Sustainable development
Pioneer and committed
NIGAY contributes to everyone’s delight by sharing its caramel passion. We are developping a positive approach to the world by offering hight-quality, healthy, delicious caramels which, thanks to our process and strong investment policy, respect our planet. As a pioneer in sustainable development, we work hard to provide solutions to our customers in the long term.
Nearly 170 years of experience, Nigay, a team of passionates, experts, works to bring ever more innovations and to reply to the economical, environmental, and societal challenges in the food industry.
Nos 7 objectifs de développement durable et nos actions mises en place
ODD 6 - Clean water and sanitary facilities
• Treatment of our effluents since January 2022 at our Feurs site: construction of a pre-treatment station for our effluents before treatment by the town’s wastewater treatment plant (80% reduction in effluent pollution).
• Water sobriety plan
ODD 7 - Énergie propre et d’un coût abordable
• ISO 5001 certified - energy management.
• Energy mix
ODD 8 - Decent work and economic growth
• Deployment of an approach based on well-being in the workplace
• Safety culture with an annual action plan: awareness-raising, Health and Safety Day..
• Gender equality index 89/10 (a good index is between 75 and 85)
ODD 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• Research policy
• Collaboration with universities.
ODD 12 - Responsible consumption and production
• Targets and programmes are in place to limit product loss
• Recycling into animal feed when internal recycling is not possible.
ODD 13 - Climate action
• Annual carbon footprint measuring
• A multidisciplinary CSR team integrates the upstream and downstream impacts of our activity
ODD 17 - Partnerships for the goals
• Industrial synergy
• Multimodal transport
• Patronage and endowment fund
LE CEMENT OF OUR QUALITY "BRICKS"
We have based our development on quality and built upon this progressively. Sustainable development is the guideline of our strategy and policy: it is the cornerstone of our management philosophy and gives a meaning and direction to all of our actions.
