CLIMATE
Mapping Our Carbon Emissions
LACTALIS GROUP COMMITMENTS
Through the Climate pillar, we’re committed to minimising our impact on the environment and have published our goal to achieve carbon net zero across our entire value chain by 2050.
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To achieve positive change, we have set clear commitments and goals to cut our emissions
We’re committed to sharing our progress and impact openly and transparently
Collaborating with industry partners
Across the whole Lactalis Group, we collaborate with external experts to accurately assess our emissions and identify where we can take action.
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GHG Protocol
We use the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, an international methodology for measuring and managing GHG emissions throughout our value chain.
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SBTI ASSESSMENT
We’ve committed to set emission reduction targets in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the best available science on what’s required to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. We’ve submitted our climate targets to the SBTi for assessment and validation.
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PATHWAYS TO DAIRY NET ZERO
In 2022, we also joined the Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative which enables us to work collaboratively across the industry and make an even bigger, positive impact, accelerating the transition to a low carbon world.
OUR CO2E REDUCTION & CARBON NET ZERO EMISSION GOALS
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Company Facilities
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Company Vehicles
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Purchased electricity, steam, heating & cooling for own use
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Purchased goods & services
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Capital goods
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Fuel & Energy related activities
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Employee commuting
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Leased assets
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Transportation & distribution
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End-of-life treatment of sold products
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Processing of sold products
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Waste generation inoperation
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Business travel
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Investments
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Use of sold product
MILK AND FARMING
SCOPE 3
OUR COMMITMENTS
Farming activities make up the largest source of both our Scope 3 and overall emissions so we’re committed to working closely with our farmers to help them identify and reduce their overall GHG emissions.
OUR PROGRESS IN 2023
Our UK-wide carbon auditing programme helps us track progress on farm GHG emissions levels and reduction. Through this programme we’re:
- Monitoring progress by auditing one third of producers each year
- Providing each producer with a farm-specific plan to support them with lowering GHG emissions
- Incentivising our farmers who participate in carbon auditing through a sustainability payment element to our milk price
- Delivering best practice workshops to improve knowledge and share updates on latest technologies to improve efficiency and to reduce on-farm GHG emissions
OUR FUTURE FOCUS
Through our Sustain Development Group we’re continuing raising awareness and reducing on farm GHG emissions. We’re fully committed to the net zero journey and through our planned projects, we’ll be supporting our farmers to continue reducing carbon footprints across our UK farms.
Some of the initiatives will include
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Nutrient management planning
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Soil management
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Enhancing biodiversity
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Animal health initiatives
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Slurry / manure storage and handling
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Methane reducing additives
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Feed efficiency
OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION
SCOPE 1 & 2
OUR COMMITMENTS
In the UK, we have manufacturing sites across three locations, Stranraer in Scotland, Lubborn in England and Aberystwyth in Wales. Through our energy and climate policy we’ve developed a climate action roadmap, with short and long-term actions to achieve our net zero ambition.
At least
-25%
greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2025
(scope 1 & 2)
At least
-50%
greenhouse gases (GHG) by 2033
(scope 1 & 2)
Carbon
NET ZERO
by 2050
(scope 1, 2 & 3)
OUR PROGRESS IN 2023
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- We’ve agreed our baselines and implemented ongoing monitoring. Manufacturing sites have identified their carbon footprint and implemented systems to monitor their energy usage, improving our operational efficiency.
- Best practices are being embedded which prioritise compressed air and steam systems and we’ve upgraded our energy monitoring systems.
- We’ve identified investments that will optimise processes and equipment including new boilers and the roll out of LED lights, reducing energy consumption, heat loss and the resulting carbon emissions.
- Where possible, we’ve also transitioned to energy sources with reduced carbon intensity.
OUR FUTURE FOCUS
We’ve made really good progress, but there’s still more we want to do. We’ll be identifying and delivering more operational efficiencies to continue to reduce our energy consumption.
Some of the initiatives will include:
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Investigating on-site energy investment opportunities including anaerobic digestion*
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Exploring opportunities to produce solar energy with our sites or through partnerships
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Identifying new energy reduction projects through our improved energy monitoring systems and employee feedback
* Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a process for the treatment of certain waste materials. It is described by Defra as a ‘… process in which plant and animal materials are converted into useful products by micro-organisms in the absence of air. The process releases biogas, (mainly a mixture of around 60% methane and 40% carbon dioxide) which can be used directly to provide heat, power or transport fuel.
TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS AND PROCUREMENT
SCOPE 3
OUR COMMITMENTS
Our transport, logistics and procurement emissions are generated through the supply of products to UK and European markets. By working closely with our suppliers and customers, we’re reducing the carbon footprint linked to transport, logistics and procurement.
OUR PROGRESS IN 2023
PROCUREMENT
In 2023, we issued our Lactalis Group Code of Conduct to all our direct suppliers and 50% of our indirect suppliers. This sets out our position with regards to business conduct and good practices; labour practices and human rights; quality and food safety; the environment; animal welfare; information protection and monitoring alerts and breaches.
At a Group level, we have actively engaged with our key suppliers to understand their carbon targets. We’ve asked our suppliers to set their own climate reduction targets aligned to SBTi (or equivalent) standards, based upon a 1.5% temperature rise warming scenario, by the end of 2028. Our suppliers will also be reporting their carbon footprint and the status of their climate objectives to us annually.
TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS
We’ve established a comprehensive set of actions to reduce carbon footprints by identifying our baseline and the sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Promoting more sustainable transportation
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Route and load optimisation
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Packing innovation
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Regular monitoring of our emissions to proactively adjust our processes and approach
We’ve created a fully auditable and traceable CO2e tracker report that measures the run rate of Lactalis operations in the UK, helping us to accurately monitor our CO2e results.
We ran a project (Project “WAVE”) to optimise our route-to-market post-Brexit. By using the latest EDI (electronic data interchange) technology, we managed to remove unnecessary steps in the supply chain and reduced our carbon footprint by 192 tonnes of CO2e a year. That’s 100,000 cubic meters of CO2e, the same volume as 1,000 double decker buses!
OUR FUTURE FOCUS
We continue to work with and support our suppliers on their climate approach and journey towards net zero. As the UK logistics industry continues to evolve, we’ll play a proactive role in understanding advancements in technology and fuel alternatives as they come to the wider market. We’re actively investigating backhaul solutions across our network to reduce the number of empty trucks on the road.
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SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS UPDATE 2024
Find out more about our sustainability journey in our 2024 Sustainability Progress Update Report