Poultry processor Avara Foods has published its 2024 Our Planet report, revealing another “strong year” of carbon reduction against its targets.
It is the company’s fifth year reporting its full carbon footprint. It said it had continued to track ahead of its trajectory on its 2030 science-based reduction targets, which were established in 2021.
Since its 2019 baseline Avara has reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 31%, and Scope 3 by 34%.
The report covers:
- The reduction of carbon emissions ahead of the target trajectory for its 2030 science-based targets
- Avara’s 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions associated with packaging for 2020-2023
- How Avara was the first poultry business involved in the BRC-Mondra coalition’s product level carbon footprinting pilot
- The processor’s “significant reductions” in energy and waste consumption
Andy Dawkins, Avara CEO, commented: “Clearly managing and reducing our footprint is an important aim for us, but not something we can achieve in isolation. Throughout, we’ve endeavoured to align with our customers goals, to drive action collectively, enabling us to manage our business and supply chain in a more sustainable way.”
Andrew Brodie, People and Sustainability director at Avara, said: “Our progress is founded on the consistent quality of our data, which is essential to understanding and quantifying our impact, and in creating effective plans to reduce it.
“We’ve kept focus on improving the accuracy of our carbon emissions data, with 81% now activity based, and key stakeholders recognising it as the best in class. We are at the frontline of product level carbon footprinting and have made significant GHG reductions through packaging innovation since 2020.”
The full report can be accessed here.
