While helping members to produce and deliver the highest quality sports nutrition products, ESSNA also wants to ensure that these do not only support consumers’ active lifestyles and nutritional goals, but also carry the lowest environmental and social impact for the planet. ESSNA understands sustainability in its holistic sense – comprising not only of the need to protect the environment from the effects of climate change, but also the local communities which supply chains may interact with.

Commitments by aspirational objectives:

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).

ESSNA commitments:

Contribution to the energy transition.

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.

ESSNA commitments:

Investment in innovative and circular packaging.

Aspirational objective 6: Sustainable value creation in the European food supply chain through partnership

With the following aspirational targets:

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

b) Continued progress towards sustainable production, contributing to sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030 and improved animal welfare.

ESSNA commitments:

• Improvement of animal welfare practices across product ranges. 

• Efficient waste management practices for sports nutrition products. 

   

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.

ESSNA commitments:

Sustainable, transparent, and responsible sourcing of ingredients.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.