Mission & Vision

The Schou Foundation owns a group of companies, whose corporate culture is unique and strongly affected by our long history. The physical location of our culture is the majestic Palsgaard Estate in its beautiful natural surroundings, which is home to our main offices. While we have strong ties in the local community, the core of our business is our close partnerships with customers all over the world. We believe that this unique combination of local anchorage and a global perspective is one of our greatest strengths. In all modesty, another of our strengths is our tradition for behaving responsibly towards each other, our community and the environment generally. This tradition originates from Palsgaard's founder, Einar Viggo Schou, long before the term 'Corporate Social Responsibility' (CSR) was coined.

At Palsgaard we wish our name to become widely known for and associated with high standards of quality and service. By this we mean that our products must live up to our customers' expectations in terms of functionality. At the same time, our products must meet the strictest food safety requirements. We will achieve this by using our quality assurance procedures and through innovation work, which, to a great extent, will be conducted in close cooperation with our customers at our application centres.

Our reputation

As an employer, we aim to be an attractive and innovative workplace. Due to our foundation owner-ship structure, we are in a position to give our employees special status because one of the Schou Foundation's objectives is to be a good workplace.

In our relations with the world around us, we have a declared aim to act responsibly - not only at the local level via active participation in the local community, but also globally via effective measures to reduce our impact on the climate and the environment.

Furthermore, we consider financially responsible patterns of behaviour as an overarching and basic precondition, such that, by innovation, optimising processes and minimising risks, we ensure that our business is stable and that we are a reliable supplier for our customers and provide a safe place to work for our employees.