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years
Hostess is investing
$120 million to
$140 million to
transform an
idled Arkadelphia,
Ark., bakery into
the company's
most efficient and
flexible facility.
Hostess Brands
It's not easy being green
Large companies are setting ambitious goals to reduce
their carbon footprints through reduced packaging
waste, energy and water.
" Bakers always strive to be more efficient across the
board to make the best use of the resources they have.
Energy and energy costs are always top of mind, in particular
today with the many global uncertainties that are
at hand, " said Rasma Zvaners, vice president, regulatory
and technical service, American Bakers Association.
" The baking industry already has a tremendous track
record for making facilities more energy efficient. Most
bakers have assessed their facilities' efficiencies and
Scope 1 emissions (greenhouse gas emissions at their
facilities). Now they are looking directly at Scope 2 opportunities
- indirect emissions associated with the
purchase of electricity, steam, heat or cooling. "
Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV, Mexico City, announced
new sustainability goals in a May conference call that
included becoming a net zero carbon emissions company
by 2050, obtaining 100% of key ingredients through
crop cultivation using regenerative agriculture practices
by 2050, and ensuring that 100% of its packaging supports
a circular economy by 2030. That comes on top of
goals the company has already set, including using 100%
renewable energy by 2025.
" We are in a decade of action, and this means we need
to increase our speed to reach our sustainability goals, "
Daniel J. Servitje, chairman and chief executive officer
of Grupo Bimbo, said during the call. " In many areas,
such as climate change and water management, [if] the
world does not act more boldly, it may be too late. We
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want to be a part of this acceleration, and that is how I
can sum up everything that nourishing a better world is.
It means nourishing the well-being of people and nature
at the same time because we can only make things better
if we do both. It is about the planet and about the people
that live on it. "
Earlier this year, Hostess Brands Inc., Lenexa, Kan.,
announced it would invest $120 million to $140 million
to transform an idled bakery plant in Arkadelphia, Ark.,
into a state-of-the-art facility. The bakery will become
the company's most efficient and flexible operation and
is expected to increase capacity for Donettes and other
products by 20%, said Kevin Sandefur, vice president,
operations strategy.
" We are building this bakery with a sustainability-first
approach, and we are committed to making it the greenest
Hostess bakery we have, " he said. " We've outlined
our sustainability goals for our company in the Hostess
Corporate Responsibility Report that we issued in May,
and we expect our Arkadelphia bakery to lead the way in
achieving those goals. "
The company is working to make its other bakeries
more sustainable and efficient, Mr. Sandefur said,
through the reduction of water, energy usage, packaging
waste and other waste.
" At Hostess, we will focus on sustainability at our bakeries
as we look forward, " he added. " From development
to execution, we will approach manufacturing expansion
in a sustainable way. "
Barry Edwards, vice president, corporate responsibility
and sustainability, Aspire Bakeries, said that bakeries
should follow LEED green energy standards when
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