RITTER SPORT RECOGNIZED WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT AWARD 2021
Waldenbuch / Paris, December 2021. – This year's Sustainability Report Awards were presented at a festive ceremony last Friday in Paris. One of the international award winners is Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, which received the “Best in the World” award in the cocoa category for its sustainability report for the second time in a row.
The Ritter Sport sustainability report has been published every two years since 2014 and documents the family company's strategies, processes and measures in the area of sustainability. As a progress report, it provides information about the sustainable development of the company and the approach to short, medium and long-term goals as well as future planning. With the publication of the sustainability report, Ritter underscores its express desire and willingness to communicate transparently with all relevant stakeholders and to enter into an open, constructive dialogue.
"We are very pleased about this renewed award," explains Petra Fix, Global Sustainability Communication at Ritter Sport. "It is a recognition of the work of many colleagues, without whose participation such a report would not be possible."
The Sustainability Report Awards are presented by the international organization Hallbars, headquartered in Sweden. The idea behind this is that sustainability reports are more than green business reports. Rather than being a type of non-fiction book, they are meant to be readable and informative. From several thousand reports, an international expert jury, which basically remains anonymous so that nobody can influence them, selected 51 reports in different categories, which are awarded as "Best in the World".
The Ritter Sport Sustainability Report 2020 is entitled "Doing the right thing" - a reference to the drive of the family business to do the right thing to make really good chocolate. For Petra Fix, the fact that the Sustainability Report Awards only evaluate the presentation of a company's commitment to sustainability, but not its actual actions, is not a drawback: "The sustainability report is like chocolate: Beautiful packaging is important, it has to make you want to see the content. But in the end, the content has to be convincing. And that is clearly the case with us.”
About Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Working in harmony with people and nature is the central principle of Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG. In addition to topics such as CO2 neutrality and recyclable packaging, the focus is on the sustainable procurement of raw materials. That is why the family business, as the first and so far only large chocolate bar manufacturer, has been sourcing certified sustainable cocoa for the entire range, which includes the Ritter Sport and Amicelli brands, since 2018 and invests around eleven million euros in sustainable cocoa procurement every year. The family company based in Waldenbuch, Swabia, employs around 1,650 people and achieved sales of 470 million euros in 2020.
Contact
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Petra Fix
Alfred-Ritter-Strasse 25
71111 Waldenbuch
Phone: +49 (0)7157 – 97-1176
Email: presse@ritter-sport.de
NIERAGDEN COMMUNICATION
Marc Alexander Nieragden
Eimsbuetteler Chaussee 81
20259 Hamburg
Phone: +49 (0)40 – 8797 69 68
Email: mail@nieragden.com