Danish Crown
Acronym: Danish Crown
General Information
Identification Code: 306545150942-33
Website: www.danishcrown.com
Entity Form: A/S
Registration Category: Companies & groups
Registration Date: 8/14/2023
Last Update: 2/19/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: Danish Crown is a global food company headquartered in Denmark. We are one of the world’s largest exporters of pork and organic meat and among the top five producers of beef in Europe. We are owned by 5,620 Danish farmers and receive their pigs and cattle for slaughtering and further processing.
We also slaughter animals from farmers in Sweden, Germany and Poland. We sell fresh and processed meat via our various brands along with a series of by-products to customers in more than 130 countries.
We have a total of 89 production facilities, 40 separate warehouses and 38 offices in 30 countries. The numbers cover own and leased facilities. Most of our approximately 26,600 employees work at the production facilities in Europe.
Our vision is climate neutral production. Danish Crown has started revolutionizing the industry in terms of climate imprint. We want to halve our climate footprint by 2030 and have climate neutral production in 2050.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Banking and financial services
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Communication
- Competition
- Consumers
- Customs
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Environment
- External relations
- Food safety
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Fraud prevention
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
- global
- national
- sub-national
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Green deal, Free Trade, Internaltion markets, Animal Welfare, Climate and PEF
Communication Activities: None
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Danish Crown Vej 1
Post Code: 8940
City: Randers
Country: DENMARK
Phone:
Indic Phone: 45
Phone Number: 89191919
EU Office
Address: Axeltorv 3
Post Code: 1609
City: Copenhagen
Country: DENMARK
Phone:
Indic Phone: 45
Phone Number: 27796971
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Membership Information
Members50 Percent: 1
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.5
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: www.lf.dk
www.di.dk
Organisation Members: EMN
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