Best Friend Sustainability Strategy
PURPOSE
We at Best Friend want to do business in a responsible manner and provide our customers and all pet families sustainably produced pet food and products. We are therefore committed to actions reducing our environmental paw print and transforming our ways of working to better help the planet, people and their pets.
Together with our customers, suppliers and other key partners, we are actively seeking innovative and better solutions for environmentally friendly production and product development, local Nordic products, reduced transportation and better transparency in our raw material sourcing.
As our guidance we have selected the 4 most impactful goals from 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Together, we can create a more sustainable future for our furry friends.
Good Health and Well-being
For us it means improving joyful connections with healthier pets.
One of our core values is pets’ wellbeing.
This value guides us in all our daily actions. Offering sustainable products for your best friend is close to our hearts. We are constantly sniffing out new ways and technologies to ensure we meet the high standards we have set out for our product development. Like dogs, we are enthusiastic and curious in our actions to improve the wellbeing of animals & nature.
Responsible Consumption and Production
Focusing on more sustainable products and product development.
Reducing waste and ensuring recyclability gives back to the planet in more ways than just one. Fresher air and greener forests are not just words, but rather goals to aim for. We are continuously working with our suppliers and in our own production to develop ways to increase the use of recycled packaging materials. Like cats, we like our boxes and packages fully recyclable.
Climate Action
Reducing significantly our carbon paw print towards zero carbon paw prints
One of our biggest social and environmental impact comes from the carbon footprint of our own production. We want to do better for our planet and therefore we have taken action. We are committed in decreasing CO2 emissions in our own production through using more renewable energy & by improving energy efficiency. We see this is a continuous process of striving towards Carbon neutrality, one furry paw step at a time
Decent Work and Economic Growth
We want to be a Great work place and partner.
Sustainability concerns all of us. We want to focus strongly on our employees’ wellbeing and measure and set improvement actions yearly .There’s also strength in cooperation and therefore we must have the best possible partners along on this journey. Actions of our supply chain affect us directly and therefore we have drawn out a Code of Conduct for our suppliers. Environmental and social issues, including welfare for animals will be closely followed up. At its best this kind of cooperation can be as elaborate as the work of the dog and her trainer.
Making the world a happier place – One pet at a time.
Key initiatives & actions
2023
- Sustainability Road Map for major Best Friend product categories made (incl. ingredients, packaging & production)
- Recyclable packaging material in the production. Responding to customer requirements.
- Carbon emission calculations project in Ølgod factory including scopes 1, 2 & 3.
- Suppliers committed to ourCode of Conduct. This document outlines the ethical and social responsibilities we expect them to uphold during our cooperation.
- Supplier audits via Amfori.
- CDP reporting (Carbon disclosure project).
2024
- Getting ready for CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive)
- Start using monomaterial packaging in our production.
2025
- Aim for Carbon-neutrality in scopes 1 & 2. Target to have all CO2 decreased by 50% during year 2025
- Target for Recyclable materials -> Own products 100% and 80% of all the package materials.
2030
- 100% of new product development meet our sustainability criteria.
- 70% of existing products meet our sustainability criteria
Our Partners in Sustainability
Pet Sustainability Coalition
We have become a member of Pet Sustainability Coalition during 2023. PSC is a nonprofitorganization in the pet industry that helps companies to drive business performance through social andenvironmental impact.
Amfori
Amfori (BSCI) is a leading business association for sustainable trade, supporting companies across the globe to operate successful and responsible businesses, by improving the Environmental, Social and Governance performance of their supply chains.
We have been a member of Amfori (BSCI) for over a decade, from the early 2010’s
CDP
CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. The world’s economy looks to CDP as the gold standard of environmental reporting with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and city action.