We remain committed towards our responsibility on environmental issues in the conduct of our business. It combines our responsibility with our business objectives for long-term sustainable development. Our Safety, Health and Environmental (“SHE”) Policy outlines our commitment and position on this.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
DLMI is fully committed to reducing our carbon footprint by reducing waste to landfill. We achieved 86% in 2020 with launching 3R (Reduce, Reuse & Recycle) programme throughout the site.
OCT JUL
APR
JAN FEB MAR MAY JUN AUG SEP NOV DEC YTD
Non-Landfilled (2017-2020)
2017 65%
75% 79% 86%
2018 2019 2020
100%
50%
2020 Total Non-Landfilled
90%
80%
DLMI generates the following industrial waste:
In 2020, we recycled 86% of our waste and reduced our landfill waste by an average of 7% following the launch of our 3R (Reduce, Reuse &
Recycle) programme.
DLMI also began recycling office waste (such as printed paper, shred paper and Non-Food Waste from Office Pantry), food waste in the canteen and reduced usage of single used plastics (such as mineral water packing lunch box and disposable utensils).
Drum &
Barrel Recycle
Powder
Sludge
Metal
Chemical
Plastic &
Plastic Wrap Powder Bag Carton & Box
WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT
DLMI uses bio-organism technology in our Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) that produced 443 tonnes of bio-sludge for fertiliser in 2020.
The waste water effluent discharge from the Waste Water Treatment Plant is also in compliance with Standard B (a standard set for discharge downstream of any raw water intake) stated in The Environmental Quality Act 1974.
We have also made safety improvements at WWTP which includes belt press machine guarding and additional emergency staircase.
ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
In 2020, we successfully managed our energy and water despite the high energy demand required for our new UHT lines that were installed to further improve energy and water efficiency at our plant.
We achieved Energy ratio at 1.13 GJ/ton and Water ratio at 3.41 versus budgeted 1.13 and 3.70 respectively with few mechanical initiatives and programmes below:
• Auto-blowdown for boiler system
• Conversion to LED lightings from conventional lightings
• Steam system optimisation
• Compressed air optimisation
Besides the mechanical measurements, DLMI continued with the One Day One Leak (ODOL) programme whereby all observations captured shall be attended by Engineering within 24 hours ensuring minimum energy wastage and water leakage.
Energy & Water Ratio
2016 2015
Water Energy
3.3 3.92 4.14 3.77 3.46 3.41
1.25 1.17 1.12 1.03 1.03 1.13
2017 2018 2019 YEAR
GJ/ton
2020 6
0 4 2
SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
DLMI believes in an efficient and sustainable supply chain.
Other raw materials are used such as palm oil and cocoa, sugar and packaging materials like paper and cardboard.
Dairy raw materials are sourced via the parent company RFC, as well as from local farmers. Local farmers are supported via the Dairy Development Programme. Further details on the programme are contained in this report.
Our parent company, RFC, is a member of the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (“RSPO”). In line with this, since 2011, we have manufactured our products using 100%
sustainable palm oil. Besides sourcing for RSPO palm oil, we had also embarked on our journey to increase the visibility of our supply chains in 2019. Our sources of palm oil can be traced to the mill of production which opens the opportunity for DLMI to identify possible vulnerable spots and to work with our suppliers on introducing improvements in the process.
The same effort was put in place for cocoa, another major ingredient used. We use only sustainable cocoa that meets the Rainforest Alliance certification criteria. Certification shows that our products have been sourced, from farm to shelf, in a sustainable manner. In addition, our starch raw material suppliers are audited and comply with Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (“SMETA”) and is one of the most widely used ethical audit formats in the world.
As members of Bonsucro, the global sugar cane sustainability platform, DLMI supports the sustainable production of sugar cane by purchasing 75% of our annual
requirements in 2019 and achieving 100% in 2020 of sugar as Bonsucro certified. Through this, we demonstrate our commitment to sustainable production of sugar cane, consistent with the company’s Sustainability Strategy of Nourishing by Nature.
Besides sourcing sustainable (agricultural) raw materials, we have also demonstrated our commitment to responsible forestry by using the Forest Stewardship Council (“FSC”) certified materials as its primary packaging used for our Dutch Lady UHT milk.
In Malaysia, DLMI was the first manufacturer to use FSC-certified packaging, beginning mid-2013. This is easily identified through the FSC logo printed on the products.
Our efforts do not stop merely at primary packaging, but it continues to secondary packaging as most materials used by our Company are from sustainable sources.
RECYCLABLE PACkAGING
At DLMI, we are fully committed in ensuring sustainability.
Our packaging portfolio is 85% recyclable and circular and 45% of our plastics are recyclable and circular.
We are fully committed for our packaging to be 100% fully recyclable by 2025, mirroring our global commitment.
Our parent company, RFC signed The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, led by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and the Plastic Pact NL in 2019 to demonstrate our commitment towards making our packaging 100%
reusable and recyclable by 2025 and fully circular by 2050.