In Nutreco’s RoadMap 2025, we commit to developing LCA tools to not only help farmers and integrators manage emissions from animal production and its supply chain, but also from their own supply chains, purchasing choices, energy management and other services. 

The first step was to rely on one single consistent source of data across all Nutreco to accommodate the highly variable sourcing executed by our more than 100 plants around the world. We subscribed to a global alignment with the growing and trusted Global Feed Life Cycle Initiative (GFLI) database that includes a broad variety of options for sourcing countries. 

For further completion on ingredients, we rely on the largest trusted LCA databases, such as the largest and cross-sectorial Ecoinvent database or the more sector-specific Agri-footprint. Where it applies, we implemented the category rules of the European Commission’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), specifically the PEF Category Rules Feed for Food Producing Animals. Otherwise, we refer to FAO’s LEAP guidelines, and ensure that all products are supported by reports available on demand, complying with the LCA ISO Standards 14040/-14044 series. 

We are implementing LCA tools in two areas, Procurement and Product Development. This allows us to look at the potential impacts of the full production chain of our purchased goods and services, to make more responsible procurement choices and reduce Nutreco’s scope 3 impacts. These reductions also serve our customers, whose feed solutions will result in reduced impacts. 

We are proud of the efficiencies achieved at customers’ farms through our solutions. We are dedicated to developing and implementing tools that allow our customers to evaluate the progress and impacts of these efficiencies, specifically focusing on sustainability metrics.