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Target and activity overview

Below is an overview of our sustainability ambitions and targets, the main activities conducted in 2021/22 and future activities planned to ensure progress in achieving our ambitions and target.

Climate change

TargetStatus
We aim to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from production and logistics by 50 per cent per kg of meat by 2030 relative to 2005.As planned
Our climate vision is to have climate neutral (net-zero) meat production by 2050.As planned
Note: Our targets for the Science Based Targets initiative were approved in November 2022 and will replace these targets going forward.

Activites - Climate change

2021/22
Scope 3 emissions according to GHG Protocol methods mapped.
Targets for emission reductions submitted to the Science Based Targets initiative.
Future activities
Get targets for emission reductions validated by Science Based Targets initiative.
Further develop detailed action plans for delivering on our science-based targets.
A number of our targets in other cateogories such as Climate Track, packaging, energy and responsible sourcing support our efforts to deliver on our science-based targets.

Climate Track and farm-level greenhouse gas emmissions

TargetStatus
Supporting our target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from production by 50 per cent per kg of meat by 2030 and our vision to have climate neutral (net-zero) meat production by 2050.See climate change
Note: Our targets for the Science Based Targets initiative were approved in November 2022 and will replace this target going forward.

Activities - Climate Track and farm-level greenhouse gas emmissions

2021/22
Continued rollout of the Climate Track with focus on producers of Danish Free Range Beef as well as Swedish and German pig producers. Approximately 65 per cent of Swedish slaughter pigs are covered by the Climate Track and 100 per cent of farmers supplying Danish Free Range Beef have now joined the programme. In Germany, we are testing the implementation of the Climate Track on pigs.
Decision made to introduce a reporting premium for those of our cooperative pig owners who report their use of feed, piglet mortality and daily gain.
Continue collaboration with relevant industry players in research projects on climate solutions of tomorrow.
Future activites
Implement reporting premium for cooperative pig owners.
Continue the development and rollout of the Climate Track. Our goal is that by 2025, 100 per cent of our cooperative owners and contract suppliers of slaughter animals in Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Germany will be following the Climate Track. Our previous target year was 2024, but this has been adjusted, as we continuously assess the need to adapt the specifics of the programme to the local context and the concrete production systems.
Continue the development and implementation of roadmaps to meet scope 3 emissions reduction targets.

Biodiversity

AmbitionStatus
We want to work with our suppliers of slaughter animals to support modern agricultural production going hand in hand with nature by growing and producing more effectively in the areas where doing so is sustainable while releasing marginal lands back to nature.Ongoing

Activities - Biodiversity

2021/22
Development of biodiversity approach.
Development of the Climate Track to include collection of biodiversity data in Denmark. Datapoints selected in cooperation with researchers from Danish universities.
Future activities
Initiate data gathering from cooperative owners through biodiversity application and establish baselines for all cooperative owners and suppliers of pig and cattle in Denmark and Sweden.
Develop biodiversity concept. for selected products.
Our ongoing rollout of the Climate Track also captures biodiversity.

Responsible soy and palm oil

TargetStatus
Denmark: All cooperative owners and suppliers of slaughter animals will use 100 per cent responsibly produced soy in feed by the end of 2025. All feed suppliers for our slaughter animals will have phased out the use of palm oil in feed by the end of 2023.As planned
Germany: We aim to cover soy consumption for German suppliers of slaughter animal through certificates by year-end 2022.As planned

Activities - Responsible soy and palm oil

2021/22
Commitment made to UK Manifesto on Responsible Soy.
Future activites
Danish Crown Fleisch membership of the Forum for More Sustainable Protein Feed. Danish Crown Fleisch is part of our business unit Danish Crown.
Develop group-level approach to procurement of responsibly produced soy and a deforestation policy.
Develop action plan for procurement of responsibly produced soy for feed used by German suppliers of slaughter animals.
Continue phasing out palm oil in feed by the Danish suppliers of feed for slaughter animals.
Continue to increase use of responsibly produced soy in feed by cooperative owners and Danish suppliers of slaughter animals.
Continue to encourage and participate in research and development of alternative protein sources.

