Friday, March 29, 2024

Anchor milk now carbon zero

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Five of Anchor’s speciality milks have been certified as carbon zero in an effort by the Fonterra-owned brand to reduce its carbon footprint.
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The specialty milks are Anchor Organic, Anchor Protein+, Anchor Zero Lacto, Anchor Silver Top and Anchor Calci+.

The certification comes after the brand worked with AgResearch and independent certifier Toitū Envirocare for the initiative. Toitū Envirocare is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

AgResearch measured the carbon footprint which includes all greenhouse gas emissions across the products’ full lifecycle, and Toitū verified the measurement and issued the certification.

Anchor predicts roughly 10 million litres of the carbon zero certified milk will be consumed by New Zealanders in 2021.

 Anchor has bought carbon offsets from three projects approved by Toitū to offset the emissions generated from the milk range.

The three credit projects support native forest regeneration in Kaikoura, New Zealand, a wind farm in New Caledonia, and a solar energy installation in India.

The announcement comes after the July launch of Simply Milk, the first carbon zero certified milk in the Southern Hemisphere and a month after the launch of Anchor’s plant-based milk bottles.

Fonterra senior manager of sustainability solutions Lara Phillips says the co-operative was committed to continuing to reduce its emissions.

“In the past four years, we have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 4% at its fresh white milk sites,” she said.

Fonterra has also provided its farmers with farm-specific greenhouse gas emission profiles and is working alongside farmers to develop farm environmental plans.

“We are also working to a target of 30% reduction by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050 in our global manufacturing operations,” she said.

Toitū Envirocare chief executive Becky Lloyd says the actions by Anchor showed that everyday household items such as milk can become carbon zero.

“We have worked alongside Fonterra helping them understand their emissions, and then putting a programme in place that measures, manages, and mitigates those emissions,” Lloyd said.

“We understand the impact from grass to glass, and this will help Anchor make further reductions in future.”

All five variants will be available across multiple retailers, supermarkets, restaurants, and cafes, nationwide aside from Anchor Calci+, which will be available with carbon zero certification in the North Island only.

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