Arla joins third phase of the Courtauld Commitment

For the third consecutive phase, Arla has joined the grocery sector in continuing to show its commitment to reducing food and drink waste, becoming one of 45 signatories joining the third phase of the Courtauld Commitment.

Signatories, including all major grocery retailers, could reduce waste by 1.1 million tonnes by 2015, bringing £1.6 billion cost benefits to consumers and industry**. The expected 2.9Mt CO2(e) reduction would be the equivalent to permanently taking one million cars off the road.

Phase 3 runs until December 2015 and the ambitious new targets it sets out (click here to divert to WRAP website) need to be achieved against a back drop of sales growth and an increase in the amount of food produced in the UK.

The Courtauld Commitment supports the UK governments' policy goal of a 'zero waste economy' and the objectives of the Climate Change Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050. The first phase launched in 2005.

Follow the links below to read about some of Arla’s key environmental achievements since then:

• One-of-a-kind combination trailer and tanker hits the highways
• Arla Foods lights the way in saving energy
• Arla Foods is the first major UK dairy group to achieve zero waste to landfill
• Arla Foods becomes Life Size
• Arla uses innovative technology to cut down on product waste
• Working together to drive down carbon emissions
• Arla celebrates carbon reduction achievements with launch of new environmental report
• Arla triumphs at Yorkshire Post environment awards
• Arla Foods targets super lightweight polybottles
• Leading innovation in a low carbon future with the Microbial Fuel Cell

** All of the forecast impacts (tonnage, environmental and financial) are based on retaining the same coverage in waste terms as for Courtauld 2.

Arla Foods UK plc is home to some of the UK’s leading dairy brands including Cravendale, Lurpak, Tickler and Anchor. Processing approximately 3.2 billion litres of milk a year and with a turnover of approximatey £2bn Arla is the UK’s largest dairy company.

Over 4,000 daily deliveries are made to stores and regional distribution centres nationwide, Arla's brands can be found across the dairy category and the company has a 26 per cent share of the GB milk pool. Behind this leading business is a team of circa 4,000 people across the UK located at our dairies, distribution centres and head office.