SBFE is committed to its consumers by providing healthier products and generating unique and enjoyable drinking experiences. We already adhere to responsible business conduct principles that ensure the legal compliance and respect for international standards, product quality and safety, and environmental preservation. All of our marketing communications are governed by our own marketing codes of conduct, as well as compliance to all relevant industry codes of practice. We regularly undertake training with all of our marketing employees to ensure they continue to adhere to all responsible marketing codes of conduct – both internal and external. SBFE would herewith like to register our company’s interest in registering commitments under the EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices.

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.

Suntory commitments:

• 35% added sugar reduction by 2025.

Baseline: 2015

Aspirational objective 2: Prevention and reduction of food loss and waste (at 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.

Suntory commitments:

• Reducing food waste from production by 50% by 2030 and 0% waste to landfill from our factories.

Baseline: 2019

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).

Suntory commitments:

• 50% reduction in GHG emissions scope 1 & 2;

• 30% reduction in GHG emissions scope 3 by 2030;

• Net zero emissions by 2050 across the whole value chain.

Baseline: 2019

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.

Suntory commitments:

• 100% sustainable plastic bottles by 2030, switching to recycled and bio-based materials, and fully moving away from fossil fuels-based virgin plastic;

• This includes using a minimum of 50% recycled plastic in our bottles by 2025;

• Ensuring our packaging is 100% recyclable by 2025 by designing for circularity.

Baseline: 2019

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.