At Weishardt, we are committed to respecting the planet, and we carry out various initiatives on a daily basis to reduce our impact on the environment:

• 20% of the Group’s investments are dedicated to reducing our impact on the environment.
• We reduced our electricity and water consumption between 2019 and 2020, by 16% and 9% respectively.
• Our non-renewable energy consumption was reduced by 13% between 2014 and 2020.
• We reduced our carbon footprint by 11% between 2006 and 2019, despite increases in our production volumes.
• We play an active role in the circular economy: the waste from our wastewater treatment plant at our Graulhet site is used in composting for the production of fertilizer or in methanization to produce energy at the Trifyl waste treatment site, located 4 km away. In addition, we are planning to use energy from a SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel) boiler to optimize our resource management by transforming waste into energy.
• In the same vein of resource management, more than 95% of the waste from our Graulhet site is recycled or recovered.
• Our commitment to sustainable development also applies to Naticol^®, which is our range of marine collagen peptides of natural origin. Their production is based on an upcycling process: we use fish skins, which are by-products of filleting factories not otherwise used, to design an enhanced product used in food supplements.
• In addition, Naticol^® comes from a sustainable sourcing. Thanks to its marine origin, it production emits fewer greenhouse gases compared to other types of collagen. And to protect the marine ecosystem, the fish used are both farmed and wild. Moreover, the species are diversified and come from various geographical areas which limits the impact on each fishing zone.
• The Naticol^® range is available with the Friend of the Sea^® certification, a sustainability label.