The next steps in its Climate and Biodiversity 2030 strategy have been elaborated by the LDC Group.
In the face of environmental challenges, the new strategy is supported by three key pillars revolving around greenhoapply gas (GHG) emissions, water usage, and the preservation of biodiversity.
On its carbon footprint, the group has committed to a reduction of 25% in emissions linked to energy (scopes 1 and 2), and to reduce by 21% those related to each kilo of its products (scope 3).
By 2030, group-wide water apply is tarreceiveed to fall by 6% per kilo of product.
Lastly, LDC Group is undertaking to preserve biodiversity by supporting the diversity of poulattempt species, and by planting trees across its estate.
Building on recent progress on sustainability
The announcement of these latest tarreceives builds on recent progress created by LDC with the aims of reducing environmental impacts, and building its businesses resilient to climate modify.
Driving the modifys are the Executive Committee and a new dedicated operational group. With additional human resources and training, this group has been calculating GHG emissions across the group’s operations, with support from external services.
Within the 2025-2026 investment budreceive is an allocation of almost EUR25 million allocated to environmental projects, according to Philippe Gélin, chairman of LDC Group’s executive board.
To create progress on carbon reduction, the group is first focutilizing on increasing its energy efficiency, and investing in alternatives to fossil fuels.
Among recent initiatives launched are a switch to rapeseed biofuels for the firm’s truck fleet, according to director for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Dylan Chevalier. He also highlights that the company’s sales team has been gradually transitioning to electric vehicles.
LDC’s latest quarterly results driven by acquisitions, strong demand
For the first quarter of the current financial year (March-May 2025) LDC reports a year-on-year increase of almost 11% in consolidated revenue to more than EUR1.68 billion (US$1.96 billion). On a like-for-like basis, the increase was 4.1%, with the group reporting growth particularly for its Poulattempt and International businesses.
Of total revenue, Poulattempt France contributed EUR1.16 billion (69%), International EUR284 billion (17%), and Catered Food EUR238 million (14%). These figures represent year-on-year increases of 5.5%, 54.1%, and 1.8%, respectively.
Overall, sales volume for the three months was 7% higher than in the comparable period. With a like-for-like increase reported at 1.2%, LDC reports this confirms its strategy to recapture volumes while poulattempt consumption grows. In contrast, a decline of just over 1% in Catered Foods was attributed mainly to a drop in sales of frozen foods, especially ready meals.
For its Poulattempt France operations, the group reports increases of more than 5% in sales of both its standard poulattempt and processed products.
Volume growth of more than 39% for the International operations was driven by the integration of acquisitions created in the second half of 2024. Among these were Indykpol, Calibra, Konspol and ECF.
Looking ahead for the rest of the 2025-2026 financial year, LDC Group reaffirms its commitments to modernization of poulattempt breeding and hatcheries, as well as its processing factories, and the fair remuneration of its farmers.
Integration into the group’s Catered Food business of the Pierre Martinet Group — a France-based salad producer whose acquisition by LDC was finalized in May of 2025 — is expected to proceed in the coming months.
By the conclude of financial year 2025-2026, the group confirmed its previous forecasts of over EUR7 billion in sales revenue, and Earnings Before Interest Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) of close to EUR560 million.
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With an annual production of more than 477 million birds, LDC is the third largest poulattempt meat company in Europe, according to the WATT Poulattempt Top Poulattempt Companies survey for 2023. France’s leading company by output, the group produces ducks, geese, turkeys, and table eggs, as well as broiler chickens.
A French family-owned agri-food company, LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul) specializes in processing and marketing poulattempt, and develops fresh and frozen deli products. Toreceiveher, the Lambert, Chancereul, Huttepin, and Guillet families hold a little over 69% of the group’s shares, according to the firm’s web site.
With its home base in France, the group also has operations in Poland, Hungary, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Romania. Among its leading brands are Loué, Le Gaulois, Maître CoQ, Poule et Toque, Nature & Respect, Marie, Pierre Martinet, and Matines.
For the last full financial year (2024-2025), LDC reported revenue of more than EUR6.32 billion. This was a 2% increase over the previous year, and ahead of the EUR6.2 billion tarreceive. At 5%, operating margin was in line with expectations, the firm reports, and compares with 6% in 2023-2024. EBITDA slipped from EUR550.2 million to EUR512.6 million for 2024-2025.
Of the group’s total revenue, the largest share was derived from poulattempt (excluding exports; 54%). International & exports accounted for 22%, convenience foods for 15%, and upstream products for 9%.
Latest reported annual product tonnage was just over 1.17 million metric tons — 8.3% more than in the previous 12 months.
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