European Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards
20 October 2011, Paris

On 20th October Compassion held its European Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards on the 1st floor of the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Guests at the Europena Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards 2011

Some 40 organisations from eight countries across Europe were awarded for their commitment to improving the lives of animals by sourcing only higher welfare eggs, chicken, pig meat or dairy produce.

Awards were presented in four categories:

Good Egg
Good Chicken
Good Dairy - which was introduced this year
Leadership in Pig Welfare, exclusive to 2011

GOOD DAIRY AWARD

The Good Dairy Award was introduced at the European Awards and winners were Ben & Jerry’s Europe, Beemster Cheese from north Holland, as well as Les 2 Vaches who received a Good Dairy Commendation for their strong commitment to improving the welfare of their dairy cows across the Basse-Normandie region.

GOOD CHICKEN AWARD

Good Chicken Award winners were Les Fermiers de Loué in France, Ikea Germany and the well known University of Paris-Sud d’Orsay, as well as Italy’s largest retailer Coop Italia who won an award for their commitment to improving the welfare of their own-brand chickens, which is set to benefit millions of chickens every year.

GOOD EGG AWARD

Good Egg Award winners were: Guschlbauer Backwaren, Lotus, Club Med, Lesieur, Les Fermiers de Loué, Marseille (sodexo), Steinhaus, Zum Dorfkrug, Vapiano, Joey’s Pizza, Dussmann, Sonnen Bassermann (Heinz), Konditorei Junge, Brandt, Studierendenwerk Koblenz, Studentenwerk Dortmund, Studentenwerk Kassel, Studentenwerk Osnabrück, Studentenwerk Aachen, Studentenwerk Dresden, Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk, Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein, Studentenwerk München, Norma, tegut, Il Mulino Bianco, Pavesi, Council of Cremona, Studler, HEMA, Ben & Jerry’s

Good Egg Commendation winners were: CRAI, IPER

LEADERS IN PIG WELFARE

Rivalea (Australia) Pty Ltd – one of Australia’s leading integrated Agri-food companies and largest piggery was invited by Compassion to attend the European ceremony to receive a Leadership in Pig Welfare Award for their decision to remove sow stalls and move to group housing by 2014 – ahead of voluntary Australian legislation for 2017.

The French charcuterie brand Thierry Schweitzer won the Pig Leadership award for their commitment and innovation in the field of animal welfare. Their high standards of production include open sheds with deep straw bedding or free-range farms; freedom of movement for the sows and no painful mutilations for their piglets.

To find out more about these winners visit: www.compassioninfoodbusiness.com/awards