We know the environmental impacts of milk production, and it is our responsibility to actively reduce them. Milk producers, and agriculture, can be part of the solution to climate change. We intend to cut milk’s carbon footprint in Finland to zero by 2035. While it is a highly ambitious goal it is reachable through collaboration between Valio and its dairy farms, agriculture, energy business companies and research institutes.
Same amount of emissions is reduced and removed from the atmosphere as is generated on the farms, in transportation, at the plants and in package manufacturing.
1. We bind more carbon dioxide into grass fields than now
2. We use manure to produce biogas, which is a replacement for fossil fuels
3. We reduce emissions from organic soil
The environmental impact is also reduced in Finland thanks to 85 % of our beef being produced from the same animal as the milk. That is why our emissions per kilo of milk and beef are smaller compared to countries that have separate meat and milk production.
In reaching for carbon-neutral milk production, Valio has developed the first grass seed mixes to improve carbon binding, suited for grass cultivation throughout Finland. The Valio CARBO® grass seed mix is also profilic, resistant and improves biodiversity.
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