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 ensure health and well-being for everyone and for all ages
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 build a resilient infrastructure and to promote innovation and fair, responsible and sustainable industrialisation
To make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, durable and sustainable
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 S.C. in 2021. Are therefore excluded from the report: CIRFOOD Retail, foreign Companies in Belgium and Netherlands and other subsidiaries.
Number of employees
10.629
Open-ended contracts
88,8%
People with over 10 years at the company
40%
Percentage of women employees
87,8%
Hours of training
73.563
Investment in welfare programmes
1.993.254 €
Injury risk index
12,9
Donations
5.086 products + 70.883 dishes
Libera Terra products of lands confiscated from crime
10.119 Kg
Internal inspections
1.423
Self-inspections for food safety
16.212
New supplier chosen with social criteria
32%
Analysis compliance
98,4%
Women on Board of Directors
40%
Rate of return from maternity leave
93%
New suppliers chosen with environmental criteria
36%
Share of organic, PDO, PGI and TSG products
22,1%
of total food purchases
Eggs and egg products from barn hens
100%
on reference category
Fish from sustainable fisheries (MSC/ASC)
44,8%
on reference category
Renewable Energy
12%
of total energy
CO2 avoided by using renewable energy
695 t CO2 eq.
Self-produced renewable energy
691.553 kwh
Certified paper
90%
Water unit consumption per meal
-10% (L/N. meals)
Energy intensity
-7% (KJ/N. meals)
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 and Food safety
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Quality - ISO 9001
Quality management system - ISO 9001
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Food safety - ISO 22000
Food safety management system - ISO 22000 and special diet management
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Organic production - EC REG 834/07
Organic production standards - EC REG 834/0707
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Traceability in agri-food chains - ISO 22005
Traceability system in agri-food chains - ISO 22005
Health and Safety at work
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Workplace health and safety - UNI ISO 45001:2018
Occupational health and safety management system - UNI ISO 45001:2018
Environment
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Environment - ISO 14001
Environmental management system - ISO 14001
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Energy efficiency - ISO 50001
Energy management system
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social Accountability System - SA8000
System for the responsible management of human rights and working conditions
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GOVERNANCE CSR - ISO26000
For a correct governance of Social Responsibility
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FAMILY AUDIT
Commitment to work-life balance and employee well-being
Legality
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Anti-Bribery Management Systems - ISO 370001
Anti-corruption management systems
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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