In the next three years Cargill’s European refined oils and grain & oilseed businesses will be able to meet all of Unilever’s sustainable rapeseed oil needs, which is used in products including margarines and mayonnaises.
As a strategic supplier, Cargill is playing a key role in supporting Unilever’s ambitious target to source 100% of its agricultural raw materials as part of its Sustainable Living Plan by 2020.
Cargill and Unilever worked in partnership to verify German oilseed rape production against the Unilever sustainable agriculture code, building on an initial pilot project started in 2008.
A positive outcome of the work is that Cargill and Unilever now have established a repeatable model that can be applied to drive sustainability within other oilseed crops in the future, the company said.
David Pendlington, Unilever procurement operations manager, sustainable sourcing, said: “Unilever has a bold ambition: to double the size of its business whilst halving the environmental impact of its products. In 2011 we increased the volume of sustainable sourced agricultural raw materials to 24% from 10% in 2010.”
Source: Cargill
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