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DeLaval and sustainability

Sustainability for us is about doing more with less, and doing it well. For our customers it means helping them reduce the environmental impact of every litre of milk produced in a way that is good for the animal and for anyone working on a farm.

Internally, it's about innovating to achieve these goals but also minimising our own waste and energy, while improving working conditions in an inclusive company.

Through our solutions in automation, digitalisation and advisory services we can improve efficiency and increase animal welfare for our customers. This in turn leads to reduced cost and lower greenhouse gas emissions per litre of milk produced.

How we help our farmers run more sustainable operations

Case study

Cows come first in Kansas

The McCarty’s began farming over 100 years ago with just a handful of cows. Today, four generations later, their operations span across the American mid-west, milking some 19,000 cows in four farms on top of their heifer rearing operations. But regardless of the size, the same focus on animal welfare has always been there.

Case study

Farm sustainability and the dairy advisor

Advisory services are one of the most important parts of our business strategy and an important way for DeLaval to be able to reduce emissions on our already installed base.

Case study

Sustainable milk production with John Deere and DeLaval

John Deere and DeLaval joins efforts to create the Milk Sustainability Center (MSC), a digital eco-system to help dairy farmers improve the efficiency and sustainability of their operations. The eco-system will be open for partners to join, with the objective of providing farmers with data needed for a holistic view of the dairy operations.

Enabling a more sustainable dairy industry

DeLaval provides products and solutions that improve working conditions for farmers and ensure that animals are well taken care of, while reducing farm environmental impact and ensuring long-term profitability.

Innovations

For us, innovation is about creating new solutions that can help reduce the environmental impact on farms while improving the conditions for both the animals and people working there. It’s also the key for helping our customers run profitable operations.

Planet

Our primary focus is to reduce the environmental impact of every litre of milk produced. We are also reducing our own emissions and waste, all with circularity in mind.

Animal welfare

We focus on animal welfare and cow longevity by promoting and enabling best management practices. A healthy animal provides more milk, at better quality and for more years. Our approach enables us to meet all regulations regarding milk quality to ensure food safety, while developing products and services with cow health and welfare in focus.

People

We innovate to provide solutions that make dairy farmers’ lives easier and more profitable. We are working for social and human rights in our supply chain through a sustainable sourcing program that is being implemented. Internally, we use a Corporate Governance framework as a baseline for how we act in our operations worldwide.

Good governance

To ensure good governance we have a Corporate Governance Framework at DeLaval that sets the baseline for how we act in our operations worldwide, both internally and in our external relations. Outside the framework, DeLaval also has a number of policies, procedures and guidelines to govern the business and ensure a common way of working. The framework is key to the sustainable and successful business of DeLaval.