Fonterra's ingredients brand launches carbon footprint tool

Fonterra’s ingredients and solutions brand, NZMP, has launched a tool to help its customers access the emissions profile of individual New Zealand NZMP products.

The NZMP Carbon Footprinter can provide access to the latest emissions data for the major NZMP New Zealand products — including whole milk powder, skim milk powder, butter milk powder, milk protein concentrate, butter and anhydrous milk fat, and natural and processed cheese. It can also forecast potential emission reductions for those products out to 2030, which are based on the assumption that Fonterra successfully achieves its climate targets.

Last year Fonterra launched its Climate Roadmap, which outlines its plans to achieve its climate targets and make progress on its ambition to be net zero by 2050.

Fonterra’s Director of Sustainability, Charlotte Rutherford, said the online calculator is one way the dairy co-operative can help its customers understand how Fonterra’s climate targets relate to the products they purchase.

“We know that for many of our customers we are a large part of their Scope 3 emissions. The transparency of the footprinter means they can easily assess with confidence the latest emissions profile of the product they purchase from us,” Rutherford said.

Carbon footprint certificates can be requested for specific New Zealand NZMP products, which have been independently verified by globally recognised sustainability accreditor Toitū Envirocare.

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