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title: "Valio’s sustainability report 2019 has been published"
date: 2020-05-18
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# Valio’s sustainability report 2019 has been published

[**Read the report here**](https://www.valio.com/sustainability/reports-and-financial-statements/)

“The globally exceptional situation caused by the coronavirus has shown that taking care of food security and sustainability are more important in the 2020s than perhaps ever before”, says **Annikka Hurme**, CEO.

**Some highlights from the report:**

**Owned by dairy farmers – we pay operating profit to the farms**

- Valio is a company owned by **4,700 Finnish milk producers**, and we pay our operating profit to the dairy farms through the cooperatives.
- The **milk price** we paid remained **higher than the average EU price.**

**Our climate work progressed**

- Our goal is to **cut milk’s carbon footprint to zero by 2035**. Our work focuses on reducing reduce emissions, not offsetting them.
- Together with the Baltic Sea Action Group, we have trained **250** dairy farm entrepreneurs to become **carbon farmers**, we started using **recycled plastic** in our packaging, we developed a **carbon footprint calculator**, and we committed to setting scientifically assessed climate targets in line with the **Paris Agreement.**
- Our biggest challenges are related to **recycling manure** as fuel and decreasing emissions from **peatlands** drained from wetlands. We are working with our partners to explore solutions to these challenges.

**Improving animal welfare**

- In 2019, **about 95 percent** of the milk was from farms that receive a **sustainability bonus.** Preventive animal healthcare, like regular healthcare visits by a veterinarian, is one of the prerequisites for the bonus.

**Finland’s most sustainable brand for the 7th time**

- Finns ranked Valio as Finland’s most sustainable brand for the seventh time in the **Sustainable Brand Index** survey. People consider the Finnish origin of Valio’s products, animal welfare and sustainable packaging as especially important.

**New products correspond with current trends**

- Valio had a good year from the perspective of business operations. Net sales grew by about three percent to EUR 1,787 million. Many of our new products corresponded with **current trends**: PROfeel® puddings for the snack trend, Valio Oddlygood® for the demand for plant-based products, and Valio Eila™ NUTRI F+ milk powder for the nutritional needs of older people.

**Read more about Valio’s year 2019:**

[Valio’s year 2019: exports up, moderate growth in net sales, and improvement in profitability](https://www.valio.com/news/valios-year-2019-exports-up-moderate-growth-in-net-sales-and-improvement-in-profitability/)