Our vision
Sustainability
Our Idea of Sustainability
Sustainability is one of CIRFOOD’s core values. In fact, if we want to do business today, we cannot ignore it: it’s a sign of responsibility, social commitment and love for our planet and the people who live here.
For all intents and purposes, it’s a sign of civilisation.
We believe that everyone has the right to proper nutrition. Food is an asset to enjoy and share socially. We promote conscious consumption for a better lifestyle and to protect our resources.
Because it is only by implementing sustainable development policies that we can guarantee everyone gets the enjoyment and quality of proper nutrition.
2030 Agenda
goals
In 2015, United Nations Member States signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: a list of 17 ambitious goals that all the countries should achieve by 2030.
CIRFOOD has prioritised the following goals.
To end hunger, achieve food safety, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
To provide high-quality, impartial and inclusive education and learning opportunities for everyone.
To ensure that everyone has access to cost-effective, reliable, sustainable and modern energy systems.
To promote long-lasting, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and a respectable job for everyone.
To guarantee sustainable models of production and consumption.
Sustainability
in figures
We realised long ago that over-exploitation of natural resources would have repercussions on all of society as it compromises the development of future generations.
The figures shown below refer to the performances of CIRFOOD Italia in 2017.
Number of employees
11,806
Open-ended contracts
93%
Percentage of women employees
90%
Mutuality rate
65.7%
Dividends for working members
€2.25
million
Education vouchers for working members
€350,000
Investment in training
€2.2
million
Hours of training
97,164
Increase in the number of employees in 2017
+391
Number of young people (18-29) compared with 2016
+34%
Decrease in the hours of accidents out of hours worked
0.28%
Investment in the NoiXNoi welfare programme
€6
million
Libera Terra products from land confiscated from crime
13,700 Kg
Internal inspections
+53%
Self-inspections for food safety
13,505
Dishes retrieved and donated to the needy
51,655
Beef from animals born, raised, slaughtered and selected in Italy
69.3%
Fish from sustainable fisheries (MSC/ASC)
23.7%
Total energy consumption
329,872 Gj
Self-produced renewable energy in 2017
193,069 kWh
Purchased renewable energy
1,992,000 kWh
Total water consumption
459,358 m3
Energy required to make/transport a meal
6,790 KJ/483 KJ
Water required to make a meal
9.6 lt
Investment in energy efficiency
€3.4
million;
Less energy consumption than 2016
-5%
CO2 avoided with self-produced renewable energy
62 tons
Increase in reams of paper weighing equal to or less than 75g
84%
Slightly less waste oil disposed of than in 2016
66.5 tons
WEEE disposed of in 2017
40 tons
hazardous 13,672 kg
non-hazardous 26,338 kg
Quality and safety
CIRFOOD’s mission focuses on quality and the customer: this leads us every day to a mindset of integrated responsibility which upholds our core principles: passion, transparency, ethics and respect for market rules, quality, guaranteed professionalism and food safety in our catering service, protecting people’s health, customer and staff satisfaction, product traceability, as well as a focus on food education and protecting the environment.
This is why we have adopted various voluntary certification systems over the years to maintain and improve our catering services, achieving ever higher performances and ensuring economic, environmental and social sustainability in the everyday running of canteens.
All our systems are integrated with each other to ensure the best application in the various catering services we operate. Our staff ensure that the company self-monitoring manuals are strictly applied, which cover national, regional and local laws and regulations, but also describe the procedures taken to ensure the highest level of food and health safety. Systematic controls, such as laboratory analysis and check-lists, are regularly arranged by highly professional staff who conduct incredibly thorough inspections.
Certifications
Our solid commitment can be seen by our Certified Management Systems that are in line with our Company Mission.
Quality - ISO 9001
Quality management system - ISO 9001
Workplace health and safety - UNI ISO 45001:2018
Occupational health and safety management system - UNI ISO 45001:2018
Environment - ISO 14001
Environmental management system - ISO 14001
Social accountability - SA8000
Social accountability system - SA8000
Food safety - ISO 22000 and UNI 10854
Food safety management system - ISO 22000 and UNI 10854
Organic production - EC REG 834/07
Organic production standards - EC REG 834/0707
Traceability in agri-food chains - ISO 22005
Traceability system in agri-food chains - ISO 22005
Energy efficiency - ISO 50001
Energy management system
Our sustainability
report
Every year, CIRFOOD produces a Sustainability Report in the belief that it is an important, transparent tool for analysing and checking that any business it conducts meets its benchmark values. The Sustainability Report is presented and handed out at the General Meeting.
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