The environment

DeLaval and the environment

DeLaval’s business mission is: “To drive progress in milk production.”

Caring for the environment is an essential part of DeLaval’s corporate strategy. By continuously improving products, processes and work place impact for both people and animals from an environmental standpoint, we will contribute to beneficial environmental conditions for customers as well as society. At the same time, we will create sustainable business activity and enhance our leading position in the market.

Guiding principles in our environmental activities:

Proactiveness

- By building up understanding and know-how together with target orientation, we will achieve a leading position in terms of the environment which will create competitive edge as well as freedom of action.
- We will exceed the minimum standards set by the authorities.

Comprehensive overview

- Environmental aspects will be considered in our decision making process. We will balance the technically possible, economically reasonable and ecologically acceptable.
- We will strive to use natural resources sparingly and prefer to use recyclable materials where available.
- Products and activities that have negative environmental risks will be avoided.
- We will strive to transfer environmentally sound technologies through our international organisation.
- We will put the same environmental demands on our suppliers as we do on our own company.

Planning and follow-up

- Environmental endeavours will be pursued continuously and systematically. These endeavours should be made an integrated part of normal operations.
- Regular follow-up and evaluation of our environmental plans will be conducted.Development.
- We will develop products and services that have less negative environmental impact.
- The total life cycle of each product will be considered, from its raw material origin and production to usage and disposal/recycling.

Marketing

- We will promote our customers’ choice of environmentally sound products by focusing on and explaining the environmental benefits.
- Marketing with environmental arguments must be based on facts and comprehensiveness.Information and education.
- By education and information, all employees should be stimulated to become environmental-conscious and to participate in the activities.
- Individual initiative for environmental improvements will be encouraged and utilised.
- Dialogue concerning environmental issues of the company will be characterised by openness and objectivity.

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