We want to grow and we care about how we do it. We want to be a responsible company with a responsible mindset and relations.
Partnerships
Sourcing
We work with suppliers from all over the world and they play an important role in the quality and ethical aspects of our products. We expect our suppliers to acknowledge their social and environmental responsibilities so we can purchase goods and services in an ethical way.
Suppliers' responsibility
We strive to ensure that our suppliers are willing to comply with the requirements set out in our Code of Conduct and that they support us in our efforts to respect human rights as set out in our Human Rights Policy.
Our suppliers are contractually bound to meet our requirements. We ask them to sign our Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Business Partners and evaluate and follow up on their ability to comply with our requirements.
Arla’s policy on Ethical Sourcing
At Arla Foods, we are dedicated to producing food with consideration of the climate, nature and vulnerable communities. For this purpose we have our Policy on Ethical Sourcing which outlines our ways of working in our upstream supply chain.
Deforestation and conversion-free supply chains
Arla strives to source and produce all products with the highest quality and transparency throughout our global supply chain. Arla sources our primary risk commodities (palm, soy and forest fibre) through sourcing systems designed to support deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains. Acting upon our supply chains, both with directly sourced ingredients as well as feed used on Arla farms, is one of our most important levers in halting the loss of natural biomes and creating a positive impact on nature, the climate and people.
Arla's Sourcing Policies
Read our policies regarding our sourcing of cocoa, palm, soy and forest fibre:
Engaging in industry dialogues
We engage in dialogues with industry organisations to discuss and agree industry standards in the individual countries in which we operate like the UK Soy Manifesto in the United Kingdom, 'Dansk Alliance for Ansvarlig Soja' in Denmark and 'Svenska plattformen för riskgrödor' in Sweden. You can see our action plan for sourcing soy responsibly here.
