14 Mar 24

How Risso® Spain committed to planting over 1,800 trees

 See our Spanish Plant-Based Food Solutions colleagues shine! Naturally, as they have planted over 1,800 trees. How? By supporting the local initiative Bosques Sostenibles with our RISSO® brand. A beautiful example of our company's goal of 'Protecting Nature' taken to heart by our teams.

Spanish FS team

💚T(H)REE INITIATIVES💚

One Tree for Every Ton of Oils Sold

In 2023, for every ton of oils sold in Spain, they planted a tree. As Risso® keeps expanding its presence, so does our contribution to reforest damaged forests in Spain.

The HIP Fair: A Burger, A Tree

During the HIP 2023 Fair, another exciting initiative immerged. Karim Casado Martínez, Channel Marketing Manager PBFS Food Service: “For each burger we served during the three-day event, we planted a tree. By the end of the fair, we committed to planting 880 trees!”

Tree-planting teambuilding

During their teambuilding day, the team planted over 100 trees - bringing the total up to +1,800 planted trees.

As Risso® keeps expanding its presence, so does our contribution to reforest damaged forests in Spain.

This reforestation initiative isn't just about planting trees; it's a powerful move against climate change and biodiversity loss. Discover more actions around these topics in our new Annual Integrated Report, that will be published by the end of March 2024.

About Vandemoortele

Vandemoortele was founded in 1899 as a Belgian family business, and has continued to grow and develop ever since. Over the last two decades, we became a European food company with leading positions in two product categories: Bakery Products (BP) and Plant-Based Food Solutions. We are known for supplying innovative and high-quality products. 

In 2023, Vandemoortele realised a turnover of around EUR 1.9 billion with 4,080 associates (permanent and temporary). The Vandemoortele Group headquarters are located in Ghent, Belgium. We have commercial offices in 12 European countries, as well as in the United States and Asia. We operate in 29 high-quality production sites all over Europe, in order to ensure proximity to all our key markets. We export from Europe to 72 countries worldwide.

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Marc Croonen

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