Sustainability concerns are fuelling consumer and lawmaker demands for more transparency in the animal production process, with detailed information about the environmental impact of bringing animal protein to supermarket shelves increasingly becoming a market need rather than a market want.
This extends all the way down to what we are feeding production animals. DSM Animal Nutrition and Health is looking to help their customers answer these calls with their recently launched environmental product declaration (EPD) project which will provide customers with comprehensive information about the environmental impact of the company’s feed additive solutions. In this Industry Perspectives piece, VP of Sustainability and Business Solutions David Nickell and Sustainability Expert Charlotte Valliere share more about this initiative with Feedinfo and detail how these declarations can deliver transparency to customers and the industry as a whole, allowing them to make informed decisions about their purchases. We also uncover the process DSM employed to verify the data collected for its EPDs and how it ensures reliability and accuracy.
[Read full Industry Perspectives piece on Feedinfo Review]
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 David NickellDSM |
"Our EPDs provide transparent information about the environmental impact of our products, specifically in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and water usage. By employing them, our customers can make more informed decisions and choose products that have a lower environmental impact, thereby reducing their carbon footprint. Additionally, EPDs can help our customers understand the environmental impact of their own products, allowing them to communicate this to their own customers who may be increasingly concerned about sustainability."
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