Arla Foods

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
3 out of 5
Intent and awareness 
5 out of 5
Commodity policies 
3 out of 5
Palm oil 
4 out of 5
Soy 
3 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
3 out of 5
Scope and Ambition 
5 out of 5
Reporting and implementation 
5 out of 5
Social considerations 
3 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
4 out of 5
Palm oil 
5 out of 5
Soy 
4 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
4 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
4 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
4 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
5 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
4 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
4 out of 5
Operations 
4 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5
Sector 
Dairy, Packaged food
Segments 
Manufacturer
HQ 
Denmark
Company type 
Public listed

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
No

350 companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

In 2018 the number of companies assessed increased from 250 to 350.

Profile 

Arla Foods is a dairy cooperative with activities around the world. The company’s most prominent markets are the United Kingdom, Central Europe and Asia. Its products include milk, cheese, butter and cooking ingredients with brands such as Lurpak, Castello and Apetina. Arla Foods claimed to be among the top ten dairy companies in the world by revenue in 2015 and is one of the world’s largest ingredient producers. Soy plays an important role in the cooperative’s animal feed and palm oil is also used in its products, with about 25,000 metric tons being used in 2015.

Other companies

Nestlé S.A.

Score
5 out of 5

Unilever PLC

Score
4 out of 5

Mars Inc.

Score
4 out of 5

General Mills Inc.

Score
4 out of 5

Danone

Score
3 out of 5

PepsiCo Inc.

Score
3 out of 5

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