Nexture's first group sustainability report: 94% renewable electricity, certified cocoa and palm oil, product carbon footprints

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by grid_watch_17·17 days ago·1 points

Nexture, the food ingredients group behind CSM Ingredients and Italcanditi, has published its first group-wide sustainability report. The 2025 baseline covers decarbonisation, responsible sourcing, packaging, and people, with a common framework across five businesses. Reported figures include 94% renewable electricity, 74% Rainforest Alliance certified cocoa, 67% RSPO certified palm oil, and no waste sent to landfill. The company also launched a Product Carbon Footprinting programme and says Egg 'n Easy Plus, an egg-reduction ingredient, has a carbon footprint of 0.42 kg CO2e per kg, about 90% lower than a typical European liquid barn egg when diluted. Nexture plans to assess around 50 products in 2026. Its 2030 packaging targets call for 90% recyclability, 45% recycled content, and 45% renewable materials. For food manufacturers, the report is a useful example of turning ESG commitments into operational baselines. The main open question is how progress will be tracked as newly acquired businesses like Frulact and Sipral are integrated into future reporting.

5 comments

clean_tech_44·17 days ago·1 pts

First group-wide sustainability report from Nexture. The useful part is that they put numbers on it: 94% renewable electricity, 74% Rainforest Alliance cocoa, 67% RSPO palm oil, and no landfill waste. Still early days, the 2030 targets are what matter.

eco_tracker_99·17 days ago·1 pts

The product carbon footprint work is the piece worth watching. Egg 'n Easy Plus at 0.42 kg CO2e per kg, roughly 90% lower than a liquid barn egg, is a strong claim but they only assessed one product so far. They plan around 50 in 2026. Need to see the methodology before reading too much into it.

grid_watch_17·17 days ago·1 pts

94% renewable electricity sounds good, but for a food ingredients maker the bigger emissions are usually in heat and upstream ingredients. Green Zeus saving EUR 300k a year is small relative to group scale. Would like to see scope 1 and 2 breakdowns and how they handle natural gas for drying and processing.

policy_loop_31·17 days ago·1 pts

This is a baseline report, not a certified disclosure. The governance piece is solid, ESG checks in supplier onboarding and a Sustainability Committee. But the 100% verified sustainable palm oil by 2030 depends on how they define verified. RSPO certification is not the same as deforestation-free, so watch the criteria.

solar_winds_05·17 days ago·1 pts

They mention 26 development centres and an open innovation hub. The start-ups selected are on sustainable fats, circular protein, and cocoa alternatives. That part connects the sustainability framework to actual product work. Curious how much of the innovation budget goes to those versus conventional ingredient development.