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Sustainability

Responsibility for the future

SUSTAINABILITY

Our company was founded in 1967 to process apples that were too small, too big or not colourful enough. Today we refer to it as "zero waste" - and in that sense, sustainability is part of our DNA. Throughout the whole production process of our fruits and apples, we implement environmental sustainability in different dimensions: for us, it comprises the three pillars of social, ecological and economic sustainability.

 

The three pillars of sustainability are embedded in our corporate strategy.

Strategically, we work on 6 core topics

Ecological sustainability

  • Water and wastewater
  • Energy and climate protection

Economic sustainability

  • Regional value creation
  • Innovation, research & development

Social sustainability

  • Health and occupational safety
  • Healthy products

6,000

Fruit growing families from the region

210

Qualified

employees

25%

Proportion of women in the workforce

960

mwh electricity from photovoltaics

WATER

Water is an important resource for us. We use water sparingly and reuse it several times.

ENERGY AND CLIMATE PROTECTION

We are aware of our responsibility: Energy-efficient plants make a significant contribution to saving energy and reducing our CO2 emissions.

HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

The health and safety of our employees is of great importance to us. We focus primarily on training, further education and raising awareness.

HEALTHY PRODUCTS

Our apple growers' workshop is nature itself - and using natural products, we produce the best juices and purees that are healthy, safe and natural.

REGIONAL VALUE CREATION

Our valuable raw materials come from our members, who are made up of around 6,000 fruit-growing families from South Tyrol and Trentino. As a cooperative, it is our goal to pay our members attractive payout prices.

INNOVATION, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Innovation, research & development is a common theme for all our corporate activities - also in the area of sustainability.

Our contribution to achieving the SDGs

The 17 (Sustainable Development Goals / SDGs) with their 169 sub-goals are the core of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda. They aim at sustainable development on an economic, social and ecological level - worldwide.

Our implemented and planned measures contribute to the 17 SDGs - whereby we prioritise seven SDGs:
 

DOCUMENTS

EPD puree

EPD juice

Code of Ethics

Sustainability report 2022-2024

Code of Conduct

Recognition from outside

Our sustainability performance has been recognised by Ecovadis:


Silver 2023 - Ecovadis Sustainability Rating

 

Here you can get an overview of our certifications:

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Biodiversity

Sustainability in the supply chain

Around 6000 producers - mostly small family farms - supply our members, the fruit cooperatives and producer organisations in South Tyrol and Trentino. Through the cooperative structure, we are closely connected with each other. That is why sustainability along the entire supply chain is particularly important to us.

Bees

Sustainability in the supply chain

Around 6000 producers - mostly small family farms - supply our members, the fruit cooperatives and producer organisations in South Tyrol and Trentino. Through the cooperative structure, we are closely connected with each other. That is why sustainability along the entire supply chain is particularly important to us.

Water

Sustainability in the supply chain

Around 6000 producers - mostly small family farms - supply our members, the fruit cooperatives and producer organisations in South Tyrol and Trentino. Through the cooperative structure, we are closely connected with each other. That is why sustainability along the entire supply chain is particularly important to us.

MEHR ERFAHREN
Sustainability
Bee meadow on the Sonnenberg in Kortsch

The grand opening of the bee meadow on the Sonnenberg in Kortsch on May 28, 2024, marked another strong commitment by VOG Products to sustainability.

MEHR ERFAHREN
Sustainability
“Organic apple juice is no longer a niche”

South Tyrol has been the largest organic apple supplier in Europe for many years. That is why the quantities delivered to the fruit processor VOG Products have more than tripled in three years.

MEHR ERFAHREN
Sustainability
EcoVadis Silver for VOG Products

EcoVadis rewarded the sustainability efforts of VOG Products with a silver medal.

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