Sustainability
Guiding principle
What we are doing.
The first step starts with a vision.
We attach great value to meat products that are produced as sustainably as possible and guarantee high product quality. By consistently adopting the latest technology in everything we do, we make an important contribution to sustainability and to healthy products.
The activities and goals below highlight what our Environment, Technology and Energy, Raw Materials and Packaging units are doing, as well as describing organisational activities (as at April 2023).
Bild: Female white-spotted bluethroat in our biodiversity hotspot.
Sustainability.
Business and nature in perfect harmony.
Fleischtrocknerei Churwalden AG acknowledges the ethical responsibility that comes with its meat processing activities. As a Swiss leader in the field, we have an obligation to treat the raw material we use with the greatest respect and to act as a role model for the industry.
We strive for improvements that will positively impact sustainability at all levels and in all facilities, and implement such improvements whenever financially viable.
Facts & figures
Achievements in figures.
Fleischtrocknerei Churwalden AG has been caring for people and the environment for decades.
Equal pay
Equal pay is a reality at Fleischtrocknerei Churwalden AG since employees’ remuneration is determined by their duties – as the Swiss government has verified!
Minergie-standard production facility
Our Landquart facility was built to Switzerland’s Minergie standard in 2010, making it unique among production facilities in the Swiss meat industry.
Nature reserve and minipic biodiversity hotspot
The 1,000 m2 nature reserve at our Churwalden facility has been certified by Stiftung Natur & Wirtschaft [Nature & Business Foundation] as a near-natural site since 2002.
The minipic biodiversity hotspot at Landquart, which covers over 5,000 m2, provides a habitat for many native plants and animals. In recent years, yellow-bellied toads, a large number of rare sand bees and Rosalia longicorn beetles have all made it their home.
Less oil consumption in 10 years
Oil consumption at Churwalden has been reduced by more than 75% in 10 years.
At our Landquart production facility
Energy-efficient systems, good insulation and innovative groundwater-based cooling are reducing CO2 emissions by over 500 tonnes a year.
Plastics consumption
Working with our packaging machinery and plastic film suppliers, we have been able to reduce plastics consumption by more than 15%.
Solar panels and façade greening
Investigations are under way to assess the feasibility of installing solar panels at our facilities and greening the building envelopes to further develop sustainable energy management. As a first step, solar panels were installed at our Landquart facility.
Pioneering achievement!
Groundwater-based cooling.
Our new building in Landquart was the first factory in the canton of Grisons to use a groundwater-based cooling installation. Other facilities now use this innovative, sustainable solution.
Outlook
Outlook. Because we want to constantly improve.
Fleischtrocknerei Churwalden AG has already achieved a number of successes in the area of sustainability. But that doesn't mean that more can't be done.
Further decrease in CO2 emissions
As part of the Science Based Targets Initiative, we have committed to continuously reducing our CO2 emissions.
Continuing to decrease resource consumption
We are continuing to monitor resource consumption (oil, water, energy, machine operating hours, waste, etc.) and to reduce resource use where possible.
Animal welfare standards
Fleischtrocknerei Churwalden AG supports products that require high animal welfare standards.