The best from nature. The best for nature. Sustainability Report © Stefan Pielow © Stefan HiPP Germany 2018 HiPP Sustainability Report HiPP Germany Editorial HiPP Sustainability Report 2018 2018 Managing Partners Corporate philosophy Prof. Dr. Claus Hipp, Paulus Hipp Manufacture Partners The common emerald is the emerald The common all the HiPP symbol for sustainability Group’s activities by watercolour Ruth Kühbandner Stefan Hipp, claushippi – Rhodochlora Sebastian Hipp of top quality and other family members products in Editorial Number of harmony with The logistics of the future employees As a leading manufacturer of baby food, HiPP feels a special sense of respon- HiPP is currently collecting data on all its sibility for future generations, and for this reason the company has a long worldwide: logistics processes, including data on goods tradition of environmental awareness and sustainability. For over sixty years, movements and consumption. HiPP will then nature our family has sought to protect nature, use its valuable resources responsibly identify potential action areas and establish approx. 3,500 measures with the aim of significantly reducing and preserve its biodiversity, and we also take responsibility for our employees, the CO₂ emissions produced by storage and their families and our suppliers. In order to remain sustainable going into the transportation. future, we also consider the economic dimension of sustainability; our aim is CO₂ is one of the six main greenhouse gases to preserve the sensitive balance between nature, humans and the economy. Herford which influence the earth’s climate trends. At its site in Pfaffenhofen, HiPP uses renewable energy and buys CO₂ certificates to ensure This Sustainability Report represents a proverbial new chapter in HiPP’s story. that its production is CO₂ neutral. For the first time, the report has been modelled on the criteria specified by the Selected markets German Sustainability Code (DNK), ensuring that it complies with the appli- Germany, the Baltic states, cable European standards. Since the beginning of 2018, hundreds of German Benelux, Bulgaria, France, businesses have been required to publish their sustainability activities in the Great Britain, Italy, Croatia, form of a standardised report. Even though HiPP is not one of the companies Austria, Poland, Russia, Approximately 8,000 required to produce a report, we have made a conscious decision to live up Switzerland, Scandinavia, to our reputation as a sustainability pioneer by voluntarily meeting the DNK South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, organic farmers supply requirements. Hungary, other East and South East European countries, products for HiPP This Sustainability Report describes HiPP’s main sustainability activities at as well as China, Vietnam and the German sites in Pfaffenhofen and Herford, the site where the company other Asian countries. was founded and its newest site respectively, as these sites form the basis Product areas (Germany article) for everything the HiPP Group does to promote the sustainable development Infant milk formula / baby food / teas / muesli / snack bars – 79 of the company as a whole. Production sites Food / drinks – 202 Das Beste aus der Natur. Das Beste für die Natur. Germany Headquarters: Baby-soft baby care / Mummy-soft – 35 The goals we set ourselves in this Sustainability Report serve as the motiva- Juices / teas for pregnant and breastfeeding women – 3 tion for the work we do every day and will hopefully also encourage every Croatia Sip and tube feed products – 17 reader to contribute to sustainability as much as possible. Pfaffenhofen overall 336 Austria Only by working together can we ensure the world continues to be a place Customer structure worth living in and worth loving for future generations. Russia an der Ilm, Traditional food retailers, Switzerland Germany health and beauty retailers, Ukraine pharmacies and online shopping Prof. Dr. Claus Hipp and Stefan Hipp Hungary 33 4 HiPP Sustainability Report HiPP Germany Contents HiPP Sustainability Report 2018 2018 Company Implementing profile © Bo Lelewel sustainability From its beginnings A glance at the company’s in Pfaffenhofen to the everyday activities new site in Herford Group-wide sustainability obligations 31 History 08 HiPP as an employer 32 HiPP’s sustainability guidelines 12 From today, I am HiPP 33 Company ethos 14 Organic farming and sustainability 34 Stakeholders and materiality 16 Animal wellbeing 36 Investment in the future 18 08 Stakeholder dialogue for parents 38 Biodiversity for everyone 40 A functional building with a wooden exterior 42 46 We promote diversity 43 Active in our local community 44 30 Global perspective and outlook HiPP products Sustainable development at HiPP – facts and figures Small steps towards top HiPP quality Sustainable development goals at HiPP 4 6 The HiPP value chain 20 Personnel facts and figures 48 Cleaning up for climate protection 22 Recyclable material