have accelerated our internal process for transferring across to sustainable palm oil”, according to Jorrit de Bruin.

Sonneveld’s Quality Assurance and Care Department have a sustainable palm oil statement available for interested customers.

More information: www.sonneveld.com/sustainability

2011

• Sonneveld products presented in Athens (Corporate News, 27 May 2011)
• Guaranteed great taste with Sonnet Brioche Beurre (Product News, 27 May 2011)
• Sonneveld once more one of the best managed companies in The Netherlands (Corporate News, 20 May 2011)
• Sonneveld achieved quality standard: BRC Unannounced (Corporate News, 12 April 2011)
• Vitason - easy to use mixes for tasty breads! (Product News, 8 April 2011)
• New: QS Croustillant for top of the bill crusty bread (Product News, 7 April 2011)
• Sustainability and Social Report 2010 (Corporate News, 7 April 2011)
• Sonneveld campaign for Alpe d’HuZes / Inspire 2 L!ve (Corporate News, 7 April 2011)
• Savings with Crumb Soft (Product News, 18 January 2011)
• Ebic fresh start in 2011 (Corporate News, 17 January 2011)

2010

• New! Credin crème pâtissière powders (Product News, 17 December 2010)
• Sonneveld supports production of sustainable palm oil (Corporate News, 1 December 2010)
• The profit of waste (Product News, 15 October 2010)
• Price increases at Sonneveld (Corporate News, 13 October 2010)
• Sonneveld scores ‘Excellent’ for AIB audit (Corporate News, 8 October 2010)
• Taste the difference with QS Luxe Superieur (Product News, 26 July 2010)
• New website for online release agents advice (Product News, 16 July 2010)
• Changed packaging for aerosol release agents (Product News, 14 July 2010)
• Takeover Sonneveld approved (Corporate News, 14 July 2010)
• Sonneveld Group B.V. to become part of Orkla Food Ingredients (Corporate News, 26 April 2010)
• Pastes in handy rectangular buckets (Product News, 29 March 2010)
• Minimize bread waste by reprocessing old bread (Product News, 8 February 2010)
• 25% reduction on Proson Uni-force Royal (Product News, 13 January 2010)

2009

• New Sonneveld website (Corporate News, 23 December 2009)
• Reprocessing bread (Innovation News, 25 November 2009)
• Dosage concepts (Innovation News, 9 October 2009)
• Visit Sonneveld at iba 2009! (Corporate News, 7 October 2009)
• Sonneveld Group obtains AIB certificate (Corporate News, 7 October 2009)
• Bread with less salt (Innovation News, 31 August 2009)
• Sonneveld Group B.V. wins the 2009 Fenedex Internal Export Services Trophy (Corporate News, 11 June 2009)
• Sonneveld Group BV is once again among the best managed companies in the Netherlands (Corporate News, 24 April 2009)