Doing your bit with a simple bite

It’s time to change & we’re all up for it. But when the problem is the size of a planet, where to start? Electric cars, solar panels, swapping not shopping, recycling, upcycling – or simply cycling? The scientists have an easy answer. The more of us who put more plant-based on our plates, the better it is for the planet. Doing your bit with every bite (or sip).

Doing your bit with a simple bite
Why your food matters!

Why your food matters!

Right now, our little earth is feeling pretty rough. It’s being pushed to its limits – what the scientists call ‘planetary boundaries’. Long story short, the food on our plates can have a big impact on those environmental limits. Like biodiversity loss, water scarcity and climate change just to name a few. 

You might be amazed to know just how greedy global food production can be. It pumps out a third of all CO2 emissions, gobbles up half of all the habitable land, glugs 70% of the planet’s fresh water and 78% of the ocean. And of all the precious creatures on the threatened list, 80% of them have lost their natural habitat because of farming. So what you choose to eat most definitely makes a difference.  

Shouty megaphone time. What do we need to do? Whatever we can. When do we need to do it? Right now! And how?  

‘One Planet Thinking’. Created a few years ago by WWF and IUCN (*), this a way of helping organisations set sustainable, holistic targets for the ways they protect biodiversity and use water and land. 

(*) One Planet Thinking or Science-Based targets for Nature. This methodology aims at helping organisations to set sustainable, holistic targets for the ways they protect biodiversity, and use water and land.   

Good food starts with good ingredients

Good to know that all our plant-based products have a light carbon and land use footprints (*). So, whether you’re an oat fanatic, addicted to almond or a soya hound, you’re doing good! We only use European oats and Mediterranean almonds. Plus, all of our soya is rainforest free and a good half of it is grown practically next door here in Europe. (The rest comes from Canada.)

On top of this, we work hard to make the way we produce our foods even more sustainable. Between 2010 and 2021, we’ve cut our operations carbon footprint by 34% and shrunk our operations water footprint by 29%.

Sustainably sourced, sustainably produced. It’s a double win!



(*) For the light carbon: 19% to 26% compared to milk
For the land use footprint: between 28% to 54% compared to milk
Based on a peer-reviewed comparative life cycle assessment conducted by Quantis in 2022 of Alpro Almond Original (1 l), Alpro oat Original (1L), Alpro Soya Original (1L) compared to milk in Europe

Making it better

We’re not big on bragging (modest cough). But, if there’s a better way to make it and pack it, we’re on it and proud of it! Recycling the water and heat we use. Recyclable, recycled or plant-based materials in our packs that make our products as good outside as they are inside. 

Our One Planet promise. What it means

Remember that One Planet Thinking? For today, tomorrow, 2025 and beyond, here’s the promise we’ve made to you and the planet:

  • 1

    Make delicious plant-based foods

  • 2

    Transform the way ingredients are grown

  • 3

    Use only planet-friendly ingredients

  • 4

    Zero carbon, water and waste

  • 5

    Less and better packaging

  • 2025, bring it on

    We’ve got a great big sustainability wish list – we’ve set a date, 2025, we’ve got targets, we’ve got tenacity, we’ve got you to help us! We’ll get there, if it’s one plant-based mouthful at a time.

    OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WILL BE DOWN BY 30%

    Our greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy use per product will be down by 30%, and 50% of the energy we use will be renewable To cut our emissions, we know that renewables is the way to go. So, we’re installing solar panels and looking at using our soya waste to create our energy. Beans to biogas. We like the sound of that!

    WE’LL BE USING 60% LESS WATER IN OUR FACTORIES

    Cleaning down our production lines is thirsty work, and we hate to see water just going down the drain. So, on three of our biggest sites, we’re going to reclaim or re-use as much water as possible by 2025. And cut down our overall usage across all our operations by 60%. We’re working with our suppliers and growers, too, to help them find ways to use less water. Making every raindrop count. 

    OUR WAR ON WASTE.

    Waste is such a… waste! Of resources, CO2 impact, time and energy. We’re proud of the fact that our production lines are so efficient we don’t send a single truck to landfill. It’s messy for the environment, and land has better things to do!  

    But that’s not going to stop us looking around for more ways to fight waste, all the way along the food chain from farm to fridge. Like working with local and regional food banks and being part our parent company Danone’s 10x20x30 plan. It brings together 10 of the world’s largest food retailers and providers, each one linking up with at least 20 suppliers to halve food loss and waste by the year 2030. Because good food is simply too good to go.

    WE’LL BE USING 0% WASTE, CLOSED LOOP PACKAGING

    We’ve already ditched the plastic straws and spoons. (We knew you’d understand and wouldn’t mind finding your own.) We’re scrapping the plastic lids on some of our pots. (Who needs’em? Not us, not you, not the planet!}  

    We’re putting our plant-based drinks in plant-based cartons. (It seems only natural.) And we’re using recycled plastics, whenever we can get them, for the rest. That cuts our CO2 down by 20%. But that’s not good enough for us. By 2030, all of our packs will be, not just recyclable, but made from 100% already recycled or plant-based materials. Hello, more recycled, recyclable PET and sustainably grown sugarcane cartons! Read more on BetterPacks 

    The facts about our packs

    WE’LL BE USING OUR SUPERPOWERS TO LEAD THE PUSH TOWARDS MORE RECYCLING

    We’ll be using our superpowers to lead the push towards more recycling in more places and we’ll start with switching from plastic cups to paper cups for our plant-based alternatives to yogurt.

