Suncomo Foods Bulgaria, a primary food processing SME based in Bulgaria, hereby signs up to the objectives outlined in the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices.

Commitments by aspirational objectives:

Aspirational objective 2: Prevention and reduction of food loss and waste (at the consumer level, within internal operations, and across value chains)

With the following aspirational target: 

A 50% reduction of per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030 and reduced food losses along the food production and supply chains in the EU.

Suncom commitments:

• Valorizing all of our waste streams (either into feed products or biomass for green energy), maintaining a 0% waste target.

   

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).

Suncomo commitments:

• Using our biomass installation and committing to put up solar panels in 2022-2023, showing how a plant like ours can become energy-independent and even a net producer of clean energy by 2025.

   

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.

Suncomo commitments:

• Supporting enterprises in our supply chains with our network, knowledge, and investment. 

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.

Suncomo commitments:

• By further building our network of (prospective) organic farmers in Eastern Europe and providing training and continuous support, including on social aspects (continuing our SMETA audits ourselves). Our goal is to increase the number of farmers / ha we source from by 20% by 2025. 

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.