Mattoni 1873 as the leader of Central European non-alcoholic beverage market is fully aware of its responsibility and strives to establish long-term sustainability of the whole beverage industry. Reducing our environmental impact is an indispensable part of our sustainability journey. Within this journey we focus on following main areas – achieving circularity, carbon neutrality, increasing biodiversity and reducing resources consumption.

Commitments by aspirational objectives:

Aspirational objective 1: Healthy, balanced, and sustainable diets for all European consumers, thereby contributing to: 

1) Reversing malnutrition and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the EU. 

2) Reducing the environmental footprint of food consumption by 2030.

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved food consumption patterns in the EU.

b) A food environment that makes it easier to choose healthy and sustainable diets.

Mattoni commitments:

• We will actively participate in the creation of educative materials for nutrition therapist schools to ensure the correct information about both the health and environmental benefits of our natural mineral water and spring water within a healthy drinking regime.

• Where still reasonable we will further decrease the sugar content within our portfolio.

Aspirational objective 3: A climate-neutral food chain in Europe by 2050

With the following aspirational target:

Reducing net emissions from own operations, contributing to a 55% GHG emission reduction target in the EU food chain by 2030 (following a science-based approach).

Mattoni commitments:

• Carbon footprint measurement in all facilities done by 2023, plan to reach climate neutrality ready by 2023, climate neutrality in category 1 and 2 reached by 2030 in all countries where we are present. We will be striving to decrease the climate footprintalso in category 3-5.

Aspirational objective 4: An optimised circular and resource-efficient food chain in Europe

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved resource efficiency within own operations, contributing to sustainable, efficient use and management of energy and natural resources in operations by 2030.

b) Improved sustainability of food and drink packaging, striving for all packaging towards circularity by 2030.

Mattoni commitments:

• Analysis of our water use ratio in all facilities in all countries ready by 2022, reasonable target and plan for further savings of water ready by 2024 Eco-design: Plan for step-by-step color harmonization for better recyclability ready by the end of 2022, full implementation by 2024, all across Mattoni 1873 portfolio.

• DRS: Active enforcement for implementation of DRS in each country through consumer education, PR, and other marketing and non-marketing activities.

Aspirational objective 5: Sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, employment, and decent work for all

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved resilience and competitiveness of companies operating at any point along the food value chain by 2030.

b) Quality jobs, skilled workforce, and safe and inclusive workplaces for all.

Mattoni commitments:

• Headcount increase for sustainability/waste/ circularity agenda, 100% relevant managers trained for circularity and sustainable business management, with a focus on Sales, Marketing, Production, Logistics, and Purchase dpt.

Aspirational objective 7: Sustainable sourcing in food supply chains

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Transformed commodity supply chains that do not contribute to deforestation, forest degradation, and destruction of natural habitat and which preserve and protect high-value ecosystems and biodiversity.

b) Improved social performance in (global) food supply chains.

Mattoni commitments:

• Needs for fauna and flora species identified by 2024, concrete actions for relevant localities taken by 2025, where necessary - agreement with farmers for not using pesticides for water catchment areas.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.