    Right now, sad fact is it doesn’t matter how recyclable we make our packs; if the facilities aren’t there, they simply can’t and won’t be recycled. But we figure that we’re just big enough (and noisy enough) to make a difference. Where we go, others might follow. So, by making more and more of our packs 100% recyclable, we’re going to give the recycling industry a great big superman-sized hint that they need to get their act together!

    OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WILL BE DOWN BY 30%

    Our greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy use per product will be down by 30%, and 50% of the energy we use will be renewable To cut our emissions, we know that renewables is the way to go. So, we’re installing solar panels and looking at using our soya waste to create our energy. Beans to biogas. We like the sound of that!

    WE’LL BE USING 60% LESS WATER IN OUR FACTORIES

    Cleaning down our production lines is thirsty work, and we hate to see water just going down the drain. So, on three of our biggest sites, we’re going to reclaim or re-use as much water as possible by 2025. And cut down our overall usage across all our operations by 60%. We’re working with our suppliers and growers, too, to help them find ways to use less water. Making every raindrop count. 

    OUR WAR ON WASTE.

    Waste is such a… waste! Of resources, CO2 impact, time and energy. We’re proud of the fact that our production lines are so efficient we don’t send a single truck to landfill. It’s messy for the environment, and land has better things to do!  

    But that’s not going to stop us looking around for more ways to fight waste, all the way along the food chain from farm to fridge. Like working with local and regional food banks and being part our parent company Danone’s 10x20x30 plan. It brings together 10 of the world’s largest food retailers and providers, each one linking up with at least 20 suppliers to halve food loss and waste by the year 2030. Because good food is simply too good to go.

    WE’LL BE USING 0% WASTE, CLOSED LOOP PACKAGING

    We’ve already ditched the plastic straws and spoons. (We knew you’d understand and wouldn’t mind finding your own.) We’re scrapping the plastic lids on some of our pots. (Who needs’em? Not us, not you, not the planet!}  

    We’re putting our plant-based drinks in plant-based cartons. (It seems only natural.) And we’re using recycled plastics, whenever we can get them, for the rest. That cuts our CO2 down by 20%. But that’s not good enough for us. By 2030, all of our packs will be, not just recyclable, but made from 100% already recycled or plant-based materials. Hello, more recycled, recyclable PET and sustainably grown sugarcane cartons! Read more on BetterPacks 

    The facts about our packs

    WE’LL BE USING OUR SUPERPOWERS TO LEAD THE PUSH TOWARDS MORE RECYCLING

    We’ll be using our superpowers to lead the push towards more recycling in more places and we’ll start with switching from plastic cups to paper cups for our plant-based alternatives to yogurt.

    Right now, sad fact is it doesn’t matter how recyclable we make our packs; if the facilities aren’t there, they simply can’t and won’t be recycled. But we figure that we’re just big enough (and noisy enough) to make a difference. Where we go, others might follow. So, by making more and more of our packs 100% recyclable, we’re going to give the recycling industry a great big superman-sized hint that they need to get their act together!

    OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WILL BE DOWN BY 30%

    Our greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy use per product will be down by 30%, and 50% of the energy we use will be renewable To cut our emissions, we know that renewables is the way to go. So, we’re installing solar panels and looking at using our soya waste to create our energy. Beans to biogas. We like the sound of that!

    WE’LL BE USING 60% LESS WATER IN OUR FACTORIES

    Cleaning down our production lines is thirsty work, and we hate to see water just going down the drain. So, on three of our biggest sites, we’re going to reclaim or re-use as much water as possible by 2025. And cut down our overall usage across all our operations by 60%. We’re working with our suppliers and growers, too, to help them find ways to use less water. Making every raindrop count. 

    OUR WAR ON WASTE.

    Waste is such a… waste! Of resources, CO2 impact, time and energy. We’re proud of the fact that our production lines are so efficient we don’t send a single truck to landfill. It’s messy for the environment, and land has better things to do!  

    But that’s not going to stop us looking around for more ways to fight waste, all the way along the food chain from farm to fridge. Like working with local and regional food banks and being part our parent company Danone’s 10x20x30 plan. It brings together 10 of the world’s largest food retailers and providers, each one linking up with at least 20 suppliers to halve food loss and waste by the year 2030. Because good food is simply too good to go.

    WE’LL BE USING 0% WASTE, CLOSED LOOP PACKAGING

    We’ve already ditched the plastic straws and spoons. (We knew you’d understand and wouldn’t mind finding your own.) We’re scrapping the plastic lids on some of our pots. (Who needs’em? Not us, not you, not the planet!}  

    We’re putting our plant-based drinks in plant-based cartons. (It seems only natural.) And we’re using recycled plastics, whenever we can get them, for the rest. That cuts our CO2 down by 20%. But that’s not good enough for us. By 2030, all of our packs will be, not just recyclable, but made from 100% already recycled or plant-based materials. Hello, more recycled, recyclable PET and sustainably grown sugarcane cartons! Read more on BetterPacks 

    The facts about our packs

    WE’LL BE USING OUR SUPERPOWERS TO LEAD THE PUSH TOWARDS MORE RECYCLING

    We’ll be using our superpowers to lead the push towards more recycling in more places and we’ll start with switching from plastic cups to paper cups for our plant-based alternatives to yogurt.

    Right now, sad fact is it doesn’t matter how recyclable we make our packs; if the facilities aren’t there, they simply can’t and won’t be recycled. But we figure that we’re just big enough (and noisy enough) to make a difference. Where we go, others might follow. So, by making more and more of our packs 100% recyclable, we’re going to give the recycling industry a great big superman-sized hint that they need to get their act together!

    So, here’s to 2025

    We say, there’s never been a better time to join the plant-based movement. Doing your bit one bite (or sip) at a time.