In the wake of the new decade, the European yeast sector is fully engaged to contribute to food sustainability whilst ensuring economic value in the territories where it is present. By implementing and developing sustainable practices intrinsic to yeast production, COFALEC strongly believes that the yeast sector is currently a key solution provider for the 3 sustainability pillars (environmental, societal and economic) and can be a catalyst for further growth in these areas. As primary ingredient producers, we can actively contribute to the improvement of circularity and resource-efficiency, waste management, nutrition and health for numerous food and feed related industries (baking, wine, brewing, animal and human nutrition, plant health, etc.).

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.

COFALEC commitments:

• COFALEC is committed to informing its stakeholders and the public about the catalogue of solutions that the yeast sector offers for a healthy and sustainable diet by means such as:
  - Dedicated online brochure
  - Webinar & conference

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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).

COFALEC commitments:

• COFALEC will launch a decarbonisation study to evaluate its EU carbon footprint and monitor its evolution over time. It will be comprised of the following steps:

  1. Evaluate the global GHG emission of the Yeast sector at the EU level in 2020 and in 2015 for Scope 1 and 2, as well as for the most relevant items from Scope 3.
  2. Build a common tool to allow the sector to measure and monitor the evolution of these global GHG emissions over time.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.