Once again, the Ebro Foundation has held its traditional annual Sustainability and Environmental Awards, a competition created to promote the internal talent of the Group’s professionals in the field of sustainability through the presentation of innovative proposals aligned with the objectives of the Group’s Global Sustainability Plan “HEADING TOWARDS 2030”.
In this fourth edition, the contestant companies have been Riviana Foods, La Loma Alimentos, Ebro Foods Benelux, Ebro India, and Tilda presented different proposals under the YOU and PLANET pillars. Hereby, we have counted on very interesting projects aimed at reducing the educational gap, the commitment to renewable energies and efficiency in water consumption, the recycling of flexible plastics or the measurement of the benefits obtained after the application of certain sustainability parameters, such as the Alternate Wetting Drying (AWD) technique to the crop.
In accordance with the evaluation criteria established in the terms of the awards, the projects that received the highest scores in this 4th edition and, therefore, were awarded the prize have been Ebro India and Tilda, the prior in first place and the latter in second.
In this respect, the winner project, entitled Soil Water & Crop Residue Monitoring by Satellite, consists of mass data gathering and quantification of water usage, GHG emissions and stubble burning practices by use of satellite imagery and modelling technology. And that of our subsidiary Tilda, which focuses its scope of action on the use of a Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to decrease the need for nitrogen fertiliser, thus reduce NOx emissions. This is a complementary initiative to the ongoing Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) project developed in India.
Our most sincere gratitude and congratulations to both subsidiaries, as well as to Ebro Foods Benelux, Riviana Foods y La Loma Alimentos for their participation, their effort, and their commitment to the sustainable growth of the Ebro Group. We ask you to continue with the same innovative spirit and commitment for the next edition of the Ebro Sustainability Awards Foundation.
