Progress With Purpose: Avara’s Latest Responsible Business Report Lands

We’ve published our latest Responsible Business Report, highlighting a year of progress against our commitments, with notable achievements across our animal welfare, sustainability and people agenda’s.

This year’s report showcases some truly standout achievements. Whether it’s best in class welfare outcomes, ambitious new targets, pioneering colleague engagement, or award winning inclusivity initiatives, this report captures the real impact of our commitment to act For Good.

It covers our entire responsible business agenda and is a summary of what has been achieved in each of our five key themes: Our Planet, Our People, Our Animals, Our Consumers and Our Communities.

Our challenge, as always, is to make steady progress across all aspects of our business, balancing the sometimes competing objectives and finding a way forward without undermining progress in other areas. 

Some of the highlights include: 

• Setting new and ambitious SBTi’s incorporating FLAG aligned methodologies. We remain ahead of schedule to achieve these. 
• Significant improvements in measurable welfare outcomes, delivered through a wholesale transition to a lower stocking density on broiler farms. 
• A pioneering approach to colleague engagement; launching Regional Colleague Councils,  which boost representation and give our people a stronger voice. 
• Continued development of our inclusivity offering, through closer collaboration with Meat Business Women and the continuation of our award-winning menopause movement. 
• The equivalent of over 2m meals donated to food charity FareShare, who recognise us as a Leading Food Partner. 
• Supporting youth sports and activity in rural communities through the Avara Community Coaching Programme, in partnership with Luctonians Sports Club. 

Commenting on achieving progress across the board, Avara CEO Chris Hall said “UK consumers want, and deserve, high standards, without being excluded from quality, natural, healthy protein. I’m proud to say that, today, we produce some of the very best chicken and turkey in the world, with excellent measurable welfare outcomes and a reducing environmental footprint, while still meeting exacting standards for food safety and quality, and the ethical treatment of the people involved”.

You can read the full report here.