DAIRY HORIZONS
OUR CSR POLICY
DAIRY HORIZONS
Pave the way for new DAIRY HORIZONS
We the Sodiaal Cooperative, a group of French dairy farmers and committed employees, act daily for food and agriculture, respectful of life and contributing to the dynamism of people and regions. Our roots and values guide us and remind us of who we are: a cooperative, built on a solidarity model, to develop and share the best of our dairy regions.
Tomorrow pushes us to develop, together, solutions to the challenges of the agricultural and food transition, by working to:
- Control the impact of our trades on nature and reduce our climate footprint to aim for a positive impact on life and the land – from our member farms and dairies to the final consumer
- Innovate our packaging and processes for better recyclability and resource circularity
- Create a community of destiny, allowing each of our employees and members to invest in our capital and participate in the cooperative’s decisions to manage transformation together;
- Focus our model on people to encourage entrepreneurship, reveal talent, cultivate diversity, and encourage pride in being part of the cooperative
As a dairy cooperative, involved in its regions and in tune with the times, we do everything we can to shape new dairy horizons.
Our CSR approach in three areas
Our CSR approach covers our entire value chain, from farm to fork.
- YOUNG FARMERS:
1495 young farmers established between 2019 and 2024*, 467 new farmers since 2024.
Our goal establish 1,500 new farmers between 2024 and 2030. - ANIMAL WELFARE:
100% of the cooperative’s farmers have carried out an animal welfare diagnosis.
These diagnoses form the basis of a continuous improvement approach, monitored over time by Sodiaal dairy advisors. - CARBON FOOTPRINT:
Measure and raise awareness:
72% SelfCO2 self-diagnostics performed in 2025.
Initiate the transition: Since 2020, 2,700* CAP’2ER assessments and action plans have been carried out, including nearly 400 in 2025.
Our goal:
Reduce the net carbon footprint per litre of milk from our dairy upstream by 20% between 2019 and 2030.
- NUTRITION & NATURALNESS:
Improvement and simplification of our revenue in 100% of our trades. - ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT:
Our goal: Reduce our carbon footprint linked to our processing sites and milk collection by 50% by 2030 (-23% since 2019). - PACKAGING
90,5% of our packaging was recyclable in 2025* (own brand consumer sold in France).
Our goal: 100% by 2030
- HEALTH & SAFETY
Acceleration of our ‘safety first’ policy. GOVERNANCE
Opening of the share capital to employees : 43% of employees currently hold company shares. - MEETINGS
Launch of the ‘Tous à la Coopérative : ouverture de nos fermes’ network.