Caring for the environment
FrieslandCampina is in the process of actively improving energy efficiency and reducing air pollution and carbon emissions in its plants. In addition, FrieslandCampina is committed to reducing water pollution, optimising water waste and reducing packaging weights and sizes.
Within the context of the Dutch Dairy Association (NZO), FrieslandCampina made arrangements with the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and with the Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Food Quality. Those arrangements have been laid down in the Sustainability Agreement on Clean and Energy-Efficient Agricultural Sectors.
In addition,FrieslandCampina has signed the Long-Term Agreement on the Improvement of Industrial Energy Efficiencies for its plants in the Netherlands. The object of this covenant is to effect an energy-efficiency improvement of at least 2 percent annually. In Belgium, FrieslandCampina is also party to energy-saving covenants, such as the Benchmarking Covenant and the Audit Covenant.
All Dutch facilities drew up energy-savings plans in 2009 and submitted them to the government. In the plans, the energy-saving measures for the next four years were laid down
ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
FrieslandCampina’s policy is to implement the safety and environmental policies for staff systematically. All facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany have introduced an environmental care system that satisfi es the requirements of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. FrieslandCampina’s standardised environmental management programme rolled out globally. The intention is to bring all FrieslandCampina facilities in Russia, the United States and the South-East Asia up to ISO 14001 level. Production plants have been ISO 14001 certified in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. Where staff safety is concerned, many facilities now apply the systematic approach provided by OHSAS 18001.
The proper recording and reporting of environmental data and data on safety at work forms part of the environmental and safety management system.
FrieslandCampina’s covenants and types of collaboration
FrieslandCampina makes long-term arrangements on the basis of covenants to effect improvements in the environmental field. The government monitors whether the arrangements laid down in the covenants are adhered to. In the Netherlands, FrieslandCampina is party to the Covenant on Integral Environmental Duties and the Long-Term Agreement on Energy Efficiencies, under which new environmental and energy objectives are formulated every four years. The objectives are fleshed out for each facility in what is referred to as a Business Energy and Environmental Plan, and are reviewed annually. The permit-issuing government agency assesses the Plan and monitors its implementation.
Water usage
Apart from saving energy, saving water is an important theme for FrieslandCampina. Various facilities are in the process of reducing water usage and of reusing water. New technologies have been developed in collaboration with drinking-water suppliers to facilitate reuse.