Sustainability within Prodairy
Prodairy produces dairy products which include long life milk, cultured milk, dairy blend, ‘maheu’ under brand names such as Life, Masi and Revive.
20 dairy farms, including Mafuro Farming, supply Prodairy with milk. The company has a supplier code of good conduct and carries out audits to ensure that the farms produce top quality milk.
Key Sustainability Highlights
- Prodairy is certified for the International Management System Standards (MSS) of ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management).
- In F2024 Prodairy was one of the signatory to the newly formed Zimbabwean Pact for Carton Recycling whose purpose is to provide an end-to-end recycling solution and create a circular economy for carton packaging in Zimbabwe. The Pact brings together stakeholders, including Zimbabwean brand owners such as Prodairy, Dairibord, Kefalos, Montgomery, Dendairy, the Dairy Processors Association of Zimbabwe, as well as waste management operators. Working together with Tetra Pak, the initial phase of implementing the Pact is to focus on developing a collection infrastructure and value chain for used carton packaging to be exported to South Africa’s paper mills for recycling. Prodairy sent 125 tonnes of recyclable material to South Africa for recycling.
- Prodairy advocates local procurement with 20 dairy farms suppling the business with milk. The company has a supplier code of good conduct and carries out audits to ensure that the farms produce top quality milk, thereby ensuring the high standards set by Prodairy are carried through its supply chain and sphere of influence.
- The water recovery system installed in F2023 has resulted in significant reductions in water use. Approximately 1 000 m3 is being recovered per week.
- A refrigeration gas recovery unit purchased continues to eliminate the release of refrigerants directly into the atmosphere during servicing, repairs or retrofits.
Note:
- For the historical data to be comparable, the Scope 1 Carbon Footprint for 2021 to 2023 has been recalculated using the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) (DEFRA) factors for 2024.
