Sustainability has been central to Dawn’s business strategy for over 20 years and we have aligned and partnered strategically with a range of stakeholders to solve common challenges. At Dawn, sustainability means taking responsibility for the impact our business has on the world and building trust in our brands. We recognise the long-term financial sustainability of our business is dependent on the health of our natural world and the wellbeing of society. We need to conserve water and energy, reduce emissions and waste, support farming communities and ensure our products make a valuable contribution to human nutrition. Our business purpose is to “Provide consistent quality meat products from sustainable sources to support our rural communities, human health and nature’s eco-system”.

Commitments by aspirational objectives:

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).

Dawn Meats commitments:

Between 2016-2030, we have committed to reduce our:

• Absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 30%;

• Scope 3 emissions intensity of purchased goods and services by 28% per tonne of finished product.

Dawn makes a new commitment to increase the ambition our Scope 1 and 2 SBT to align with a 1.5°C pathway, placing us on net zero trajectory for our operational emissions.

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.

Dawn Meats commitments:

We will:

• Encrease the average recycled content for rigid plastic trays to 70% by 2025 from a 2019 baseline of 30%;

• Ensure all cardboard packaging is Forest StewardshipCouncil Certified, or equivalent, by 2025.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.