Sustainability
Our commitment to sustainability
OUR FOUR PILLARS
We believe in the importance of a sustainable organisation in order to meet the changing expectations of the community, consumers and our customers. We believe sustainability is meeting our stakeholder’s present and future requirements through a Co-operative culture which produces products in a manner that is socially, environmentally and economically responsible.
We have four pillars of sustainability that guide every decision we make, and these principles underpin our commitment to sustainability.
The four sustainability pillars:
Social
(people & community)
Environmental Stewardship
animal welfare
Economic
Resilience
Social (people & community)
Casino Food Company is the largest employer in the Richmond Valley, employing around 10% of the population. We believe the most significant investment we can make for this region is in the people we employ. We place the highest importance on all our employees and nurture and support them to forge a successful career with us.
The company believes in a compassionate and positive culture and values every employees’ opinions. It’s the close knit family values that is unique to our company.
We pride ourselves on being inclusive for all in our community, by providing training and employment across all areas of our business across all facets of diversity.
We are proud of the financial support we provide to various community organisations such as the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter, Casino Beef Week, agricultural shows, local charities and other organisations such as sporting clubs and local schools.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Environmental Stewardship
We strongly support moves towards low to zero carbon emissions for the future of the meat industry. We are a strong industry leader in working to reduce our overall carbon footprint. We work closely with our operators to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
We view our shareholders as Stewards of the landscape and invest in their practices of soil management, carbon capture and quality water management. We support our shareholders to improve grazing methods through regenerative farming practices.
We have set clear, measurable targets to reduce our environmental footprint, including our consumption of energy, water and the value-adding of waste streams. The circular economy we are striving to achieve with reusing our waste products as alternate sources of energy, is something we are continuing to build on and invest heavily in.
We are committed to ensuring we meet the highest standard of environmental performance, which continues to meet and exceed all relevant legislative and customer requirements.
Animal Welfare
Our people genuinely care about our livestock and understand the importance of animal welfare handling practices and techniques on site. We collaborate with organisations and animal welfare experts to refine and design all of our animal handling systems and operations.
As part of our commitment to the welfare of animals, all of our processing facilities operate under the Australian Livestock Processing Industry Animal Welfare Certification System (AAWCS). This independently certified animal welfare program ensures that livestock under our control are managed in accordance with best practice of animal welfare standards.
ANIMAL WELFARE
ECONOMIC
Economic Resilience
We have a long and rich history and we strive to be profitable by processing and supplying world class goods and services. Our mantra is ‘here for the future’ with financial profits invested in the business and in the business of our shareholders to ensure a sustainable future.
Casino Biohub Project
Casino Food Company (CFC), in partnership with LMS Energy, will soon start construction on the Casino Biohub, an advanced wastewater treatment facility at CFC’s livestock processing operations in Casino. The project will use anaerobic digestion to treat abattoir effluent, capturing methane-rich biogas that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, and safely destroying it via flaring to reduce emissions.
The Biohub forms a key part of the company’s sustainability strategy and reflects CFC’s
commitment to sustainable and responsible production. The project is expected to deliver a
reduction of around 35,000 tonnes of carbon equivalent emissions each year,
which is the same as removing around 11,200 cars from the road, or planting
more than 476,000 trees. By capturing and destroying the biogas, the company can avoid more than 98 per cent of Scope 1 emissions associated with
effluent treatment at the facility.
The Biohub will be constructed on CFC’s San Marla farm and will integrate with the facility’s
existing wastewater treatment and irrigation systems
Click HERE to view the Casino BioHub flyover video on the LMS Energy website.