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Beyti

Beyti, a subsidiary of Almarai Company, is one of the largest producers of milk, juice, and yoghurt products in Egypt. As a leader in the Egyptian market, Beyti is committed to sustainability, and has established an environmental and sustainability function to manage sustainability companywide.

This report outlines Beyti’s approach to sustainability and the achievements it has made in 2022, such as reducing its carbon footprint and increasing its use of renewable energy sources. Beyti is dedicated to continuing its sustainability efforts in the year ahead, with the goal of becoming an even more sustainable business.

Environmental performance

At Beyti, we are dedicated to reducing our environmental footprint. We understand our role in combatting global challenges such as climate change and are committed to taking action. To bring transparency about our efforts, we have implemented an environmental policy which outlines our commitment to supporting and preserving the environment. This policy includes initiatives such as environmental management systems, compliance, carbon and energy management, water conservation, operational and food waste management, and supplier and contractor environmental performance management. We are proud to continue to enhance our ISO14001, Environmental Management certification, which demonstrates our commitment to sustainability.

Beyti has continued to invest in sustainability initiatives that reduce its environmental impact. The company has installed and commissioned a 20 MWp solar array, and is expected to draw 19% of its total electricity demand from clean energy. Additionally, Beyti has successfully replaced diesel with natural gas boilers, reducing the carbon intensity of its manufacturing facilities.

Beyti has modified its plastic and paper packaging to ensure high-quality products, while minimizing environmental impact. In 2022, the company achieved 72% of cardboard packaging from recycled materials, helping to reduce the environmental impact of their products and move towards a circular economy. Beyti is committed to finding new and innovative ways to reduce its environmental footprint and continue to be an industry leader in corporate sustainability.

Community engagement

Beyti is committed to furthering solidarity among individuals and the wider society. To this end, Beyti has supported initiatives that seek to provide aid to those in need and will continue to do so in order to improve the lives of individuals and the wider society. Beyti is committed to continuing its efforts to ensure that individuals and society benefit from its support and solidarity. The company also strives to support local producers and improve their efficiency in order to meet the requirements of the National Food Safety Authority. Beyti is dedicated to the health and safety of its consumers and is committed to providing the highest standards of international quality in all of its products. The company is actively working on improving supply chains related to milk collection centers and minor breeders and is also committed to encouraging minor farmers and milk producers in line with the state’s strategy. Beyti believes in the important role of the private sector in improving local producers’ competitive edge.

Employee development

In 2022, Beyti continued to demonstrate its commitment to corporate sustainability by providing its employees with a safe and secure working environment. The company maintained its Code of Conduct and set up a system for employees to report any issues related to corruption, racism, and violations of the code. All management and supervisory employees now have bespoke performance objectives with access to leadership and development programs and e-learning courses. To further enhance employee learning, an extensive training and development program was offered to employees. This program included over 22,300 hours of training and 100% of staff were given performance and career development reviews. As a result of these initiatives, Beyti was able to maintain a safe and secure work environment for its employees in 2022.

Health and safety

In 2022, Beyti took a further step towards protecting their employees by completing the fire trace system project, which covered all electrical panels in the plant. Our employees received over 16,000 hours of health and safety trainings, which is nearly 17% more than 2021. This was part of their larger commitment to ensure the health and safety of their employees, which was also reflected in the company's achievement of the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety certification. This certification was achieved through the company's strategy of maintaining the highest standards of health and safety. Beyti is committed to continuing to invest in health and safety initiatives to ensure the safety of their employees.

Quality and food safety

Beyti is committed to delivering only the highest quality products, and to ensure that, it follows the same quality audit process as Almarai. In 2022, Beyti maintained Almarai’s quality management system and achieved the latest FSSC 22000, the GFSI recognized certification, and completed the ISO 9001 certification. To maintain high quality products, the company maintains its daily quality reporting system and leadership strategies. Moreover, there were zero incidences of non-compliance for health and safety of products, and our products were assessed for food safety impacts, thus ensuring that the products are safe for consumption. Beyti is dedicated to upholding the company’s motto, ‘Quality you can trust’, and is committed to delivering only the best quality products to its customers.

Responsible marketing and communications

All nutritional information for Beyti’s product portfolio is printed on packaging labels, and consumers inquiring about product nutritional information are answered transparently. Any consumer complaint on quality is thoroughly investigated and the findings are shared with the consumer. Beyti has developed a unit specifically for managing consumer complaints where complaints are traced and followed until the issue is resolved. To further support transparent consumer relations, we invite consumers who have filed a complaint to our manufacturing facilities to provide a hands-on understanding of our quality control procedures. We also strive to ensure that our products are compliant with the latest regulations and standards. In 2022, Beyti conducted a comprehensive review of all significant product categories to ensure compliance with product information and labelling. We also implemented a system of regular reviews to ensure that our products and processes remain compliant with the latest regulations and standards. This system of reviews is designed to ensure that our products meet the highest standards of quality and safety.

