INITIATIVES TARGETING SCOPE 3 REDUCTIONS FERTILISER - PRODUCED WITH LESS FOSSIL FUELS Fertilisers are widely used to grow crops for both human consumption and livestock and are essential for meeting the global demand for food. Through partnerships with suppliers, we will work to ensure that fertilisers produced with less fossil fuels are available on the market as part of concepts made to increase the value of crops and feed. DEFORESTATION-FREE SOURCING We work to ensure responsible sourcing of all raw materials without converting or damaging vulnerable nature. Deforestation contributes significantly to CO 2 emissions as it releases carbon stored in trees and the soil. As an importer of soy from South America, we strive to create real and lasting change in the countries where soy is produced. In collaboration with the Danish Alliance for Responsible Soy, we work to ensure that all soy imported into Denmark is responsibly produced and does not contribute to deforestation or conversion of other natural vegetation. By 2025, 100% of imported soy is set to be verified as deforestation-free. DISTRIBUTING ENERGY WITH LOWER CO 2 EMISSIONS In Germany, there is a growing need for better infra- structure with more charging stations supplying sustainable power to the increasing number of electric cars. Our German energy division, Team Energie, will help provide this infrastructure. By switching to HVO100, which is based on used cooking oil and other waste and by-products, customers having diesel vehicles can reduce their CO 2 emissions by up to 90%. A LITTLE BETTER EVERY DAY The Danish agricultural customers demand products that can help them make their production more sustainable. In autumn 2022, we put together a range of existing products, called ’A little better every day’. This allows our customers and shareholders to easily choose products that have a positive effect on the green transition of agriculture. The product range will be continuously expanded with more products within plant breeding, pigs, cattle, and poultry. REGENERATIVE FARMING Being Denmark’s leading supplier of crops to the food industry, we put ourselves in the driver’s seat in 2024 in an effort to mature the market for regeneratively grown crops. In the autumn, we invited different players from the food industry value chain to a workshop on regenerative agriculture. A working group has now been set up to compile input and continue the development in 2025. A regenerative farming standard does not yet exist in Denmark or the EU, but some of the common principles include minimal tillage of the soil, plant cover for much of the year and reduced use of pesticides and fertilisers, which will have a positive effect on the farmer’s carbon footprint. CO 2 EMISSIONS FROM THE VALUE CHAIN (SCOPE 3) tC0 2 e, thousand 20,000 18,000 16,000 14,000 17,239 19,016 16,551 14,971 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2019 2023 2024 Old method using less activity-based data Our SBTi 2030 targets for scope 3 is 30% reduction, compared to the 2019 baseline (17.2m tCO 2 e), corresponding to emissions of a maximum of 12.7m tCO 2 e by 2030. The target is based on the old calculation method. 42 DLG ANNUAL REPORT 2024
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