Our cooperations policy
Involvement in local development is Laïta’s raison d’être. Our responsibility is first and foremost to the territory and the people who live there.
Establishing cooperations
Engage with our farmers
Valuing our dairy farmers’ efforts and ensuring the long-term sustainability of their profession is embedded in our purpose and drives our commitments on collections, remuneration and investment. Together with our three cooperatives, we build CSR commitments every day to support sustainable and responsible dairy production.
- Providing financial incentives to farmers who have undergone an industry-wide animal welfare assessment and achieved a Boviwell score of ‘progressing,’ ‘superior,’ or ‘excellent.’
- Ranking among the top three generalist collectors (over 500 million litres of milk) in terms of conventional milk prices across France (38/32 conventional milk).
- Maintaining an investment policy of at least €40 million per year to ensure the long-term potential of sustainable milk processing.
Support regional economies
Our milk collection, processing and enhancement activities contribute to the social and economic development of the Great West region of France.
- Supporting initiatives every year that promote employment, career guidance, integration, reintegration and awareness of agri-food careers.
- Approving 100% of requests for skills-based sponsorship or solidarity actions each year.
- Donating more than 100 tonnes every year to the Food Bank.
- Mapping and managing a portfolio of high-impact partnerships developed with Laïta.
Engage suppliers
Implementing a responsible purchasing process is part of our commitments, along with ethical daily conduct; we involve our suppliers in operating a fair, sustainable purchasing policy.
- Helping suppliers to integrate CSR considerations in their activities.
- Evaluating 100% of direct purchase suppliers each year.
- Training 100% of buyers in responsible purchasing within 24 months of joining us.
- Including training on the Sapin 2 law and GDPR in the development path for sales and purchasing teams.
- Recording zero internal alerts through the VISPATO system.
- Encouraging the implementation of Sedex SMETA audits on our industrial sites.
Innovate to create value
At Laïta, innovation is a shared mindset that unites our teams around a common dynamic and acts as a lever for progress, guiding our development with a focus on creating shared value.
- Implementing and managing a visible, structured innovation strategy involving all subsidiaries and functions to reinforce the culture, efficacy and performance of innovation.
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Because our environmental, human and social commitment is a daily reality, we place CSR at the heart of our actions.
