Our Vision of Sustainability
Royal Canin wants to improve pets'life, placing cats and dogs' needs first to contribute to their optimal health. There is more: our nutritional approach based on nutrients enables us to consider the environmental and social impact of every single recipe we develop, whilst providing pets with nutrition of the highest quality, benefits and safety. And our sustainability journey doesn't end there: we are working relentlessly towards improving our impact on pets, planet and people, by making our activities more sustainable and socially responsible.
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our journey to carbon neutrality
ROYAL CANIN® uses the PAS 2060 standard for carbon neutrality, a robust and internationally recognized standard, and the brand will report transparently and regularly on its journey.
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Transitioning to renewable electricity, by achieving 100% renewable electricity across our factories and offices by 2040, while reducing energy consumption overall.
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Procuring sustainable ingredients, by leveraging our nutrient-based approach and reducing carbon emissions through the reformulation of products, including switching to more sustainably sourced proteins and low-carbon intensity ingredients.
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Reducing waste and boosting circularity, by significantly increasing recyclability, compostability and the use of reusable packaging in alignment with Mars’s ambitious packaging sustainability goals.
For any emissions that ROYAL CANIN® cannot completely remove or reduce, we will invest in high-quality, removals–based verified carbon credits. The use of removals–based credits is aligned with the SBTi Net Zero Foundations paper.
“We believe that making this bold carbon neutral commitment will inspire and mobilize new and impactful ideas, actions and results and make a meaningful positive difference to the planet.”
- Loïc Moutault, Mars Petcare Global President
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more sustainable packaging
As a core partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s (EMF) New Plastics Economy Initiative, and a signatory of its Global Commitment to eliminate plastic waste and pollution at its source, our vision is aligned with EMF, to support a circular economy where packaging never becomes waste.
We aim for all our plastic packaging to be recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. To close the loop we will also include up to 30% recycled post-consumer plastic in our plastic packaging - dependent on the advancement of chemical recycling at pace and scale & alignment of food safety regulations.
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supporting the positive role of pets in society with the Royal Canin Foundation
Pets make the world a better place for us. Created in 2020, our Foundation finances projects that support the positive role of pets in human health and welfare.
Discover more about our foundation
“Our purpose is: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS, because pets make our lives better. This is why the Royal Canin Foundation supports external projects where pets‘role is central to people's health and welfare.”
— Fabrice Mathieu, Global Sustainability Director