Our Commitment to Sustainable Ecosystems

Consumers are living more sustainable lifestyles and are choosing businesses & products that reduce their impact on the planet. 

As the ingredients business of Fonterra, NZMP believes a sustainable industry for dairy  requires a healthy environment. Fonterra & NZMP are committed to making a positive impact by having a regenerative mindset, reducing the impacts of farming and manufacturing and working in partnership with others.

The Living Water partnership between Fonterra and DOC began seven years ago. With nearly 40% of New Zealand’s land under their combined care, the two organisations have called upon their collective strengths to find game-changing, scalable solutions for farming and freshwater to flourish side-by-side.

The team behind Living Water knows land and water management is a complex challenge, so the expertise of farmers, scientists, councils and community are used to design and test solutions to then roll out regionally and nationally. 
 

The programme is currently focused on improving freshwater ecosystems and developing sustainable farming in five regions around New Zealand, with solutions tailored to each of their unique locations. 

Each of these regions (called 'catchments') are very special. The Pῡkorokoro-Miranda catchment, for example, flows into an internationally significant 8,500-hectare coastal wetland protected under the Ramsar Convention. While the Areare, Ruatuna and Rotomānuka catchments are three of the Waikato’s peat lakes – rare ecosystems formed over thousands of years and homes for the species that have adapted to their unique conditions.