Our Responsibility
 
 
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Environment

What is an acceptable environmental impact?

Constantly seeking to minimise the environmental impact of our operations is at the heart of every­thing we do. At the same time, it is unavoidable that production at our farms and dairies, and our transportation, affect the environment. At every level we consider whether we can change any aspect of our work methods in order to reduce our environmental impact.


”We continually improve our environmental performance by applying sound and sustainable principles – from cow to consumer.”


PRODUCTS
We strive to continually reduce the environmental impact of our products.

PLANT
We design new facilities and procure equipment to meet or exceed relevant environmental standards.

RESOURCES
We save energy and reduce material consumption by continually monitoring and optimising our operations.

RECYCLING
We reduce waste from our operations by maximising the re-use, recycling and recovery of materials from our waste streams.

SUPPLIERS
We challenge and encourage our suppliers to develop and deliver products and services that exceed our environmental standards.

STAKEHOLDERS
We meet the aspirations of our stakeholders and regulatory authorities by embracing our environmental responsibilities.

CLIMATE CHANGE
We contribute towards a reduction in global warming by striving to continually reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

 

We took responsibility in 2007

We reduced our energy consumption
Despite unchanged production volume, we have reduced the use of both water, CO2 initiative and energy of our dairies

We got our results certified
27 dairies out of 61 were ISO-certified in 2007, and another 20 are in the course of 2008.

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