in Herford and Pfaffenhofen 50 Z to A: from the zwieback rusk to the apple slice 24 What’s left over at the end 51 Safety begins in the field 26 Sustainability management and sustainability programme 52 Organic on the inside, sustainable on the outside 28 © Jean Schablin 20 Every effort has been made to use gender-neutral forms throughout this report. © Heiko Wunderlich 6 7 © HiPP HiPP Sustainability Report HiPP Germany Company profile HiPP Sustainability Report 2018 2018 The origins of the Company founder company: the HiPP Georg Hipp Sr confectionery shop in the main square in Pfaffenhofen. © Thilo Härdtlein Ehrensberg farm 1901 In 1959 HiPP produced the first jar, which remains The first product a symbol of the HiPP brand today. It was only natural that Maria would sell her husband’s rusk flour for children in their shop, and word soon spread of its success. Back in the early At the start of the new century Joseph began to supply it to some 20th century HiPP of his confectioner colleagues. As a result, alongside the shop At first HiPP manufactured established its baby food in tins. © HiPP a small factory developed for the production of J. Hipp’s rusk flour brand using rusk flour for children, which went on to be sold for decades in its famous Pielow © Stefan yellow and black packaging. Claus and Stefan Hipp 1899 One of his sons, Georg Hipp Sr (1905 – 1967), had particular 1959 responsibility for the rusk flour, and as a 16-year-old he went from door to door in Munich selling it. Before long his parents’ business 1967 was struggling to keep up with the demand for their rusk flour. The origin of a great idea The first baby food in jars The next generation Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Joseph Hipp (1867 – takes over the business 1926), who came from Günzburg an der Donau, worked in a 1932 By 1959 the company had switched from tins to the much more confectionery and wax-chandlers shop in Pfaffenhofen, which he practical and hygienic glass packaging. HiPP’s product range later took over. steadily grew, including juices, junior food, meat formulations, After the death of the company’s founder, his sons Claus and children’s desserts and children’s meals. Georg took over management of the business, joined later In 1897 Joseph married Maria Ostermayer from Pfaffenhofen, A company is founded by their brother Paulus. Together they worked step by step to the first step towards the large family they would go on to have At the same time HiPP was beginning to manufacture baby develop HiPP’s environmentally friendly principles. together. The arrival of a daughter in 1898 was followed by twins nutrition products on an industrial scale, in 1956 Georg Hipp Sr in 1899, who proved difficult to feed: Maria struggled to breast- In 1932 Georg Hipp Sr incorporated the rusk flour operation and started growing fruit and vegetables in natural soils without As a pioneer of organic farming, Claus Hipp himself travelled feed, so her husband had to take responsibility for feeding them. founded his own company in Pfaffenhofen. HiPP’s rusk flour for added chemicals. With his wife, Anny Hipp-Metzner, playing from farm to farm to persuade farmers of the benefits of HiPP’s children would continue to be sold in Germany until the 1970s. a large role, and inspired by the ideas of organic farming pioneer approach. Gradually they came round to his way of thinking, As a resourceful confectioner it didn’t take him long to come up Dr. Hans Müller from Switzerland, Georg’s aim was to make and Claus successfully established a network of organic contract with the idea of baking rusks to make flour, which he used to en- In the mid-20th century Georg Hipp Sr decided to begin manu- healthy and great-tasting baby food using organic produce. farmers. rich the milk to make it more filling. The twins survived and grew facturing baby food in tins on an industrial scale in line with the into happy young children, as did the five subsequent children. American model. Four new products were launched in December Today, HiPP is one of the world’s largest processors of produce 1957: two vegetable varieties and two meal varieties. grown organically. 8 9 HiPP Sustainability Report HiPP Germany Company profile HiPP Sustainability Report 2018 2018 … HiPP opens its plant in Mamonovo, Russia … the new HiPP car park … HiPP begins production of … the plant in Glina, Croatia – 2009 (near Kaliningrad), opens in Pfaffenhofen, baby food on the site of the then known as Vivera, since producing solely for the setting new standards in former Theresienthaler worsted 2 January 2017 HiPP Croatia – Eastern European market. sustainable construction with its 1967 yarn spinning mill in Gmunden, becomes part of the HiPP Group, 2001 remarkable external design. Austria. manufacturing cereals and non-perishables. … the Ehrensberg farm – … all production sites called “E-Hof” for short in the EU are validated in within the company – is now accordance with EMAS and 2018 plus The best from nature.