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Carbon net zero operations

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As one of the world’s largest dairy producers, we believe that we can contribute to a better future for generations to come by producing nutritious dairy products while reducing our impact on the environment.

That’s why we aim to achieve Carbon Net Zero in all of our operations globally, from physical factories to trucks on the road, by 2050.

Actions we’ve taken to reduce CO2e…

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Cutting CO2e

  Since 2020, our farmer owners have delivered CO2e reductions year by year.  

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Switching to Renewable Energy
Today, 33% (2019) of our power comes from renewable energy sources, and we have switched entirely from fossil fuels to renewable fuels for all of our trucks in Sweden.
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Our Targets are Scientist Approved

When it comes to reducing CO2e emissions, Arla is realistic, action led, and motivated to improve. We have already cut our CO2e output significantly, but there is more to do: our goal to reduce total CO2e emissions by 30% by 2030 has been approved by the Science-Based Target initiative as being aligned with climate science.

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Our global
ambition

  • Carbon net zero by 2050

    • Scope 1&2: 30% absolute reduction in our greenhouse emissions

    • Our scope 3 target is to reduce CO2e emissions by 30.3% from 2020 to 2030.  

Read more about our climate ambitions 2050.

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The UN Global Goals of Sustainable Development

Our work towards achieving carbon net zero operations, supports SDGs

  • No. 7 - Affordable & Clean Energy by switching to renewable sources of energy across our value chain.
  • No. 12 - Responsible Consumption & Production by achieving a Carbon Net Zero supply chain by 2050 and reducing CO2 by 30.3%   from 2020 to 2030 .
  • No. 17 - Partnership for the Goals by working with our suppliers and local partners across our supply chain.