November 3, 2020

Arla wins prestigious Danish CSR Award

Arla Foods has been awarded for its structured and transparent reporting on social responsibility, sustainability and climate impact, the dairy cooperative announced in late-October.

The CSR award 2020 is given by FSR Danish Auditors for the best corporate social responsibility reporting. Arla received the award in the unlisted company category.

"We are very proud and happy to be recognised for our hard work with this prestigious award. Sustainability is very important to us at Arla and it takes a huge effort for colleagues and farmers to make continuous improvements and ensure the data to substantiate the impact of our actions," said Arla's head of corporate social responsibility, Hanne Søndergaard.

This year, FSR Danish Auditors chose to focus on how transparent and credible companies report on their climate impact. 67 companies were in the running for the award.

"For Arla as winner in the category for unlisted companies, the cooperative is a role model with scope divided on CO2 emissions and objectives that are approved by the Science Based Target initiative," said Birgitte Mogensen, chairman of FSR Danish's auditor committee for social responsibility and sustainability.

This is the first time Arla wins the CSR award and Søndergaard received the award on Arla's behalf from the Crown Princess of Denmark.

Some of the recent sustainability initiatives undertaken by Arla include a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions per kilo of milk by 30% by 2030.

Arla has introduced a climate check programme to support its 9,700 cooperative farmers across seven countries in Europe to take further climate action and has created one of the world's biggest datasets on dairy production, which will guide the way to effective ways to lower climate impacts.

Arla has also launched a climate-neutral organic dairy range and has introduced a number of improved packaging for its core products such as milk cartons, skyr buckets and tubs for butter and spreadable.

- Arla