Arla partners with key customers in UK retail and foodservice industry to accelerate sustainability work on dairy farms

In yet another breakthrough moment for Arla’s industry-leading sustainability programmes, Britain’s largest farmer-owned dairy company has turned its unrivalled access to on-farm climate data into new commercial partnerships covering more than 1 billion litres of milk. By giving customers the opportunity to reduce their Scope 3 emissions faster along with more accurate reporting, Arla has signed new agreements with Aldi, Asda, Morrisons, and Starbucks™ that create deeper farmer and customer collaboration through projects to deliver progress towards shared climate targets. The new commercial agreements cover a total milk pool from…

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Gen Z urged to consider career in farming to help UK meet climate targets

With recent news suggesting that the UK is “falling behind” on its national carbon emission targets, the UK’s biggest dairy company Arla is calling on more young Brits to enter farming in the next decade to help the industry meet its carbon targets. New research commissioned by Arla into the career aspirations of Gen Z has unveiled nearly 40% want a job that’s analytical, but 33% don’t know much about the job of a farmer. In fact, 25% are looking for something that includes scientific testing, and 32% want a…

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Arla Foods outlines roadmap to net-zero emissions

In a first for the UK dairy industry, Arla has launched its Climate Action Roadmap – Towards Carbon Net Zero British Dairy as the cooperative works to provide consumers and retailers with clear information around the future of sustainable dairy production.  The new climate roadmap lays out how Arla will deliver against its 2030 climate targets by taking action to reduce emissions across its entire value chain, encompassing its farms, production sites and logistics. Arla’s scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction target is consistent with changes needed to keep global warming…

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Arla brings higher animal welfare and sustainability standards to branded milk

Industry-leading standards called C.A.R.E will roll out across Arla Cravendale, Arla B.O.B and Arla Big Milk. As consumers care more than ever about how their food is produced, Britain’s largest dairy cooperative, Arla, is to launch a new set of higher welfare and sustainability standards across its branded milk. Arla C.A.R.E (which represents Cooperative, Animal Welfare, Renewable Energy and Ecosystem), will be an industry-leading requirement for all of its farmer owners producing milk for Arla’s Cravendale, BOB and Big Milk brands. As 87 per cent of consumers say they care…

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Arla earmarks up to 500 mEUR annually for rewarding climate activities on farm

Arla Foods introduces a sustainability incentive to its farmer owners to help fund and motivate actions required to hit the 2030 emission reduction target on farm. Arla earmarks up to 3 eurocent per kilo of milk for sustainability activities in addition to the existing 1 eurocent for submitting Climate Check data. Based on the cooperative’s current milk volume, this corresponds to a total of up to 500 mEUR annually. Two years after implementing a comprehensive Climate Check on 8,000 farms across seven European countries, Arla farmers are taking another significant…

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