Every counts

Marel focuses its efforts on benefitting people, the planet and our operations in terms of three of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

We view innovation that boosts productivity as the primary way to make meaningful contributions toward these goals. Innovation has always been a core driver of Marel’s endeavors. Annually, we invest about 6% of our revenues into research and development. We also foster innovation by working in partnership with our customers, universities and other partners to develop breakthrough solutions that support sustainable development in food production (Goal 9).

To ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (Goal 12), we work hard to create solutions that reduce food waste, increase efficient resource use, boost yields, add recycling options and optimize portion sizes. Marel takes part in building and supporting infrastructure by partnering with multiple stakeholders throughout our value chain to promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation through modernizing food processing technology.

Traceability, increased quality and food safety are key to how Marel develops and produces solutions and software for food processing. Our Innova Food processing Software provides processors with full traceability of raw ingredients as they flow through production. Such solutions contribute directly to food security, increased efficiency and improved nutrition for consumers around the globe (Goal 2).