Pollution
Feeding Our Willpower
Feeding Our Willpower
Making our current food systems sustainable means changing the way we produce and eat, while looking at food more as a common goal rather than a consumer good. At Jerónimo Martins, providing better options is already a deal beyond the European will.
The Final Straw
The Final Straw
Plastics’ old problems cry for new solutions. Here’s how companies are finding new ways of recovering plastic waste and transforming it into new products.
Plastic is Fantastic! Pollution isn’t!
Plastic is Fantastic! Pollution isn’t!
Over 57 tonnes of plastic have been removed from the Group’s products every year since 2011. Sara Miranda, Jerónimo Martins’ Chief Corporate Communications and Responsibility Officer, shares a comprehensive perspective on how plastic has shaped our development as a society in the last century and why its pollution became a major concern in recent years.
Plastic Planet
Plastic Planet
The invention of a plastic-based society changed our lives forever, by altering the way we package, eat, travel and dress, but that revolution has come at a cost. Turning off the plastic tap in order to save our planet calls for a collaborative global effort and the race is already underway.
Where are the Opportunities and Challenges?
Where are the Opportunities and Challenges?
In Colombia, 17,9% of waste have to be recycled by 2030. For Julio Andrés Rozo, Director of Academia de Innovación para la Sostenibilidad, this target is an opportunity to grow green businesses and projects, and drive innovation in companies.
Drowning in Garbage
Drowning in Garbage
Global waste is set to reach 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, according to the World Bank. Plastic accounts for just 12%, but is one of the biggest threats facing the planet’s sustainability.
Raising Cattle in a sustainable way @Jerónimo Martins
Raising Cattle in a sustainable way @Jerónimo Martins
In Jerónimo Martins’ cattle fattening facilities in north of Portugal the farm ground is isolated to prevent dirt waters from contaminating the soil.