Driving Sustainability
We take responsibility. For our food, our world and our society
Sustainability at Dr. Oetker
For generations, we have been part of tasty moments shared together. Moments that matter: shared with the people we love, and accompanied by delicious food that belongs with them. Today, we continue to develop our recipes with a clear focus on what matters to people now; and on what will matter tomorrow.
Our purpose “Creating a Taste of Home” means taking responsibility: for the people manufacturing, transporting, and distributing our products as well as the people who buy and enjoy them. And the people whose lives we directly and indirectly influence through our actions.
We take responsibility.
To work on this globally in a consistent and structured way, we introduced the Dr. Oetker Sustainability Charter in 2020. It brings together our fields of action and targets across three dimensions: “Our Food”, “Our World” and “Our Company”. We report transparently on progress and key figures in our Sustainability Report 2023/2024.
Our Sustainability Charter
Download hereThe three dimensions of our Sustainability Charter
With “Our Food,” we support consumers in making informed choices for a more balanced lifestyle.
In “Our World,” we aim to reduce emissions and use resources more efficiently, reduce packaging, minimize food waste and wastewater, and act responsibly in our supply chains.
With “Our Company,” we focus on a fair, safe and inclusive working environment at Dr. Oetker, where diversity is promoted, discrimination is prevented and living wages are ensured worldwide.
Our sustainability charter with the three dimensions
With the Dr. Oetker Sustainability Charter, we are committing ourselves to sustainable action. We have set ourselves concrete goals for this, which we assign to three dimensions: “Our Food”, “Our World” and “Our Company”.
Consumers have many questions.
What are the nutritional values of a product? How is it packaged? Where do the ingredients come from? Consumers are asking themselves these and many other questions more and more frequently – because they want to make conscious decisions about what they eat.
We are looking for the best answers.
At Dr. Oetker, we are continuously working on:
- Communicating the nutritional values, raw materials, and packaging concepts of our products more transparently to consumers,
- improving those nutritional properties of our products, and
- investing in innovative food choices for a more balanced and sustainable lifestyle.
Clear goals for our products
– to consumers about our nutritional values and ingredients by 2025
– in our pizzas by 2025
– by 2025 compared to 2019
– by 2025 compared to 2019
– for a more balanced and sustainable lifestyle.
These are topics we focus on:
Clean environment, fair society
As an international company, we are aware of our responsibility towards the environment and society and are taking action to counteract climate change.
We are paving the way for a regenerative future.
We have set ourselves the following goals, to reduce our environmental footprint and contribute to a fair society:
- Becoming climate neutral in all direct and indirect areas of influence,
- To invest in recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging,
- Reduce food waste, and
- Achieve sustainable sourcing standards throughout our supply chains.
Clear goals for our environment and society
- in the course of 2024
- of our total corporate carbon footprint by 2030
– in all direct and indirect areas of influence by 2050
- by 2030
– in our warehouses and production by 2025
– beyond our direct influence
– by 2025
– already achieved
– mainly achieved with few exceptions
– by 2023
- globally by 2025
- by 2025
These are topics we focus on:
We are award-winning.
In 2021, we were again recognized as one of the world’s best employers on Forbes’ “World’s Best Employers” list. This motivates us to ensure that every employee feels at home in our team.
The key is to work together.
What we are doing to promote a diverse, safe, and inspiring working environment:
- Guarantee equal rights and promote diversity
- Zero tolerance for discrimination and harassment of any kind
- Ensure a safe workplace
- Guarantee a living wage
Clear goals for our employees
- at all production sites by 2025
- with employee representatives.
- for employees
- for everyone
- in recruiting and developing employees
- for all employees
- for all employees