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Sustainability It’s not just what we aspire
to do, it’s what we do
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WHAT NUTRECO IS DOING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Through our focus on sustainable innovation
we aspire to be part of the solution. As an
animal nutrition and aqua feed company with
a global presence, we are ideally positioned to
contribute towards the development of more
sustainable food production.
Nuterra, our global sustainability programme,
is designed to live up to our responsibilities
and ambitions.
After all, it’s not just what we aspire to do,
it’s what we do.
Global challengesOn a global scale, the sustainability challenges of food production
are both significant and intensifying. In the coming decades, the
world will need to produce as much as 70% more food to feed a
growing world population, while we are currently already using the
equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our way of life. At the same time,
farmers face ever-greater consumer demands and new challenges
such as the need to reduce the use of antibiotics.
By 2050, the world population will have grown to over
9 billion people. At the same time, increased urbanisation
and income growth are changing dietary preferences and
increasing the demand for animal proteins. MORE FROM LESSWe believe that using resources in increasingly efficient ways is
key to feed a growing world population in a sustainable way.
For example, more resource-efficient farming can help to avoid
new agricultural land being generated through deforestation.
INNOVATION IS FUNDAMENTALOn a global level, the productivity of livestock and aquaculture
species can be as much as 30-40% below its genetic potential. We can
close that gap by integrating the latest technological developments
into practical and innovative nutritional solutions.
MORE EFFICIENT, BUT SUSTAINABLEWe support new farming practices that seek to optimise production,
rather than unidimensional maximisation. For instance, we believe it
is more sustainable to focus on nutrition in the early life stages, as well
as keeping animals healthy and productive through good nutrition
and farm management, rather than through the unwarranted use
of antibiotics.
DIALOGUE AND TRANSPARENCYWithout societal and consumer consent, our innovations might not
be as significant as they could be. We can only create acceptance
if we communicate, if we are open, and if we enter into dialogue
with stakeholders.
Our mission
NUTERRA ROADMAPOur Nuterra Roadmap sets clear ambitions
regarding people, planet and profit. It is an
aspirational vision designed to align our actions
and initiatives over a period of several years, as we
work to fulfil our mission of ‘Feeding the Future’.
These objectives are aligned with the long-term
goals of our strategy as well as the UN Sustainable
Development Goals. The roadmap is grouped
into four areas: Nutritional Solutions, Ingredients,
Operations and Commitment.
NUTERRA STANDARDOur Nuterra Standard is an internal tool that clearly
outlines the actions needed to realise the Nuterra
Roadmap and enables us to measure and score
progress over time. Our operations undertake
this assessment biannually to ensure that we hold
ourselves accountable in our sustainability
aspirations and targets.
NUTERRA PRODUCT ASSESSMENTThe Nuterra Product Assessment is a tool that helps
us to measure the environmental impacts and
attributes of our nutritional solutions. It uses Life Cycle
Assessment methodology to systematically evaluate
the environmental aspects of using our products
and services.
Important indicators of measured sustainable
nutritional solutions include greenhouse gas emissions,
acidification, eutrophication and energy use.
The Nuterra programmeThe Nuterra Programme sets out Nutreco’s
sustainability strategy and provides the
tools required to implement this throughout
our company. The programme is made up
of three distinct components: the Nuterra
Roadmap; the Nuterra Standard; and the
Nuterra Product Assessment.
Commitment Involving people in the challenge of ‘Feeding the Future’ • Employee engagement
• Stakeholder engagement
• Community development
Ingredients Creating a sustainable base for feed• Responsible sourcing
• Sustainable partnerships
Nutritional Solutions Enabling the animal and farmer to perform better
• Farm performance
• Animal health & welfare
• Young animal Feed
• Minimise food safety risks
Operations Ensuring our own house is in order• Reducing environmental impact in our operations
• Improving our own working environment
Nutritional solutions
LifeStart sets life performance
Environment and nutrition during early life have a
profound and long lasting effect on animal health.
To achieve sustainable growth it is crucial to prepare
an animal’s intestine for efficient feed digestion at
an early stage. Maximising feed intake after weaning
is vital because metabolic systems can be
reprogrammed during this time frame. To close the
gap between genetic potential and performance,
quality nutrition during the first weeks of life is vital.
Investing in LifeStart is about sustainable farming and improving farm financial results.
Through the development of nutritional solutions,
Nutreco can make a significant contribution to
making livestock production and aquaculture more
sustainable. We focus on four innovation areas:
LifeStart, animal health & welfare, feed efficiency,
and models & services.
