Environmentally-conscious products are becoming easy to find in SPAR stores, because they are all placed on highlighted shelves in the designated places. These “green” shelves feature multi-use, environmentally-sustainable products that help cutting the volume of plastic waste. Additionally, the “How do I become an environmentally-conscious customer?” booklet will also be on the shelves, available for customers to take home free of charge.

“Our company has been taking an active role in the issues affecting the future of the planet, for long. Since 2020 we have restructured these activities into an integrated framework, aligning different branches of sustainable development, including environmental protection, promotion of healthy lifestyles, food safety, employee support and social responsibility. One of the key areas of this integrated programme is the protection of the natural environment, which requires joint efforts with our customers. By installing the “green” shelves we contribute to the protection of the environment by offering products that support environmentally-conscious shopping and lifestyle on these, and also making available the jointly issued sustainability guidebook of SPAR and Nestlé on them. Thus, all environmentally-conscious products offered to customers in our store network – including silicone lids, canvas bags, waxed cloths, textile bags and degradable waste bags – will be available in one place,” explained Márk Maczelka, head of communications at SPAR Hungary.

The “green” shelves installed in all INTERSPAR and major SPAR supermarket units offer environmentally-conscious shoppers one type of vegetable bag and two types of bakery bags, two types of silicone lids, beeswax cloths, two types of textile snack bags, all of which can be used multiple times. The line also features two types of organic garbage bags that are 100% bio-degradable.

The sustainability guide booklet issued jointly by Nestlé Hungária Kft. and SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. will also be featured on the “green” shelves. The booklet titled “How do I become an environmentally-conscious customer?” is available to shoppers free of charge, and it presents the general rules of waste management and sorted waste collections, as well as tips on how to cut the volume of packaging and food waste in households and how to reduce their ecological footprint.

In the spirit of the “SPAR – for a sustainable future” principle, the company is a pioneer among Hungarian retail chains in reducing the emissions of pollutants generated during its operation, reducing the volume of plastics (mainly used for packaging), efficient waste management, increasing the share of recyclable materials (paper, glass), it helps create a more liveable environment by expanding green alternatives to help customers and by providing ample informal support.

Please visit the www.sparafenntarthatojovoert.hu website to track sustainability initiatives of the retail chain and to join the initiatives.

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For more information please contact:

Márk Maczelka, head of communications

SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft. ∙ 2060, Bicske, SPAR út

Mobile: +36 20 823 7891 ∙ E-mail: maczelka.mark@spar.hu

Our newest member is SDSYS Zrt., founded in 2014. leading by András Csiba as CEO, with 10 employees. SDSYS Zrt.’s TaxTech solutions create a unique innovation in the financial sector, by  automating the process line of incoming domestic and foreign invoices.

Their environmental responsibility lies in their creed; “what is  created digitally, does not have to be on paper. , By keeping documents in the digital space, we can save time, energy, natural and material resources”. The company runs it’s office paperless, which has been extended to suppliers as well, so digital contracting is a primary expectation. All their products and the automation they develop help to make the processes more sustainable and future-proof. Their new project, starting in January 2022, will plant a tree for each customer contract entered into, as part of the SDSYS forest establishment. The responsible and ethical operation of the company is ensured by an internal control system and the company’s core values. The primary internal goal of their corporate operations is to maintain the physical-mental balance of their colleagues. Their basis is to ensure family priority in the family-work balance.

The purpose of their membership is to learn new knowledge and technologies, getting suggestions, guidelines that will help them fulfill their idea of ​​a ‘digital world’.

With a two-month year-end campaign, the fruit producer is supporting the needy

SIÓ-Eckes, Hungary’s leading fruit drink producer, is launching a charity campaign as the year-end holidays approach. The campaign has been organized by the company together with the Children’s Catering Foundation for the second year in a row. If you buy from SIÓ Natura products participating in the promotion during the festive campaign from November 1st to December 31st, you will also support the Children’s Nutrition Foundation. The foundation will provide vitamins-rich fruits to children in need.

From the very beginning, the Hungarian fruit juice company, which has been producing the most popular fruit drinks for decades, is working on that as many people as possible can enjoy the beneficial effects of fruits through our fruit juice products. This has become even more important in the wake of the growing epidemic during this winter, which requires special vitamin supplementation. With its campaign combining fruit drink consumption and community support, SIÓ wants to smuggle health and joy into the lives of both donors and recipients.

For families in difficult situations, the winter period is more challenging than usually, so it is extremely important to support them in this period of the year. It is important that children in need could benefit from the positive effects of fruit consumption during this winter. Last year, we delivered 3 tons of fresh fruit to families in need, which meant 15 kg of natural vitamins per family.

SIÓ-Eckes Kft. Is the leading fruit fly producer in Hungary and a key player in the sector. It is the leader of the Hungarian fruit juice market, thanks to its products made from succulent fruits in accordance with the Hungarian taste and the decision of the customers. Over the past nearly 40 years, the Siófok factory has become one of the most modern fruit processing and fruit production plants in Europe, and one of the strongholds of domestic fruit processing and fruit production.

Essity is investing in enhanced efficiency in the company´s site in Kawerau, New Zealand, including the world’s first tissue machine running a fully geothermal steam drying process. Together with a reduction in pulp consumption, reduced waste and elimination of the burning of natural gas on the machine, the improvements will contribute to a reduction of carbon emissions by 23 percent from the Kawerau site.

“We´re setting new industry standards when it comes to sustainable tissue production. Investing in the world’s first tissue machine running a fully geothermal steam process is groundbreaking. By reducing our carbon emissions, we can offer our customers and consumers more climate friendly products”, says Magnus Groth, President and CEO, Essity.

The Kawerau site has served New Zealand’s businesses through its TORK products and New Zealand households with well-known brands such as Purex, Sorbent and Handee for over 65 years. Essity has 326 employees in New Zealand, including over 200 in Kawerau.  

Essity is proud to lead the industry for environmental and social sustainability performance across its operations in Australasia. Improvements include sustainable packaging supporting the Australian National Packaging Targets, certified sustainable fiber sources, ethical supply chains, and reducing manufacturing waste and water use.

The investment of approximately AUD 15m (approximately SEK 95m) is partly funded through the Government Investment in Decarbonizing Industry (GIDI) Fund, administered by EECA (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority) in New Zealand.

The production of tissue from geothermal steam is part of Essity’s work to use less energy and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.