As a dairy cooperative, owned by 9300 dairy farmers in six member states and the UK, we are acutely aware of the responsibility we have to continue improving the sustainability of our food system. This is why Arla Foods takes a holistic approach to sustainability.

Commitments by aspirational objectives:

Aspirational objective 1: Healthy, balanced, and sustainable diets for all European consumers, thereby contributing to: 

1) Reversing malnutrition and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the EU;

2) Reducing the environmental footprint of food consumption by 2030.

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved food consumption patterns in the EU;

b) A food environment that makes it easier to choose healthy and sustainable diets.

Arla commitments:

• Incrementally increase healthy choices by 60,000 tonnes by 2025, compared to 2019 levels.

   

Aspirational objective 2: Prevention and reduction of food loss and waste (at the consumer level, within internal operations, and across value chains)

With the following aspirational target: 

A 50% reduction of per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030 and reduced food losses along the food production and supply chains in the EU.

Arla commitments:

• 50% reduction in food waste from 2015 to 2030 at a processing level for all raw materials in terms of food ingredients.

   

Aspirational objective 3: A climate-neutral food chain in Europe by 2050

With the following aspirational target: 

Reducing net emissions from own operations, contributing to a 55% GHG emission reduction target in the EU food chain by 2030 (following a science-based approach).

Arla commitments:

• Carbon Net Zero across all scopes (1,2,3) by 2050;

• 63 % reduction in scope 1 and 2 by 2030 compared to 2015;

• 30 % reduction of CO₂/kg raw milk (scope 3) by 2030 compared to 2015.

   

Aspirational objective 4: An optimised circular and resource-efficient food chain in Europe

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved resource efficiency within own operations, contributing to sustainable, efficient use and management of energy and natural resources in operations by 2030;

b) Improved sustainability of food and drink packaging, striving for all packaging towards circularity by 2030.

 Arla commitments:

• 100 % recyclable packaging on Arla’s brands by 2025;

• 0 % virgin fossil-based plastic on Arla’s brands by 2030.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.