OUR SUSTAINABILITY JOURNEY

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?

Right now, our little earth is feeling pretty rough. It’s being pushed to its limits – what the scientists call ‘planetary boundaries’.

Greedy global food production can be. It pumps out a third2 of all CO2 emissions, gobbles up half of all the habitable land3, glugs 70% of freshwater use4 and 78% of global ocean1. And agriculture is the main driver behind the habitat loss of 80% of threatened birds and mammal species5.

1Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. J. Poore & T. Nemecek, 2018
2Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D. et al.  Nat Food 2, 198–209 (2021).
3Anthropogenic transformation of the biomes, 1700 to 2000. Ellis, E. C., Klein Goldewijk, K., Siebert, S., Lightman, D., & Ramankutty, N. (2010). Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19(5), 589-606.  & FAOSTAT, combined by OneWorldData
4Global environmental and nutritional assessment of national food supply patterns: Insights from a data envelopment analysis approach. E. Lucas, A. Galan-Martin. 2020
5Future threats to biodiversity and pathways to their prevention. D.Tilman, M. Clark 2017

We use European oats and almonds. And our soya is partly from Europe too.

We are working on ambitious program to support European farmers in their transition toward regenerative agriculture.

In Spain on oat: Navarra360 program.

In France on soya: Soil4Good.

Between 2020 and 2024, we cut our operations footprints by 65% for water in Wevelgem (Belgium) site and by 17% in Kettering (UK) site*.

*Water consumption per finished products in operation. Audited reporting in Greentrack (UL EHS Sustainability).

Learn more about our ingredients

We’re proud to share that our Alpro Oat Original and Oat No Sugars 1L drinks are now made using 100% British oats — with most sourced from farms within just 80 miles of the mill. But it’s not just about where our oats come from — it’s also about how we make our drinks. Thanks to this switch to local sourcing, along with a new recipe and updated production process, we’ve achieved some big sustainability wins, delivering on average across all four recipes: 25% lower carbon footprint 20% less land use 70% less water use All measured across the full product lifecycle, compared to our previous UK recipes for these drinks Where has this data come from? In 2025, we partnered with Foodsteps to carry out a cradle-to-grave comparative life cycle assessment. This assessment followed internationally recognised standards — ISO 14044 and ISO 14067 — and used primary data where possible (from our own supply chain) along with high-quality UK/EU secondary data where needed. The results were critically reviewed to ensure accuracy and transparency.

Our go-to ingredient and the one we use the most of. So, good to know, ours is all non-GMO. Soya is grown in Europe and in Canada (transported by sea which reduces the carbon footprint1).

​Including soya beans in the crop rotation help keep nitrogen in the soil, so that no additional nitrogen fertilization is needed. On top it increases the soil fertility and brings several benefits to the other crops of the rotation2.

All our beans can be tracked from seed to serve. We have a system audited and certified according to the ProTerra standard by the independent organization, Food chain ID and we know where every bean has been. So, go ahead, enjoy the soya!

1Maritime is 52 times less impactful than air, 8 times less than road, 7 times less than multimodal and 3 times less than rail. Ecoinvent database v 3.6 - extracted with IPCC 2013 GWP 100a v1.03
2P Saranraj et al 2021 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 788 012055
2Thomas Nemecek, Julia-Sophie von Richthofen, Gaëtan Dubois, Pierre Casta, Raphaël Charles, Hubert Pahl, Environmental impacts of introducing grain legumes into European crop rotations. European Journal of Agronomy, Volume 28, Issue 3,2008,Pages 380-393,ISSN 1161-0301,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2007.11.004.

Our almonds come exclusively from farms around the Mediterranean. And even though at least 2/3 of the water they need already comes from rain, we’re always looking for more ways for our growers to use as little water as possible. Even right now, our almonds already drink 8 times less water than their thirsty American cousins. (Mediterranean almonds use more land than U.S. irrigated almonds). 

On top of that, we’re also committed to showing our farmers how to turn their orchards into welcoming homes for wildlife by creating ponds and planting ground cover crops and hedges. We can’t wait to see who turns up when they do!

Plus, we’re taking them even further on their regenerative agriculture journey – suggesting better ways to till and feed the soil, managing pesky pests without chemicals or planting other crops between their trees. Making better use of the land we have! The seeds are being sown. We’re hoping to inspire all our farmers to grow green, and put the goodness back into the earth. 

We get our lovely, luscious coconuts from Southeast Asia. Coconut trees grow all year round, and are harvested throughout the year, every three months. It takes seven years from planting for the first coconuts to appear, and the trees stay productive until they reach the age of 100 years!

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