Energy

TargetStatus
Supporting our target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from production by 50 per cent per kg of meat by 2030 and our vision to have climate neutral (net-zero) meat production by 2050.See climate change
Note: Our targets for the Science Based Targets initiative were approved in November 2022 and will replace this target going forward.

Activities - Energy

2021/22
Biomass at our production facilities and its biogas potential mapped.
Engaged in pilot projects to test possibilities of electrifying processes.
Environmental certifications covering 60 per cent of our produced volume.
Future activities
Exploring possibilities for playing a bigger role downstream in the biomass value chain.
Incorporate our investment decisions, for example by ensuring that we strike the right balance between reduction initiatives and compensating for greenhouse gas emissions. That also applies to our previous decision to have three carbon-neutral production facilities by the end of 2022, which we are likely to either postpone or withdraw.

Packaging

TargetStatus
Reduce packaging volumes: We aim to reduce all of our packaging volumes by 15 per cent per tonne produced in 2025 relative to 2020/21 and by 30 per cent in 2030.As planned
Packaging recyclability: We aim to ensure that 90 per cent of our packaging materials are recyclable by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030.As planned
Recycled packaging: We aim to ensure that 40 per cent of our packaging materials are made from post-consumer recycled content in 2025, increasing to 60 per cent by 2030.As planned
Certification: We aim to use 100 per cent Forest Stewardship Council certified fibre packaging.As planned
Hard to recycle: We aim to use no hard-to-recycle materials by 2025.As planned

Activites - Packaging

2021/22
New Packaging Strategy and targets developed.
Strong governance structure established.
Supplier-driven innovation programme initiated.
Packaging Standard to reduce our environmental impact developed.
Validated baseline established.
Future activities
Implement Packaging Strategy and Packaging Standard.
Further develop supplier-driven innovation programme.
Enhance our packaging master data setup.

Waste

TargetStatus
We aim to reduce the volume of suitable combustible waste from our production facilities by 40 per cent relative to 2020/21 and recover 80 per cent of the waste by 2030.More slowly

Activities - Waste

2021/22
Local action plans for reducing and recycling waste at our Danish production facilities developed.
New agreement with a waste management company covering our Danish production facilities entered into force in October 2021. The agreement includes close collaboration to achieve our waste targets.
Recycling of silicone paper implemented at the majority of our Danish facilities.
Future activities
Continue implementation of local action plans and investigations into new possibilities for reducing and recovering our waste streams.
Increase knowledge sharing on waste initiatives across our business units and countries of operation.

Water and wastewater

TargetStatus
Water consumption: We aim to reduce water consumption at our production facilities in Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands by 40 per cent per tonne produced in 2030 relative to 2019/20.More slowly
Organic matter in wastewater: We aim to reduce the amount of organic matter in wastewater from production facilities by 30 per cent per tonne produced in 2030 relative to 2019/20.More slowly

Activities - Water and wastewater

2021/22
Chemical Oxygen Demand measurement and water production calculations aligned.
Future activites
Continue efforts to identify the best ways to reduce our water consumption based on experience from pilot projects as well as data collection.
Start operation of facility for recycling water at our abattoir in Horsens, Denmark. Originally planned for 2021/22, but delayed due to technical issues.
Develop water management programme.

