We can only reduce our energy and water use if we know where, when and how we’re using them. With this in mind, Givaudan engineers implemented a pioneering data-driven software tool, ULTIMO (Utility Monitoring and Metering), to track usage in real time. It was piloted at our Vernier site in Switzerland and will be rolled out to all major production sites as part of our 2025 strategy. In August 2021, for example, the tool highlighted that water consumption has spiked to almost three times as much as usual. Using the data, engineers were able to find the issue and correct it. Data on heat use and heat loss have also allowed the site to try out different ways of keeping the correct temperature during the production process. “A key part of the success is collaboration and having governance in place to review the utility data each month with stakeholders, address issues As p art of our 2025 s trategy, we are planning on rolling out ULTIMO to our major production sites. Excellence in environmental and sustainability efforts by our colleagues in Argentina have been recognised by the country’s Eco House, a non-profit organisation specialising in education, politics, economics and volunteering for sustainability. Our Givaudan Business Solutions (GBS) Buenos Aires site was awarded ‘Conscious Office’ bronze certification for implementing a range of activities and develop corrective action plans,” says Bing, Director of Global Utilities Stream in our Centre of Excellence for Engineering. “It shows what we can do by thinking positively about reducing our environmental impacts.” Until September 2021, the Vernier site achieved savings of CHF 106,000, something which will be amplified across the Givaudan world in the future. DATA TRANSPARENCY USING UTILITY METERING AND MONITORING ‘CONSCIOUS OFFICE’ CERTIFICATION SHOWS THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR PEOPLE FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE Givaudan – 2021 Integrated Annual Report Acting as a force for good Acting as a force for good Nat ure A wo rld of possibilities when our employees think climate-positive 79