Fonterra Director of Sustainability Charlotte Rutherford says nothing beats getting out on farm to talk to farmer shareholders.
“Our farmer owners’ openness, innovation and commitment to trying new solutions to help drive efficiencies and emissions reductions on farm is what makes partnerships like this work.”
Nestlé Chief Executive New Zealand Susan Catania says being on farm brings the partnership to life.
“Food, or kai, is at the heart of our business and dairy sits right at the centre of that. Because of that, we have a huge responsibility to source dairy sustainably.”
“We’re committed to working with farmers, with suppliers on the ground, to improve any impact we have on emissions,” says Catania.
The visit also took the team to Taranaki to visit the Net Zero Pilot Dairy Farm, which is trialling different tools and approaches to reduce emissions to net zero over ten years, while remaining profitable.