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To consistently cultivate a higher yield of the best quality starch potatoes with fewer crop protection agents and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Together with our members in the Netherlands and Germany, we strive for sustainable agriculture.</p> </div><a href='https://www.avebe.com/sustainability/sustainable-agriculture/' title='Discover more' class='btn bg-blue'>Discover more</a></div> </div> </div><div id="txt_image-2" class="layout l-txt-img layout--txt_image-2 -right color-blue"> <div class="container -l l-txt-img__inner"> <div class="l-txt-img__image"><div class='img-shape -circle -m'><div class='img-shape__inner' id='shape-32627574'></div></div><style>#shape-32627574 { background-image: url(https://www.avebe.com/app/uploads/2024/06/e-boiler-01_verkleind-670x670.jpg); }</style></div><div class="l-txt-img__content"><h2>Sustainable operations</h2><div class="sig format-txt"><p><span class="TextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW67212894 BCX8">Avebe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8"> gets the most out of the potato. This process requires energy and water and creates waste streams. We know this </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8">has to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8"> change. Thanks to the developments of our ambitious sustainability </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW67212894 BCX8">programme</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8"> ‘Plant-based Sustainable Growth</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8">’,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW67212894 BCX8"> we are creating a success story worth sharing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW67212894 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div><a href='https://www.avebe.com/sustainability/sustainable-operations/' title='Discover more' class='btn bg-blue'>Discover more</a></div> </div> </div><div id="txt_image-3" class="layout l-txt-img layout--txt_image-3 -left color-blue"> <div class="container -l l-txt-img__inner"> <div class="l-txt-img__image"><div class='img-shape -circle -m'><div class='img-shape__inner' id='shape-44631383'></div></div><style>#shape-44631383 { background-image: url(https://www.avebe.com/app/uploads/2021/07/Foto_meisje-drink-melk-670x590.png); }</style></div><div class="l-txt-img__content"><h2>Sustainable Society</h2><div class="sig format-txt"><p><span class="TextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW49658920 BCX8">Avebe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8"> has existed for more than 100 years and has been </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW49658920 BCX8">a cooperative</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8"> from day one. Thanks to this history, we are deeply rooted in the local environment. Together with our members, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8">employees</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8"> and partners, we work on an innovative and sustainable cooperative. We are in constant dialogue with local, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8">national</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8"> and European authorities. Our products reduce the footprint of our customers in food, animal feed and in the construction and paper, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8">glue</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW49658920 BCX8"> and textile industries.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW49658920 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div><a href='https://www.avebe.com/sustainability/sustainable-society/' title='Discover more' class='btn bg-blue'>Discover more</a></div> </div> </div><div id="txt_image-4" class="layout l-txt-img layout--txt_image-4 -right color-blue"> <div class="container -l l-txt-img__inner"> <div class="l-txt-img__image"><div class='img-shape -circle -m'><div class='img-shape__inner' id='shape-54465635'></div></div><style>#shape-54465635 { background-image: url(https://www.avebe.com/app/uploads/2021/08/0002_DSC00038_aardappelbloesem-670x670.jpg); }</style></div><div class="l-txt-img__content"><h2>Potato Trailblazers</h2><div class="sig format-txt"><p>You could call us the trendsetters of potatoes: we were plant-based before it was cool. For over a century, we’ve innovated and extracted as much value from the potatoes as possible, from starch to protein. Potato starch-based solutions provide sustainable alternatives to fossil-based products for markets. Plant-based proteins result in far smaller carbon, water, and land use footprint than animal proteins. 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