Sustainable development goals

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global goals that define the 2030 development agenda of the United Nations.

They are a global call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

The SDGs challenge companies to align their goals with the international community, which holds enormous potential for positive change.

How does Corbion contribute?

In the Advance 2025 strategy, Corbion has chosen to focus on SDG 2 (Zero hunger), SDG 3 (Good health and well-being), and SDG 12 (Responsible consumption and production) as the goals on which it believes it can create the most significant positive impact, given its business activities. To determine our own strategic focus, we performed an SDG impact assessment, which you can find here. By 2030, we aim for 80% of our revenues to contribute to one of more of the SDGs.

SDG2 - Zero hunger

• Preserving food safety, shelf life, texture, and nutritional benefits with food solutions

• Preserving ecosystems by offering alternative aquaculture feed to prevent overfishing

• Preserving natural resources by partnering with our suppliers to promote sustainable agriculture

SDG2 or Zero hunger is about creating a sustainable food system capable of feeding a growing population, given the boundaries of our planet. Corbion's solutions for shelf life extension, food safety, animal health, and aquaculture support this ambition. We also collaborate with our agriculture-derived raw material suppliers to promote sustainable agriculture and ensure deforestation-free sourcing.

SDG2 targets to which Corbion contributes:

Target 2.1

By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food all year round.

Target 2.4

By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding, and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.

SDG3 - Good health and well-being

• Preserving the safety of our people

• Preserving nutritional value with sustainable food solutions

• Preserving heart health with algae solutions

• Preserving health and well being with biomedical solutions

• Preserving hygiene and health with biochemical solutions

SDG3 or Good health and well-being is about supporting healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages. Corbion's solutions for health care, pharma, nutrition, and hygiene contribute to some of the underlying targets defined for SDG3. We also care for the health and well-being of our own employees and supply chain partners.

SDG3 targets to which Corbion contributes:

Target 3.3

By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases, and other communicable diseases.

Target 3.4

By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.

Target 3.5

Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.

Target 3.7

By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information, and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programs.

Target 3.8

Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

Target 3.9

By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water, and soil pollution and contamination

SDG12 - Responsible production & consumption

• Preserving natural resources with biobased and biodegradable alternatives with lactic acid specialties

• Preserving the climate with biobased alternatives

• Preserving human rights and the environment through responsible sourcing

• Preserving the climate by working toward carbon neutral operations

SDG12 or Responsible production and consumption is about moving toward a circular economy. Biobased chemicals and materials from Corbion play an essential role in promoting SDG12 and helping to create a circular economy. SDG12 also includes food waste reduction as a sub-target, and our work to create zero waste, improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and implement our new circular production technology in our manufacturing plants also contributes to this goal.

SDG12 targets to which Corbion contributes:

Target 12.2

By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.

Target 12.3

By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.

Target 12.4

By 2030, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their lifecycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.

Target 12.5

By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse.