Corporate Social Responsibility
We aim to be responsible for the future world of current and future generations in our thinking and actions. That means that we seek for a balance between our performance needs as a business and our commitment to society and the environment. A balance that’s sustainable in the long-term, ensuring the continued health of the environment, people and our business.
Milk connects generations. Dairy farms and farmland are passed from one generation to the next, as is our co-operative and its culture. We take care of nature, animals and people because we want to enjoy them tomorrow, as well as today.
We have determined the sustainability themes and priorities relevant to FrieslandCampina on the basis of an extensive review of all markets in which we're active. We have defined four principal themes to form the context which the company’s CSR policy is to be build upon, i.e.:
• food & health;
• environmental care;
• sustainable agriculture;
• healthy staff.
ISO 26000 is used as a framework for FrieslandCampina’s CSR policy. In 2009, this international corporate social responsibility standard was adopted in virtually complete form. Expectations as to staff’s conduct are laid down in the Staff Code of Conduct. FrieslandCampina consults with and works together with government agencies and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), and actively participates in initiatives such as the Stichting Ik Kies Bewust, Stichting Weidegang, the Round Table for Responsible Soy Association and the Sustainable Agricultural Initiative (SAI).