{"id":6305,"date":"2022-09-27T15:32:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meira.fi\/?p=6305"},"modified":"2025-08-14T15:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:39:48","slug":"meira-is-committed-to-the-science-based-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meira.fi\/en\/meira-is-committed-to-the-science-based-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Meira’s emission reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food production and the food industry play an important role in the work against climate change. At Meira, we are among the top Finnish companies committed to this work and already in 2022 we have joined the growing international group of companies that have approved their emission reduction targets by the Science Based Targets Initiative’s impartial expert panel. Climate work is a key part of our responsibility work based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n

The emission reduction goals for Meira’s own operations (scope 1 and 2) are in line with the goal of the Paris climate agreement. Meira is committed to reducing the absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions resulting from its own operations by 80 percent by 2028 compared to 2019 emissions.<\/p>\n

In Meira’s own operations, climate work boils down to improving energy efficiency and increasing renewable energy. This work has been ongoing for years. We systematically reduce the energy demand of Meira’s operations, we use origin-verified, minimum emission-free or renewable electricity, and we have a roadmap for replacing natural gas with biogas and transitioning to renewable district heating. These decisions are in line with our promise “Fairly, For Far Better Moments”.<\/p>\n

Part of the climate work required by SBTi is to also calculate the emissions of the value chain outside of own production (so-called scope 3) in accordance with the GHG protocol and set a target for the climate work also in relation to these emissions. The GHG protocol is the most well-known global standard for carbon footprint calculation.<\/p>\n

In industrial production, it is very typical that the majority of emissions are generated in the value chain outside of one’s own direct operations. The largest single source of emissions in Meira’s operations is the cultivation of coffee and spices, where climate impacts arise from, for example, the production and use of fertilizers. That’s why we have an active discussion with our partners operating in the countries of origin. We encourage them to find out their own climate impacts and to take development measures to reduce these impacts. We commit our largest suppliers to model their own greenhouse emissions and set science-based emission reduction targets in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement. The countries of origin of coffee and training and encouraging farmers in climate-friendly farming methods play a particularly important role. To further indicate this work, in 2025 we will also set and validate the FLAG (Forest, Land & Agriculture) target for the land use sector as part of our SBT package. For the first time, the FLAG targets makes the emissions of the Forest, Land & Agriculture sector visible in the GHG calculation and points the way for the work that reduces emissions in our value chain.<\/p>\n

Meira Oy\u2019s science-based targets:<\/strong><\/p>\n