The German Sustainability Award committee has nominated Symrise AG for its approach to the sustainable procurement of vanilla in Madagascar.
With this nomination, the company is one of this year’s three finalists in the category ‘Germany’s Most Sustainable Initiative’. With its approach of supporting the vanilla farmers from cultivation right through to the harvest, as well as local production, Symrise is forging its own entrepreneurially, socially and environmentally responsible path. For the fifth time, the German Sustainability Award is recognising companies which take on a special degree of responsibility and combine economic success with social responsibility and environmental protection in an exemplary manner. The award will be presented at the evening event following the German Sustainability Day on 7 December 2012. Symrise submitted an entry in the ‘Germany’s Most Sustainable Initiative’ category and has now been invited to the awards ceremony in Düsseldorf as one of the three finalists. “We are very excited about the nomination. It confirms that we’re on the right path with the ongoing integration of sustainability into our business model,” explained Dr Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, CEO of Symrise AG.
