At a Glance Social Responsibility
Our mission: Championing Healthier & Responsible Food. For All, For Good.
BEL. FOR ALL. FOR GOOD.
We’re a family-owned global business guided by a strong sense of purpose from our farms to your fridges. Not only do we believe that responsibility and profitability are intrinsically linked, but we’re ensuring this is a reality through a financing structure linked to sustainable investments, partnerships and programmes.
It’s our mission to deliver on five priority challenges:
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Fight Against Climate Change — Food systems contribute to a third of all global greenhouse gas emissions, leading to climate change, and the global demand for food continues to grow. This is why we’ve made the fight against global warming a business priority. We’re committed to reducing carbon emissions from farm to home by working closely with our entire supply chain to minimise the environmental impact of activities from the production of raw materials through to the end of a product’s life.
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Sustainable Agriculture — Agriculture is the world’s largest industry, with pasture and cropland occupying around 50% of the earth’s habitable land. As demand for agricultural commodities rise to feed a growing world population, we’re committed to agricultural methods that are sustainable and regenerative, and that improve the environmental, societal, and social impact of the agricultural practices that underpin our business.
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Responsible packaging and fighting food waste — According to the WWF 40% of food produced worldwide is wasted which is of huge societal, economic and environmental concern, directly accounting for 10% of all greenhouse emissions. Eliminating waste, whether derived from food or packaging, is integral to our business. Packaging plays an essential role in preventing food waste, the single portion format at the heart of our business not only preserves the quality and taste of our products but helps eradicate waste. Through significant investment, we’re committed to delivering 100% recyclable-ready or home compostable packaging by 2025. Currently packaging accounts for 5% of our carbon footprint but through the use of more sustainable materials we will reduce this further, keeping our packaging in use and out of landfill.
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Healthier food — We’re committed to offering safe, healthy products while encouraging better eating habits. We support a balanced diet where dairy plays a key role. Cheese is an important source of protein and calcium, which is an essential nutrient for growth. It’s our mission to champion healthier and more sustainable food for all. We’re committed to offering our customers products that combine taste, nutrition, and quality, whilst also meeting the needs of a growing world population. The diversification of our portfolio in three complimentary areas; dairy fruit and plantbased along with the innovation of new high quality proteins is central to this. We want to ensure that a safe, nutritious and balanced diet is accessible to all.
Accessibility & Affordability – One fourth of the planet’s population is still lacking access to nutritious food, an issue being accelerated globally as the cost of living continues to rise. We want to have a positive impact on the world and the communities in which we operate, that goes far beyond the functional benefits of our products. Here in the UK more people than ever are finding it harder to access healthy affordable food, which is why we’ve made it a key focus. Bel UK is championing causes like food waste, raising awareness of important issues and supporting charities with which we have authentic connections.
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