​Arla Foods UK welcomes extension of Courtauld Commitment 2025

Arla Foods UK is today welcoming the extension of The Courtauld Commitment 2025, the food and drink industry’s voluntary agreement to transform food and drink production.

The Courtauld Commitment 2025, led by the Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP) and now influencing 95% of the UK food retail industry, challenges its signatories to achieve three ambitious targets:

• A 20% reduction in food and drink waste leading to saving of £20 billion

• A 20% reduction in greenhouse gas intensity from food and drink consumed

• A reduction in impact associated with water use in the supply chain.

Commenting, Managing Director of Arla Foods UK Tomas Pietrangeli said:

“As a founder signatory,Arla Foods UK is proud to play a leading and managing role in the development of The Courtauld Commitment 2025, and to be collaborating with both WRAP and the important names in our sector.

“We are heavily involved in the overall Courtauld steering group and co-chairs of the Dairy Working Group. In addition we have been highlighted as one of the major players looking at waste mapping by WRAP. Therefore we are well positioned to see first-hand the huge amounts of work that has already gone into the development and implementation of this agreement. We are pleased about the continued growth of the commitment, which now influences 95% of the UK food retail industry”.

Notes to editors:

WRAP has announced that the Courtauld Commitment 2025 influence now touches 95% of UK food retail by market share. To find out more visit http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/courtauld-commitment-2025-influence-touches-95-uk-food-retail-market-share

Arla Foods is a global dairy company and co-operative owned by 12,700 dairy farmers with circa 2,700 of whom are British.

Dating back to 1881, Arla’s purpose is to secure the highest value for its farmers’ milk, while creating opportunities for their growth. With production facilities in 11 countries and sales offices in a further 30, Arla is the world’s fifth largest dairy company and largest supplier of organic dairy products. Arla has a total of more than 18,000 colleagues and its products are sold under the well-known brands Arla®, Lurpak® and Castello® in more than 100 countries.

Arla Foods UK is the largest dairy company in the country and is home to leading dairy brands Anchor®, Cravendale, and Lactofree® with a turnover of €2.9 billion. As well as being a leading supplier of fresh milk, number one in butter, spreads and cream, Arla is the UK’s largest cheese manufacturer. It has also built the world’s largest fresh milk facility located at Aylesbury and has plans for it to be the first zero carbon site of its kind. The UK business has a team of approximately 3,500 colleagues located at its dairies, distribution centres and head office.