Our planet

With strong commitments on tackling climate change and deforestation, improving the sustainability of farming practices and reducing waste, the planet pillar of our Enriching Life Plan contributes to a healthier planet by nurturing the natural resources we all rely on to make our food.

What’s at stake?

Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a crucial moment. Around 30% of greenhouse gas emissions globally are attributable to the food system – encompassing agriculture and land use, processing, and transport, through to consumption and food waste. The food industry has a major role to play in helping the food system transition to a more sustainable, resilient future.

100%

of our directly sourced palm and soy are certified or from low risk origin

30%

reduction in our scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions since 2020/21 (market-based)

20%

reduction in our food waste since 2020/1

Contributing to a healthier planet

Our ambitions, targets and progress over the last year

Taking action on climate change

Our 2030 targets	In-year progress
Reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 67% and target net zero by 2040	Scope 1 and 2 market-based emissions have reduced by around 10% against prior year and 30% since our baseline year of 2020/21
Reduce scope 3 emissions by 25% and target net zero by 2050	51% of our key suppliers now have science-based decarbonisation targets. We have adopted the SBTi’s latest FLAG methodology for measuring supply chain emissions and have submitted new net zero targets to SBTi for validation.

Protecting our natural resources

Our 2030 targets	In-year progress
Deforestation free and conversion free palm and beef supply chains by 2025 and across entire supply chain by 2030	100% certified direct palm and 100% certified or low risk origin soy. 99% certified deforestation free or low risk origin for beef products.
Champion responsible and regenerative agricultural practices for key directly sourced ingredients	Over 99% of directly sourced wheat & flour, 98% of directly sourced cocoa and chocolate and 100% of directly sourced UK grown sugar beet and UK refined cane meet at least silver standard on the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Farm Sustainability Assessment (‘FSA’) or equivalent. Supporting trials of new approaches to reduce carbon impact and improve resilience of UK grown wheat
Improve our understanding of water use within our operations and improve water efficiency by 5% by 2030, against a 2024/25 baseline	A new target this year

Reducing waste across our value chain

Our 2030 targets

In-year progress

Halve our food waste and support our suppliers to do the same, against a 2017 baseline

Have carried out a major study to understand food waste in water effluent from our sites.

Held a webinar with our key suppliers to share best practice on food waste reduction. 45% of our key suppliers have now committed to aligned food waste targets.

Use the strength of our brands to engage consumers to reduce food waste in the home

We have again worked with our charity partner FareShare to raise awareness and funds to help tackle food insecurity.

We have strengthened our tools for online retailers to help households to reduce food waste in the home.