• Sustainability

Sustainability

Working together, for tomorrow

Fonterra’s farming ecosystem is founded on grass-fed, pasture-based practices, with a continued focus on supporting animals’ wellbeing. We’re taking steps to help take care of Aotearoa New Zealand’s precious natural resources.

Protecting natural resources is intrinsically linked to safeguarding the future of the environment and communities we depend upon.

There's more work to be done and when we come together, we can support resilient intergenerational farming, realise the full potential of dairy nutrition and create goodness for generations to come.

Climate targets

We’re proud of the progress we’ve made and are looking ahead to what’s next.

Fonterra’s emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) and are as below. 

50.4%   

absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by FY2030.*

Greenhouse Gasses (GHG).
(From a FY2018 base year).

78.2%

of suppliers and customers by emissions will have science-based targets by FY2028.

(Covering purchased goods and services, capital goods, upstream and downstream transportation and distribution, business travel, and processing of sold products).

30%

reduction in Scope 1 and 3 FLAG GHG emissions from dairy, per tonne of fat-and-protein-corrected milk, by FY2030.**

Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG).(From a FY2018 base year).

Zero  

deforestation across primary deforestation-linked commodities.

(With a target date of 31st December 2025).

* The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.

^ The target includes FLAG emissions and removals. 

Further targets

We’re continuing to make progress where it matters. 

100%

of Fonterra supplying New Zealand farms to have a Farm Environment Plan (FEP) by 2025.

100%

of Fonterra supplying New Zealand farms to have Animal Wellbeing Plans in place by 2025.

95+%

recycle-ready packaging by 2025.*

(Forecast performance at end of 2025 based on FY24 sales).

40:40:20

representation in global senior leadership.

Which refers to 40% female, 40% male, 20% of any gender. 


* The target is for reuseable, recyclable or compostable packaging.  Recycle-ready performance aligns with the FY24 AR commentary.

Our journey towards our net zero 2050 ambition

Our Climate Roadmap is our strategy – the path that take us towards our 2030 targets and our ambition to be net zero by 2050.


The emissions reductions to 2030 have been forecast to be achievable based on what we currently know and expect to become possible with the right technological developments, government policy support and on-farm practices. Please refer to our Climate Roadmap for further details. We anticipate that our 2050 net zero ambition will be supported by the actions described on this page and ambition guiding our work and investment today. Further detail on achievability of our 2050 ambition will be presented as further information and technology becomes available.