Danish Crown
Sustainability
From farm to fork
Farmers

Pilot projects and initiatives on the farm

We know we can’t change the industry alone, so we’re working together with many people, experts, and our own farmers to ensure our solutions and projects have the highest reach and impact.

We contribute with our practical experience and have an open dialogue with our cooperative owners and suppliers of slaughter animals to test new technologies and solutions to ensure that they can be implemented successfully at farm level. Because together we can achieve almost everything and anything.

Below you can read more about some of the different projects and initiatives, we’re currently involved in or already have enrolled.

Methane capture

We are co-owners of a company, AgroGas, that is developing a flaring technology where methane gas from slurry tanks is collected and converted into CO2, which is a less potent greenhouse gas.

Carbon sequestration in the field

We participate in a Danish research project which aims to increase carbon storage and reduce nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions by creating multi-year pasture areas instead of annual crop rotations. We serve as input provider and support the practical application of project findings. If the findings are successfully integrated in our LCA model, this will enable individual farmers to see the impact of different crop rotation approaches

NoMethane

The aim is to develop a novel triple-action feed additive to reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle by at least 50% without negative impacts on productivity and animal health. If the feed additive is successful, the effects will be included in our Danish Crown LCA model. The project is a public research project. We are conducting consumer surveys and acting as an input provider.

Green Calf

The aim is to reduce methane emissions from dairy-beef production. If the project is successful, there will be several methane-mitigating feed compounds with documented effects available for dairy-beef cattle farmers in Denmark. The project is financed by the Green Development and Demonstration Program (GUDP), which is organised by the Danish Agriculture Agency. We contribute to project financing and market research in the form of consumer surveys and customer workshops. We also provide input and contribute to various other tasks to support implementation, including project management.

Farmers follow the CrownFarm Track

To support farmers in reducing emissions and improving on other parameters, data is essential. Data is therefore the cornerstone of CrownFarm Track, our ESG programme for farmers supplying slaughter animals to Danish Crown.
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Sourcing

We work to promote a deforestation-free soy and palm oil production as well as supply chain traceability together with experts and global and national soy an palm oil organisations.
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Our targets to reduce emissions

Danish Crown has committed to emission reduction targets under the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), across the entire value chain (Scope 1, 2, and 3) by 2029/30.
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