Responsibility for the world of tomorrow

For a family company like frischli, environmental and social topics have a long tradition. For over 100 years, we have been making our living from milk. This means that environmental, social and economic aspects are part of our daily activities and our long-term planning.

Company and environmental policy

Whether production, supply channels or waste disposal – we consider environmental and energy-related aspects in our activities. This means that we are committed to adhering to all environmental and energy law requirements and to continually improving our system.

Every day, we work on measures aimed at reducing our specific energy consumption and increasing the energy efficiency of our processes. In order to achieve these goals, we introduce an energy management system at all sites in accordance with the standard DIN EN ISO 50001 and ensure the implementation of and adherence to the requirements of this standard.

Milk production and ecology

We address environmental and operational topics not only within our company, but also together with the farms that deliver their milk to frischli. They work with animals and agricultural resources and, through their farming practices, contribute to the development of their operations and the quality of our products.

Our farmers have modernised their operations accordingly. For example: For almost 90% of our Lower Saxony milk suppliers, the percentage of permanent pasture is more than 20% of the total agricultural land. Over 90% keep their cows in free stall barns and have separate calving bays or sick stalls for animals that temporarily require special treatment.

Resource-saving production

• In the scope of our certified energy and environmental management system, we create annual environmental programmes for our three factories in Rehburg, Weißenfels and Eggenfelden. These contain an overview of all important annual goals, and activities to save natural resources. The environmental programme 2014/15 contains a total of around 90 individual measures, which should be processed and implemented in the course of a financial year.
• We check the adherence to the legal regulations annually, in the course of internal audits (compliance audits).
• In a leading function in industry associations, we are committed to the development of environmental and sustainability standards for the milk and dairy industry.
• We cooperate with public authorities, in the development of industry standards with regards to the “best available” technology, in terms of energy and resource consumption.

Investments in environmental protection

At frischli we always see sustainability as an interaction of economy and ecology. Because, what saves resources, ultimately also saves costs. This can particularly be seen with investments, that we make in modern and efficient plants.

Therefore, in the past few years, we have invested in the expansion and rationalisation of all three sites on a large scale. A good €4 mil. went into measures to protect the environment. These were primarily measures to save energy and water.