Arla is partnering with Aldi, Asda, Morrisons and Starbucks to reduce scope 3 emissions on dairy farms.
The partnership with allow farmers to identify the most efficient ways to reduce emissions on farm through Arla climate data insights and financial incentives to help fund the investments needed.
Arla COO and executive vice president Peter Giørtz-Carlsen said: “Driving down scope 3 emissions is another way of bringing value to our customers, and we want to be a strategic partner for them in that journey.
“Dairy is an important category for our retail and foodservice customers, and for some of them, emissions from dairy constitute a significant part of their scope 3 emissions,” Peter Giørtz-Carlsen added.
The partnership covers Arla farmer owners more than 1.1 billion litres, all supplied from farms that are part of the dairy company’s climate check data programme and Sustainability Incentive Model.
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The company will also run projects with the participating customers and their aligned Arla farmers that look to reduce on-farm emissions through new research and testing new innovations for potential scaling within areas such as feed additives, herd genetics, biodiversity, and fertiliser use.
“In our strategy we focus extensively on driving down our on-farm scope 3 emissions as they make up the vast majority of our emissions,” said Giørtz-Carlsen.
“We believe we have found an impactful route and levers to drive down scope 3 emissions, and we are strongly committed to this effort as it benefits the planet and brings value to our customers.
“But we do it for dairy too – dairy provides significant nutritional benefits to human diet, which must not be jeopardized due to its impact on climate and the environment,” he added.
