Our positive contribution

NutriLeads is committed to making a positive contribution to the health of people and the planet. We are committed to sustainability in all our activities and processes, without compromising on the quality of our product or service. This is aligned with our responsibility towards our stakeholders and shareholders, to provide them with a financial return, as we believe that impact is an important determinant for the success of any venture. Furthermore, we are committed to managing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that are material to the performance of our company. We believe that proper ESG management can substantially reduce risk, increase business efficiency and effectiveness, and uncover novel business opportunities.

Sustainable Development Goals

We believe our company and our ingredient range Benicaros® has a direct influence on the following two UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):

  • SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing 
  • SDG 12 Ensure sustainable production and production patterns

Environmental, Social and Governance

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) aims to combine the various criteria in a structured way to evaluate the sustainable and ethical impact of a company. Replacing previous ‘People, planet, profit’, it goes beyond financial- & economic factors for companies to include in their ambitions. After careful consideration, we have decided to follow this framework, as it allows us to benchmark our sustainability progress against our value chain partners and peers in the industry. 

Environmental

At NutriLeads, it’s unavoidable that the production of our products consume energy. But by choosing the right raw materials, product offering, and working together with our suppliers, we believe our products can have a lower impact on the environment.

Raw materials

Our main raw material is carrot pomace; the side stream of carrot juice production. Otherwise gone to waste, and at best used as animal feed, NutriLeads upcycles this product into a valuable health ingredient.

Production Process

As our production process uses water and electricity, NutriLeads is committed to reducing the use of these resources. We do this in cooperation with our manufacturing partners, to ensure
 

  • We (will) have insights in water and energy consumption 

  • We balance and optimize our product portfolio offering to reduce our energy and water consumption 

  • Work together with our preferred suppliers to reduce our energy consumption

  • Work only with natural raw materials, non-GMO, without any solvents or chemicals

Procurement

In our purchasing framework, we include decisions on sustainability. Next to quality, costs and effectiveness, sustainability is an extra factor taken into consideration.

Social

At NutriLeads, we believe that we should ensure balance between the interests of employees, customers, partners, suppliers and shareholders,  society as a whole.

Health & Well Being

We believe Benicaros® is a positive contributor to society’s health and wellbeing. Benicaros is clinically proven to train the innate immune system to respond smarter, faster and stronger to a common cold virus. It significantly reduces sick days, symptoms and the chances of getting an infection as well as improving the overall sense of wellbeing during a cold infection. It also has been clinically proven to positively and consistently modulate the gut microbiome environment in a robust way, despite interhuman differences in gut microbiome compositions.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion & Work-life Balance

NutriLeads encourages diversity (DEI) at the workplace; its 9 employees (situation October 2024) come from 6 different nationalities and consists of 4 women and 5 men. 

We believe knowledge and science are instrumental. NutriLeads therefore tries to offer internship positions to students (in 2023; 2 students did their internship at NutriLeads), and we have published several publications and white papers allowing the industry to benefit from our knowledge.

Certification

NutriLeads is GSFI certified and only works with GFSI certified producers. Whilst GFSI is very much focused on food safety, GFSI also ensures high standards when it comes to supplier relationships, cooperation and engagement. 


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