Environmental care

VION Food Netherlands considers environmental management of paramount importance. Optimization of transport movements, use of recyclable industrial packaging and various energy-saving projects are examples of our active environmental policy. Our project-based approach to environmental management allows us to combine all parties’ interests as effectively as possible: Those of our staff, our workplace, the environment and our business.

Energy
Internal monitoring systems contribute to further optimization of energy consumption at our production sites. We pursue an active policy to implement a reduction in the use of gas, water and electricity.
Driving back water consumption is one of the environmental spearheads at VION. And with success. Through active policy, smart thinking and an awareness-raising process among staff, we have made good progress in the reduction of hot and cold water consumption at VION. By-products from sewage treatment plants are bio-degradable, and used centrally for generation of green electricity in biogas installations.

Centralised coordination
Environmental projects at VION Food Group in the Netherlands are coordinated from a central control centre. This allows us to make the best possible use of all available knowledge and synergy. Together with external parties, we are continuously looking to implement the best possible solutions. We closely monitor legislation, and keep up with state-of-the-art technology from a centralised department. This way, we can quickly embrace new opportunities.
Together with our subsidiary Sobel a business unit of VION Ingredients, we are always looking to ensure the best handling of slaughter by-products within VION Food Group. Centralised coordination of these flows ensures minimum transport movements and optimal pre-processing at our sites.

‘One-stop delivery’
Refrigerated lorries set off from the Distrifresh distribution centres in Boxtel and IJsselmuiden every day to transport supplies to clients across the Netherlands. Not only pork and beef, chicken, chicken, minced meat and convenience products are delivered, but so are fish, cheese, salads, meat products and other fresh products that require cold storage. Combined refrigerated transport of meat and fresh products enables one-stop delivery of all these items. This provides logistical and financial advantages for the shop. Costs per display container are less, and the shopkeeper often has to unload less during the day. This saves labour costs for goods receipt. Moreover, one single delivery means less environmental damage. Provisioning is improved by the use of fewer lorries, which also leads to reduced noise pollution in shopping centres and town centres. 
The production sites of VION Retail Netherlands are situated near logistic hotspots. This cuts the time products spend in transit, and secures their freshness and quality. VION Tilburg also has its ‘own transport facilities’. We organise this to be as efficient and therefore as environmentally friendly as possible.