Health and safety

TargetStatus
Accidents: We aim to reduce the annual frequency of lost time accidents to 20 per 1,000 FTEs at our European production facilities by 2025. Facilities which reach the goal ahead of schedule must achieve a further 20 per cent reduction by 2025.More slowly
Noise: We aim to limit daily noise exposure for our production employees to maximum 82 dB(A) by 2030.As planned
MSD: We aim to reduce the physical strain for the 10 per cent most demanding production jobs with respect to MSD by 2025.More slowly

Activities - Health and safety

2021/22
Systematic registration of near misses at all Danish production facilities implemented.
Mapping of the most demanding jobs in terms of MSD at our Danish production facilities initiated.
Pilot test for exoskeletons at our facility in Ringsted, Denmark.
Baseline data of noise exposure collected at all Danish production facilities.
Certified management system for health and safety implemented at all Polish production facilities.
Health and Safety certification covering 47 per cent of our employees at production facilities.
Future activities
Continue strengthening our systematic registration within health and safety across the Danish Crown Group, for example by rolling out systematic registration of near misses in Sweden, Germany and Poland.
Complete mapping and develop local action plans to reduce MSD at our Danish production facilities.
Share learnings across production facilities and continue investments in automation to reduce physical strain on employees. Increased automation is part of our corporate strategy.
Analyse noise exposure baseline and develop action plans.

Social responsibility

TargetStatus
We want to increase the global intake of apprentices in production and technical divisions by 20 per cent in 2025 relative to 2018.As planned

Activities - Social responsibility

2021/22
Initiative to upgrade the skills of hourly-paid workers in Denmark expanded.
Educational programmes for employees in charge of apprentices at abattoirs in Denmark initiated.
Continue efforts to increase the intake of apprentices in production and technical divisions in Denmark.
Future activities
Further anlayse employee turnover data with the purpose of establish a new target.
Further expansion of initiatives to upgrade hourly-paid workers in Denmark.
Improvement of our HR master data setup.

Diversity and inclusion

TargetStatus
We aim to increase the percentage of women in senior leadership positions to 35 per cent by 2030.More slowly
Note: See all our targets related to diversity in our Annual report 2021/22.

Activities - Diversity and inclusion

2021/22
Diversity and Inclusion policy updated.
New diversity targets set to align with Gender Diversity Pledge from the Confederation of Danish Industry.
Future activities
Focus on inclusion and inclusive leadership.
Further updating the Diversity Strategy and Policy.

Human and labour rights

AmbitionStatus
We respect international conventions on human and labour rights, and we strive to mitigate any negative impacts on human and labour rights in our production and our value chain.Ongoing

Activities - Human and labour rights

2021/22
Human and labour rights risks assessed as part of our Sedex self-assessment.
EcoVadis rating conducted and awarded with a silver medal for our work within the environment, human and labour rights, business ethics and sustainable procurement.
Future activities
Investigate further compliance programme possibilities.
Continued support for compliance with human and labour rights through our initiatives directed at job creation, health and safety, diversity and inclusion as well as through responsible sourcing.

Reporting and communication

AmbitionStatus
We aim to improve our reporting and communication to ensure accurate measurements of our progresss, a solid foundation for decision making and communication as well as compliance with upcoming legislation.Ongoing

Activities - reporting and communication

2021/22
Initiated groupwide project to improve the overall setup for data gathering, validation and disclosure, including the development of a new IT system and dashboards for ESG data.
Initiated development of new framework for materiality assessment based on upcoming EU legislation.
Future activities
Continue to improve data gathering, validation and disclosure processes.
Continue development of new framework for materiality assessment.

Management systems, certifications and audits

TargetStatus
We aim to implement our integrated environment, health and safety management system, One Management System, at all production facilities in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands.More slowly

Activities - Management systems, certifications and audits

2021/22
Management systems for health and safety implemented at all Polish production facilities and certified according to ISO 45.001.
Training in selected part of One Management System conducted at relevant production facilities in Denmark, Sweden and Germany.
Future activities
Continue implementation of environment, health and safety management systems at our production facilities.

Anti-corruption

AmbitionStatus
We want to fight corruption, bribery and other forms of non-ethical business practices and to continuously improve and develop our processes to do so.Ongoing

Activities - Anti-corruption

2021/22
High-level anti-bribery risk assessment of main business areas conducted.
New disclosure management system implemented.
Due diligence and screening of business partners improved.
Introdued new Danish Crown standard on conflicts of interest.
Future activities
Update of Anti-Corruption Compliance Policy and standards.
Continue to develop our anti-corruption compliance programme and strengthen our compliance culture.

