Elior Group to sustainably source three ingredients

Global food catering company Elior Group has revealed its commitments to source sustainable eggs, palm oil and fish.

The group intends to end battery-cage egg sourcing before 2025 and promote animal welfare.

The firm has already initiated this process by partnering with Humane Society of the US to endorse animal welfare and protection.

In the UK, Elior supports the government's Live Transport Welfare initiative, which focuses on reducing long-distance transportation of livestock.

In France, Elior has requested its suppliers sign an animal welfare charter, as well as integrate a control of animal living and slaughtering conditions in their audits. The company has also completely stopped the use of palm oil in the country, and has accompanied its suppliers by substituting it with another type of vegetable oil since 2011.

Elior Group has pledged to ban palm oil or only use sustainable palm oil products.

Certain products (notably biscuits) already contain Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certified palm oil.

The company is also extending its complete support to the UK Government's policy inciting companies to source 100% certified sustainable palm oil before the end of the year.

Elior Group has expressed its commitment towards preserving biodiversity by adopting a dynamic and proactive fish-population sourcing policy in line with the evolution of marine ecosystems.

For more than a decade, Elior Group has implemented a responsible sourcing strategy designed to preserve maritime biodiversity.

The company has also stopped the purchase of certain endangered fish species in France, including grenadiers, red tuna, blue ling, black scabbardfish and most shark species.

In the UK, Elior only serves fish approved by the Marine Conservation Society and has blacklisted 19 species.

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Image: Elior Group to sustainably source three ingredients namely fish, egg and palm oil. Photo: courtesy of Elior Group.