In parallel with nutrition, farm management is
of significant importance to achieve sustainable
growth. Cleaning and disinfection, water and
climate control, housing and stock density, as well
as data management are basic parameters that
should be monitored and controlled properly.
LifeStart brings together world-class expertise on
young animal health and nutrition with practical
farm management experience, to find
sustainable ways of improving productivity.
Securing animal health
Many aquaculture systems are open to the natural
environment, which exposes fish and shrimp stocks to
stresses such as extreme temperatures, handling and
a range of parasites and diseases that can lead to
negative health impacts. We are committed to
helping farmers secure animal health through
continued investment in R&D, which helps to improve
the sustainability of production by maintaining a high
level of animal welfare as well as increasing the
efficiency of production.
The result from more than 20 years of research,
our Protec products help protect the skin, intestine
and gills of aquaculture species. They support
immune systems, add the building blocks for
new cells and increase the level of antioxidants.
Documented evidence shows Protec enables species
to better cope with the challenge of being exposed
to viruses, parasites and pathogenic bacteria.
Feeding animals more efficiently
It’s all about achieving more with fewer resources.
Feed costs account for as much as 70% in livestock
production. With raw material prices and quality
being both changeable and unpredictable, every
feed-related decision can have a significant impact
on animal performance as well as profitability.
Our modular precision-feeding systems offer the latest
nutritional science data and technology. With these
models our customers can fine-tune their feeding
strategies according to accurate nutritional data and
current market prices. Precision feeding also helps to
produce more edible protein with fewer resources
by reducing the amount of waste.
In addition, we offer a broad range of science-
based tools and services, such as near-infrared (NIR)
spectrometry of animal feed ingredients. This
technology gives results within minutes, compared
to traditional analyses that can take several days.
This enables timely decisions to be made resulting in
optimal feed efficiency.
Health diets strengthen immune systems of aquaculture species.
Feed costs account for as much as 70% in livestock production.
Ingredients
SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS
Cooperation between value chain partners
(business, government, science and NGOs)
is a prerequisite to successfully address the
sustainability challenges of our industry.
Nutreco participates in various sustainable
partnerships such as the Round Table on
Responsible Soy, The ProTerra Network,
the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil,
the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and
the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil
Responsible Supply Standard.
Our nutritional solutions include a wide variety of
ingredients sourced from all over the world. We
can only develop sustainable nutritional solutions
if we are part of a responsible supply chain.
Sustainable sourcing
Our Supplier Code of Conduct enables us to engage with our suppliers on
material issues relating to their operations and to set minimum criteria relating
to environmental, social and legal aspects.
Based on spend, over 90% of our suppliers have signed-off on their agreement
to comply with the Code, and it is mandatory for all new suppliers to sign.
Supplier sustainability audits are performed, with an extra focus on countries
and ingredients that have been identified as ‘high risk’.
OperationsENERGYWe make smarter decisions about using newer,
more energy efficient equipment and processes in
our factories.
CO2 EMISSIONS We continuously investigate options to change our
energy sources to more sustainable options.
WASTE We aim to reduce the amount of waste going to
landfill by recycling and reusing as much as
possible. We also focus on reducing the amount
of products we purchase that cannot be reused
or recycled.
WATER We lower withdrawals from local water sources by
increasing productivity per water input, reducing
wastewater discharges and their pollutant load, and
reducing thermal energy consumption.
HEALTH AND SAFETYWe monitor our health and safety performance by
registering work accidents and by continuously
improving the safety of our work environment.
Under the Nuterra Programme, we focus on the
monitoring and recording of five sustainability
KPIs. For each of these we set targets and
discuss results quarterly, so that we actively
work towards meeting these targets.
AQUAVISION AND AGRIVISION
Nutreco hosts two biennial conferences, AgriVision
and AquaVision, which provide a platform to discuss
global feed, food and business related topics. The
aim of bringing together key stakeholders from the
international feed-to-food chain is to facilitate strategic
debate, develop new ideas and inspire innovative
approaches for the future.
COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENTMany farmers in developing markets are smallholders,
using basic agriculture and aquaculture methods.
An important challenge in feeding a growing
world population in a sustainable way is to
improve the productivity and sustainability of their
farming methods.
In local community development programmes,
we team up with local governments, NGOs,
universities and other companies to share our
knowledge and expertise. Current programmes
include a project in Nigeria where we are helping
to raise the livelihoods of up to 1,000 small catfish
farmers and a project in Indonesia involving up to
1,000 small dairy farmers.
CommitmentWe can only progress if we communicate to and
enter into dialogues with all our stakeholders –
not only customers, suppliers and employees,
but with society in general.
www.nutreco.com • corpcomm@nutreco.com
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