About NZMP
Sustainability
Strong healthy environments and communities are the foundations for sustainable dairy farming
Reducing our environmental footprint
We’re committed to reducing our environmental footprint and transitioning to renewable energy as options become viable. Sustainability, like farming, is an inter-generational effort where progress made in the past is built on in the present to secure the future.
We are proud of the progress that Fonterra has made in most areas thanks to the commitment and hard work of our farmers, people, and partners that work alongside our Co-operative. What is most important is that our responsibilities are being taken seriously, and our many successes celebrated, with a clear plan to build on this in the future.
Our sustainability priorities
We consider the long-term challenges and shifts we face as a global food producer to ensure we are acting and planning today with a long-term view, managing the risks and identifying the opportunities to deliver a sustainable business.
To summarise Fonterra's approach we have organised our priorities into three main pillars: environment, nutrition and community.
Environment
Achieving a healthy environment for farming and society.
- Lead the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in innovation and infrastructure to remove greenhouse gas emissions from our supply chain.
- Improve the health and biodiversity of our land and waters by reducing the impacts of farming and manufacturing and working in partnership with others.
Nutrition
Improving health and wellbeing through the products and services we deliver.
- Improve access to adequate nutrition by developing affordable products tailored to specific nutritional needs of communities.
- Improve the wellbeing of individuals by leading innovation in advanced dairy nutrition to address specific health needs.
Community
Delivering prosperity for our Fonterra farmers and wider communities.
- Support healthy sustainable livelihoods for our co-operative farmers by unlocking the potential of every drop of milk.
- Invest in the future of our communities by sharing what we do best and building farming capability in key emerging dairy markets.