Our sustainability performance

2018 2020 2021 2022
Number of incidents of non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations 1 0 0 0

Our sustainability performance

2018 2020 2021 2022
Nutrition and wellbeing+
Number of incidents of non-compliance concerning product information and labeling 1 74 0 0
Number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes concerning marketing communications 0 0 0 0
Percentage of significant product categories covered by and assessed for compliance with product information and labeling procedures (%) 100% 100% 100% 100%
Health and safety+

Number of employee lost time injuries

4

4

0

8

Contractor lost-time injuries

0

0

0

1

Employee lost-time injury rate (per 1 Million man-hours)

2

2

 3.22

7

Contractor lost-time injury rate (per 1 Million man-hours)

0

0

0

0

Hours of employee health and safety training

9,603

11,259

13,739

16,012

Hours of contractor health and safety training

5,396

725

3,377

1,656

Average hours of health and safety training per employee

3

3

4

5

5

Average hours of health and safety training per contractor

11

5

1

2.7

1.3

Employee absenteeism rate (%)

1.70%

1.90%

1.80%

1.75%

1.45

Employee talent and diversity +
Number of employees 3,181 3,265 2,800 2,957 3,162
Male employees 3,138 3,224 2,760 2,842 3,090
Female employees 43 41 40 49 72
Full time, male employees 3,138 3,224 2,760 2,908 3,090
Full time, female employees 43 40 40 49 72
Part time, male employees 0 0 0 0 0
Part time, female employees 0 1 0 0 0
Senior management employees 22 24 18 41 43
Middle management employees 136 151 150 175 197
Non-management employees 2,959 3,090 2,632 2,741 2,965
New employee hires 563 730 404 573 608
New employee hires, age 18-30 343 505 218 369 410
60.9% 69.2% 54.0% 64.4% 67.4%
New employee hires, age 31-50 220 220 184 201 198
39.1% 30.1% 45.5% 35.1% 32.6%
New employee hires, age 51+ 0 5 2 3 0
0% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
New employee hires, male 554 723 395 557 581
98.4% 99.0% 97.8% 97.2% 95.6%
New employee hires, female 9 7 9 16 27
1.6% 1.0% 2.2% 2.8% 4.4%
Voluntary employee turnover 684 661 707 300 205
21.5% 20.2% 25.3% 10.1% 6.6%
Voluntary employee turnover, age 18-30 297 363 229 165 117
43.4% 54.9% 32.4% 55.0% 57%
Voluntary employee turnover, age 31-50 362 293 447 131 87
52.9% 44.3% 63.2% 43.7% 42%
Voluntary employee turnover, age  51+ 25 5 31 4 1
3.7% 0.8% 4.4% 1.3% 0.5%
Voluntary employee turnover, male 674 654 697 294 202
98.5% 98.9% 98.6% 98.0% 98.5%
Voluntary employee turnover, female 10 7 10 6 3
1.5% 1.1% 1.4% 2.0% 1.5%
Female employment rate (%) 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 1.7% 2.3%
Women in senior management 6 6 6 6 9
27.3% 25.0% 33.3% 14.6% 20.9%
Women in middle management 18 18 16 16 24
13.2% 11.9% 10.7% 9.1% 12.2%
Women in non-management positions 19 19 18 27 39
0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 1.0% 1.3%
Board seats occupied by women 0 0 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Number of employees with a disability 55 55 57 57 95
Number of formal incidents of discrimination reported 0 0 0 0 0
Percentage of working time lost due to industrial disputes, strikes and/or lock-outs (%) 0 0 0 0 0
Number of female employees entitled to maternity leave 2 4 2 2 1
Number of female employees that took parental leave 2 4 1 2 1
Number of female employees that returned to work in the reporting period after parental leave ended 1 3 1 1 1
Number of female employees that returned to work after parental leave ended that were still employed 12 months after their return to work 0 1 0 1 1
Female employee return to work rate of employees that took parental leave (%) 50% 75% 100% 50% 100%
Female employee retention rate of employees that took parental leave (%) 0% 25% 0% 50% 100%
Total hours of training provided 28,701 37,230 45,114 18,872 22,300
Average hours of training per employee 9.0 11.4 16.1 6.4 7.1
Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews (%) NIA NIA 100% 100% 100%
Community Investment +
Total CSR Spending (SAR) N/A 23,329 963000 200000 175,000
Number of school and university visitors hosted N/A 735 N/A 27 85
School bag donations (Number of bags donated to students) N/A 20,000 N/A N/A N/A
Hours of employee volunteering N/A 800 N/A N/A N/A

