Belgian Award Best First Sustainability Report

We can proudly announce that amongst the 72 organisations who submitted their reports and following a meticulous review by a jury of 26 experts, What's Cooking? got selected:

During the Awards ceremony on November 18, 2024, What’s Cooking? has received The Belgian Award for the Best First Sustainability Report

This award recognizes the transparency and efficiency of our sustainability reporting making it DAY BY DAY part of all we do.
It’s a huge honor for our European Fresh Savoury Food Group to be recognized as one of the best examples in Belgium!
We are more than happy to continue to lead this Sustainability journey together with other companies moving the momentum towards a reality.

Frontrunner in our sector setting clear ambitions and targets

This achievement showcases our ongoing efforts to communicate openly about the challenges and progress we've made towards a more sustainable future for food. Together with our employees, partners, clients, and stakeholders we want to inspire for collective action setting clear ambitions and targets.

This Award comes follows our EcoVadis Silver Medal, a tangible certification of our commitment to drive real impact across key areas of sustainability: environmental stewardship, labor & human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.

Moreover, as a company aiming for sustainable profitable growth, What’s Cooking? understands the risks of climate change and displays its leadership on this topic as one of the + 3000 SBTI committed companies in the world to set its objectives for CO2 reduction on a scientific basis.

Our company is also committed to working closely with our suppliers drawing up ambitious objectives for emissions in the value chain. We have completed a product carbon footprint calculation for all our products and ingredients in order to be able to reduce the emissions of our existing products by reformulating, altering packaging, optimizing logistics flows or working on other process optimizations with customers & suppliers.

Alongside economic growth, added value for society

With the way in which What’s Cooking? works and the CO2 commitments in relation to the products that the company offers, What’s Cooking? pursues not only economic growth, but also added value for society, which is exactly what customers and consumers expect the sector to stand for as partners towards a greener future. 

CEO Piet Sanders: ‘We are thrilled that What’s Cooking? received this Belgian Award for Best First Sustainability Report. Our company strategy is now also committed to CSRD standards and measurable target setting matching the vision of majority of the retailers in our sector.  Together with our employees and stakeholders, we want to pave this journey as frontrunner in our sector matching the current and future needs of our customers.’

Day by day, we make sustainable food consumption second nature!