Responsible sourcing

AmbitionStatus
We want to integrate environmental, social and ethical considerations into our business operations and supply chain by making demands on our suppliers.Ongoing

Activities - Responsible sourcing

2021/22
Our work within the “sustainable farming” part of our strategy also supports our responsbile sourcing target for suppliers of slaughter animals.
Our Supplier Code of Conduct for non-meat products accepted by suppliers covering 74 per cent of our spend.
Risk assessment conducted for non-meat suppliers and follow-up audits for selected suppliers initiated.
Future activities
We will look into improving our work on responsible sourcing.
We plan to develop and implement Code of Practices for suppliers so they also cover third-party suppliers of pigs and cattle in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland and of sheep in Sweden and Germany by the end of 2023.
Develop social audit programme for our non-meat suppliers.
Expand our supplier self-assessment questionaire for non-meat suppliers to cover suppliers of logistics.
Update our Supplier Code of Conduct.

Food safety

AmbitionStatus
We want to maintain high standards of food safety in our production and for the products we deliver to customers and consumers.Ongoing

Activities - Food safety

2021/22
Food safety certifications covering 86 per cent of our produced volume.
Launching food safety culture projects.
Future activities
Further implementation of our food safety culture projects.
Continue ongoing work to maintain and improve our high food safety standards and reduce the use of antibiotics. This includes automating more of our data processing to allow relevant employees to focus even more on proactive management.

Food waste and food loss

AmbitionStatus
Food loss and food waste at production level: We aim to put every part of the animal and our other raw materials to good use at our production facilities.Ongoing
Food waste at consumer level: We aim to reduce food waste in collaboration with customers and consumer organisations.Ongoing

Activities - Food waste and food loss

2021/22
Food loss data captured across selected facilities.
Best before and often good after labelling implemented on all relevant packaging in Denmark, taking into consideration any potential health risks.
Too Good To Go labelling implemented on selected products in the Danish market.
Future activities
Continue our efforts to optimise our processes to ensure we put every part of the animal and our other raw materials to good use.

Sustainability and product range

AmbitionStatus
We want to work together with our customers and other stakeholders to move consumption in a more sustainable direction.Ongoing
The above ambition replaces previous ambition: Our previous ambition: “Penetration of sustainable food products in the market by 2030” is not clearly defined and therefore we have decided to maintain the above ambition and will work on creating clear targets going forward.Ongoing

Activities - Sustainability and product range

2021/22
Continue ongoing development of healthy and safe food products, both animal-based and plant-based.
Continue ongoing analysis of consumer trends and preferences for sustainable food options.
New standard operating procedure developed for approval of marketing statements, including sustainability claims in product and company marketing.
New groupwide system for collecting sustainability-related customer enquiries developed. The system will enable us to track increasingly topical sustainability issues in our different market
Future activities
Rollout of the standard operating procedure on statements.
Develop frameworks related to sustainability areas of high importance for our customers and consumers.

Animal welfare

TargetStatus
We want to be ranked as Tier 2 in the 2023 Business Benchmark for Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) Report.As planned (new target set)
Target above is an adjustment of the previous target: Our previous target was to be ranked Tier 1 in the 2022 BBFAW report. In the 2022 assessment we were given a Tier 3 rating, in part due to changes in methodology. As a result, we do not believe that achiveing a Tier 1 rating by 2023 is realistic.As planned

Activities - Animal Welfare

2021/22
Development and approval of an Animal Welfare Strategy.
Development and approval of Policy for Animal Welfare.
Development of a tool to map the animal welfare certification programmes to which our abattoirs adhere.
Animal welfare certification covering 82 per cent of our slaughtered animals.
Future activities
Update our Supplier Code of Conduct with stricter animal welfare requirements for livestock suppliers.
Develop and implement Code of Practice for relevant animal species in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and Poland by 2023.
Our ongoing rollout of the Climate Track also captures some aspects of animal welfare.