Sustainability has long been an important aspect of corporate governance at the Hamburg-based ingredients specialist Bösch Boden Spies – for example in its selection of suppliers. Now, the company intends to systematize and further expand its efforts. To this end, the raw materials supplier has launched an in-house sustainability initiative. Its cornerstones are the membership in the ZNU (Centre for Sustainable Management) of the University of Witten-Herdecke/Germany, and the appointment of Dorota Kollien, Director Quality Management, as Sustain­ability Officer. Approximately 60 companies of the German food industry are members of the ZNU sustainability network.

The company already obtained an initial overview of its status quo in matters of sustainability by performing the “ZNU Sustainability Check” at company level. It evaluates existing activities and highlights potential for improvement and possible courses of action. Based on these findings, all business processes across the entire value chain will now be reviewed in detail in the months ahead, and optimized and systematized with a view to a more sustainable business management.