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Plant Based Positive Impact - Meelunie Responsibility Resport '22-23

Nurturing Our Plant-Based Positive Impact Journey

BY Meelunie 19/03/2024

At Meelunie, “Plant Based Positive Impact” isn’t just a phrase; it’s our unwavering purpose. To magnify its significance, we’ve enriched our Responsibility Report and woven our own narrative around the protein transition. In this comprehensive report, you’ll discover how Meelunie creates value for society across three impact domains: Our Future Heritage, Green Products, and Climate & Shipping.

Helping kids dream big at Life Skills

BY Meelunie 12/09/2023

This November we will be launching our Meelunie charity campaign. The goal is to generate finances for Life Skills, an organization that helps young people develop life skills and self-confidence, and with personal growth and citizenship education.

New inter- and multimodal transportation partners

BY Meelunie 08/08/2023

At Meelunie we are committed to our vision: a "balanced and sustainable world," and it is heart-warming to witness the dedication of our colleagues. As a company our people and teams are constantly striving to enhance our impact and so our logistics team acknowledges the power of collaboration with like-minded partners.

In the media: Protein Magazine

Meelunie is introducing four innovative plant-based ingredients based on fava beans. Each has a highly neutral taste, with the soluble fava bean protein being the most striking. They form an important step in the food industry's quest to improve plant-based products and accelerate the protein transition.

New inter- and multimodal transportation partners

BY Meelunie 08/08/2023

At Meelunie we are committed to our vision: a "balanced and sustainable world," and it is heart-warming to witness the dedication of our colleagues. As a company our people and teams are constantly striving to enhance our impact and so our logistics team acknowledges the power of collaboration with like-minded partners.

Social and environmental impact in one

BY Meelunie 15/05/2023

At Meelunie, we like to talk about reducing carbon emissions because that is a quantifiable impact. But our Positive Impact programme is about more than just measuring and reducing our carbon emissions. We believe it’s important that we have a social impact as well and have been collaborating on this with FairClimateFund since 2019.

Growing our scope, shrinking our carbon footprint

BY Meelunie 24/11/2022

GoodShipping decarbonise supply chains by replacing fossil fuels with sustainable alternatives that use recycled cooking oil as a raw material. The biofuel reduces carbons emissions by 80-90% and is sulphur-free. We joined forces with GoodShipping in 2019 to help us achieve our ambition of a 100% carbon-neutral supply chain by 2030.

Greater insight in CO2 emissions

BY Meelunie 04/07/2022

To get an even clearer picture of our CO2 emissions, Meelunie has chosen to work with BigMile. The company supplies software for calculating and analyzing transport-related CO2 emissions. “BigMile set the standard when it comes to calculating reporting, analysing and, last but not least, optimizing your CO2e” says Jeroen de Waaij, Meelunie’s sustainability manager.

On the way towards Net Zero

BY Meelunie 12/10/2022

The business operations of Meelunie are now carbon neutral by compensation! A major milestone that we’ve been working towards with our Meelunie Positive Impact team. This achievement is a key part of our ‘Plant Based Positive Impact’ mission and commitment to SDG13: Climate Action. It entrenches Meelunie’s position as a frontrunner in the plant-based sector.

Positive Impact for Ukraine

BY Meelunie 07/03/2022

The conflict in Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis of historic proportions. Thus far, hundreds of civilians have lost their lives and 1 million have left their homes. Homes and vital infrastructure in several Ukrainian cities have been damaged or destroyed. According to the UN, 12 million Ukrainians need help and protection.

Donation for Life Skills

BY Meelunie 16/11/2021

Life Skills supports teenagers in the socio-economic challenged area of Amsterdam Southeast. They support their development, through extra lessons and devices, such as smartphones and laptops for their education. Our colleague Bekim Mehovic is an ambassador at Life Skills and donated refurbished smartphones on behalf of Meelunie.

Press release: Building a new processing facility in Denmark

In keeping with its pioneering commitment to the protein transition, Meelunie is building a fava protein isolate manufacturing facility in Hedensted, Denmark. Helping meet the growing demand for plant-based proteins in ways that also address deforestation, inefficiencies in global agriculture and other climate-related challenges.

Donation for Life Skills

BY Meelunie 16/11/2021

Life Skills supports teenagers in the socio-economic challenged area of Amsterdam Southeast. They support their development, through extra lessons and devices, such as smartphones and laptops for their education. Our colleague Bekim Mehovic is an ambassador at Life Skills and donated refurbished smartphones on behalf of Meelunie.