Our sustainability performance

2018 2020 2021 2022
Water management +

Water withdrawal (m3)

1,117,040

1,221,571

1,620,992

1,603,872

1,846,224

Water recycling and reuse (m3)

739

73,000

0

0

216,000

Percentage of water recycled and/or reused (%)

0.1%

6.0%

0.0%

0.0%

11.7%

Total water consumption (m3)

1,117,779

1,294,571

1,620,992

1,603,872

2,062,224

Water discharge (m3)

657,706

NIA

1,012,525

697,966

952,000

Manufacturing water intensity (m3/metric ton of finished product)

3.1

3.7

4.6

3.7

3.3

Packaging innovation+
Percentage of card board coming from recycled materials used as an input material (%) 57% 70% 70% 100% 72%
Plastics removed from packaging (tons) NIA NIA NIA N/A N/A
Paper removed from packaging (tons) NIA NIA NIA N/A N/A
Total packaging removed from the consumer waste stream (tons) NIA NIA NIA N/A N/A
Climate Change +
Direct stationary energy usage (in thousands kWh) 53,690 64,787 46,881 46,579 74,853
Indirect stationary energy usage (in thousands kWh) 53,079 66,436 65,711 67,147 68,570
Total stationary energy usage (direct and indirect, in thousands kWh) 106,768 131,223 112,593 113,726 143,423
Total solar energy usage (in thousand kWh) 0 0 0 8,071 12,137
Percentage of electricity consumption from solar (%) 0 0 0 7% 8%
Almarai owned refrigerators in stores (in thousands kWh) NIA NIA NIA N/A N/A
Manufacturing energy intensity (kWh/metric ton of finished product) 283.1 398.6 309.6 256.2 256.8
Total vehicle fuel consumption (thousands of liters) 3,774 2,793 2,683 1,374 2,710
Scope 1 (direct) emissions (metric tons CO2e) 19,879 18,061 5,337 25,880 27,771
Scope 2 (indirect) emissions (metric tons CO2e) 23,188 29,022 28,706 29,333 27,397
Scope 3 emissions from Almarai refrigerators in stores (metric tons CO2e) NIA NIA NIA NIA N/A
Total emissions (metric tons CO2e) 43,067 47,083 34,043 55,213 55,168
Manufacturing emissions intensity (metric tons CO2e/metric ton of finished product) 0.10 0.13 0.08 0.13 0.08
Emissions from refrigerant leakage and replacement (metric tons CO2e) 23 286 824 2 1,627
Waste Management +
Food waste resold for animal feed (Store returns and operational) (metric tons) 0 0 0 0 0
Recycled waste (metric tons) 15,040 NIA 3,000 9,042 4,250
Total waste generated (metric tons) 24,240 4,894 8,880 19,395 22,702
Waste sent to landfill (metric tons) 9,200 4,894 5,880 10,353 11,295
Percentage of waste sent to landfill (%) 38% NIA 66% 53% 53%

Our sustainability performance

2018 2020 2021 2022
Quality and food safety +

Percentage of production volume manufactured in sites certified by an independent third party according to internationally recognized food safety management system standard (%)

85

85

100

100

100

Number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services

0

0

0

0

0

Number of recalls

0

0

0

0

0

Percentage of significant product categories covered by and assessed for compliance with product information and labeling procedures (%)

100

100

100

100

100

Percentage of products which health and safety impacts are assessed for improvement (%)

100

100

100

100

100

Total number of manufacturing plants

1

2

2

2

2

Number of Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 certified plants

1

1

2

2

2

Number of Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified plants 

1

1

2

2

2

Percentage of plants that are GFSI certified (%)

100

100

100

100

100

Number of food safety and quality assurance employees

72

72

60

72

94

Animal welfare +
Number of cows N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Number of chickens processed N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Number of incidents of non-compliance with laws regulations, and adherence with voluntary standards related to transportation, handling, and slaughter practices for live terrestrial and aquatic mammals N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Percentage of cows in enclosed housing with resting areas (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Percentage of chickens in enclosed cage free housing (%) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Ethical Sourcing +
Percentage of locally based suppliers engaged (%) 81% 69% 71% 59% 68%
Percentage of spending on locally based suppliers (%) 40% 69% 72% 71% 68%
Total number of suppliers engaged 588 111 260 75 374
Total number of local suppliers engaged 478 77 185 44 254
Percentage of purchased volume from suppliers compliant with company's sourcing policy NIA 100% 100% 99% 100%
Percentage of purchased volume which is verified as being in accordance with credible, internationally recognized responsible production standards NIA 100% 100% 100% 100%
New suppliers that were screened using social and/or environmental criteria 0 0 0 3 0
Number of negative social and/or environmental impacts  in the supply chain and actions taken NIA NIA NIA 0 0
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