Energy

Energy

Towards carbon net zero

Our modern production sites consume high volumes of energy to ensure the purity, quality and safety of our ingredients. And we continue to expand them in preparation for future global demand.

This is why our climate strategy is so important. As our business grows, we aim to reduce production-related emissions to carbon net zero by 2050. Our intermediate goal for 2030 is to achieve a 42% reduction in emissions compared to our 2015 baseline.

Heat pumps come to Danmark Protein

New capabilities within industrial heat pump technology show promise at our largest processing plant. Our first major investment will improve energy efficiency and cut CO2e emissions by 14,500 tons a year. Read more

Heat pumps come to Danmark Protein

How we’re reducing our carbon footprint

Electrification based on renewable energy
Electrification based on renewable energy

Investments in electric boiler technology mean we can now proceed with plans to electrify our most energy-intensive production processes. By the end of 2025, the electricity supply at our plants in Denmark will be 100% renewable

Heat recovery and reuse
Heat recovery and reuse

We’re transforming our heating and cooling systems to enable the capture and repurposing of surplus heat. At our largest processing plant, initiatives underway in 2024 will cut carbon emissions by 22% compared to 2023.

Alternative fuels
Alternative fuels

Our plants in Denmark have been transitioning away from fossil-derived natural gas since 2015. Last year, biogas accounted for 33% of the gas supply at our largest processing plant in Denmark.

Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency

We continue to assess and optimise the energy efficiency of our processes and proactively develop new technology to achieve further energy savings.

Heat pumps come to Danmark Protein

New capabilities within industrial heat pump technology show promise at our largest processing plant. Our first major investment will improve energy efficiency and cut CO2e emissions by 14,500 tons a year. Read more

Heat pumps come to Danmark Protein

Our climate ambition

Arla Foods Ingredients is committed to the Arla Group ambition to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions by 63% in 2030 compared to our 2015 baseline. We will contribute to this target by driving the green transformation of our fully-owned production sites.

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has approved this target as consistent with the Paris Agreement ambition to limit global warming to 1.5°C.

The group-level target for scope 3 emissions is a 30% reduction by 2030.  

We are working with the Arla group to update this target in line with the SBTi Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) guidelines.

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Our climate ambition
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