Zero emissions in shipments

BY Meelunie 08/11/2021

This August, Jeroen de Waaij finalized his Master’s thesis: Green Pow(d)er at Meelunie. It includes recommendations as to how Meelunie can make its organic tapioca starch supply chain in Thailand more sustainable. Invaluable insights for Meelunie in its quest to further reduce CO2 emissions, as part of our goal to make shipments carbon-neutral by 2030.

Giant step for a smaller footprint

BY Meelunie 06/10/2021

We are excited to announce our new partnership with CarbonCloud, a science-based platform that calculates the climate footprint of food products. The partnership supports Meelunie’s mission ‘Plant Based Positive Impact’ and ambition to produce climate-neutral plant-based ingredients, making the company one of the first B2B companies to take this leap.

First Break Bulk shipment to USA

BY Meelunie 03/09/2021

Meelunie is proud to announce that its first breakbulk shipment of Tapioca starch has been received in New York. With costs for shipping products in containers increasing enormously of late, our team has had to get creative and search for alternatives to secure supply for our US customers. Transporting such a large volume in one go proved a great success.

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GBC celebrates anniversary

BY Meelunie 12/04/2021

Green Business Club Zuidas is 10, congratulations! Due to COVID-19, the foundation organized its recent 10th anniversary online. It was attended by most participating organizations, including Meelunie’s CEO Marco Heering, who then also signed a statement outlining the club’s ambitions for the next few years.

Life Skills

BY Meelunie 22/12/2020

Life Skills supports teenagers between the ages of 10-18, who generally come from the socio-economic challenged area of Amsterdam Southeast. A lack of positive role models is the status quo for many children here. Bekim Mehovic is a volunteer and assists them to reach their goals of becoming the best versions of themselves.

WOMAG Asia

BY Meelunie 02/11/2020

Singapore hosts over 80% of the world’s agribusiness multinationals and visibly, there is still a big gender gap (especially in managing/leading positions). Tatiana Pochet was looking for an organization to add to our network. However, there seemed to be no such agribusiness organization and therefore they decided to create their own. WOMAG was born.

WOMAG Asia

BY Meelunie 02/11/2020

Singapore hosts over 80% of the world’s agribusiness multinationals and visibly, there is still a big gender gap (especially in managing/leading positions). Tatiana Pochet was looking for an organization to add to our network. However, there seemed to be no such agribusiness organization and therefore they decided to create their own. WOMAG was born.

No wa(y)ste!

BY Meelunie 16/10/2020

In 2019, Meelunie started to process fava beans in cooperation with toll processors. The beans provide an excellent source of protein and starch. The hulls however leave us with a waste stream. Via our decarbonisation partner GoodShipping, we got in contact with Enerpy, an organisation involved in valorisation of food waste.

Meelunie 150 years!

BY Meelunie 25/11/2017

Happy birthday to Meelunie! This year, 2017, it was 150 years since Pieter Glasz first put his hulling mill in Joure into operation. Over time, we´ ve developed the best methods for managing high-quality starches, plant based proteins and other (organic) ingredients, becoming key global supplier in more than 80 countries. Today we celebrate our 150th anniversary.

Helping others to get on in life

BY Meelunie 19/05/2017

Far-off lands, other cultures. People who have a lot less than you. Meelunie’s CEO Marco Heering experienced it all while still young. “ During business trips and through conversations with overseas contacts, I know all-too-well that not everyone on this planet is equally well-off. I also think it’s important to be able to do something for others."

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In the media : Food Dive

January 2022

How fava beans could become the next big thing in plant protein.

“Fava is a plentiful protein source and a good fit for today’s products… When extruded, fava bean protein has a bit of extra firmness — good for enhancing textures of plant-based meat analogs”,  Gijs van Elst, director of health ingredients at global plant-based ingredient company Meelunie explains. Meelunie is also working on a soluble fava protein isolate that could be used to enhance protein in beverages without bulking them up.

Read the full article here.

Food Dive provides in-depth journalism and insight into the most impactful news and trends shaping the food industry. The newsletters and website cover topics such as manufacturing, packaging, ingredients, R&D, flavor trends, and more.

In the media : Vegconomist

May 2021

Meelunie believes fava will play a pivotal role in the protein transition. Helping meet the growing demand for plant-based proteins in ways that also address deforestation, inefficiencies in global agriculture, and other climate-related challenges. The facility will open in October 2022, equipped with cutting-edge processing technology from SiccaDania, and employ a breakthrough process methodology developed by the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) following 17 years’ research.

Read the full press release here. (German)
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In the media : Food Ingredients First

May 2021

Last April, researchers from UCPH demonstrated that fava beans hold “great promise as a non-soy source of plant protein.

Read the full press release here.
FoodIngredientsFirst is the point of call for food and beverage companies to keep entirely up to date with trends in the food and beverage industry.