In 2021, as part of our Plan for Change, we set out our ambition for protecting and restoring nature.

Our nature programme, formalised in 2023, takes an holistic approach to restoring nature to help improve the resilience of ecosystems and cut carbon emissions. 

We will continue to collaborate on new innovations and agricultural best practice so the transformation can be accelerated across our supply chain. We aim to champion sustainable practices and harness innovation, focusing on regenerative agriculture in our priority supply chains. 

The goal of regenerative food systems is to work with nature to increase biodiversity, enrich soils and optimise water availability. These restorative practices will help enhance ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration, while improving productivity, nutrient cycling and climate resilience.

We are also committed to deforestation-free global supply chains by 2030 – forests play a vital role in creating oxygen and absorbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their conservation has a direct impact on the protection against climate change.

"We are proud to be a long standing supplier of organic milk for McDonald’s restaurants. Biodiversity is so important to us and we're really pleased to welcome British honey bees onto our Cheshire dairy farm. The bees will help us by pollinating crops and hopefully we will get to enjoy some lovely clover honey too!"

Mike, Organic Dairy Farmer