As a manufacturer of food and other consumer goods, Orkla’s primary contribution to sustainable development is to offer sustainable products, and UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 – responsible consumption and production – forms the very core of the Group’s sustainability work. Our companies have worked for many years to achieve Orkla’s 2025 sustainability targets. In 2020, we launched a new internal sustainability aspiration up to 2030 which underscores the importance of sustainable products and of mobilizing the entire organization.

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.

Orkla commitments: 

• Grow the plant-based food brand portfolio from 1 to 3 billion NOK by 2025 (baseline 2020); 

• 15% reduction in the contribution of salt and sugar to people’s diet from Orkla’s products by 2025 (baseline 2015).

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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.

Orkla commitments: 

50% reduction in food waste by 2025 ( baseline 2014).

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).

Orkla commitments: 

Climate-neutral by 2050, Science-based targets for climate gas reduction (base-line 2014): 

• 63% reduction in scope 1 and 2 by 2025, 77% by 2040; 

• 29% reduction in scope 3 by 2025, 75% by 2040.

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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.

Orkla commitments: 

• 30% reduction in energy and water consumption in own operations by 2025 (baseline 2014);

• 100% recyclable packaging by 2025;

• 75% recycled and/or renewable packaging materials.

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Aspirational objective 5: Sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, employment, and decent work for all

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved resilience and competitiveness of companies operating at any point along the food value chain by 2030;

b) Quality jobs, skilled workforce, and safe and inclusive workplaces for all.

Orkla commitments: 

Human rights due diligence process implemented for own operations and supply chains by 2025.

Aspirational objective 6: Sustainable value creation in the European food supply chain through partnership

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Improved resilience and competitiveness of companies operating at any point along the food value chain by 2030;

b) Continued progress towards sustainable production, contributing to sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources by 2030 and improved animal welfare.

Orkla commitments: 

Be a local champion for sustainability in all our key markets.

Aspirational objective 7: Sustainable sourcing in food supply chains

With the following aspirational targets:

a) Transformed commodity supply chains that do not contribute to deforestation, forest degradation, and destruction of natural habitat and which preserve and protect high-value ecosystems and biodiversity;

b) Improved social performance in (global) food supply chains.

Orkla commitments:

Verified and sustainable production of key raw materials by 2025.

Full detail of the pledge in the provided attachment.