Sustainability
To meet growing demand for animal protein while reducing the environmental impact of farming innovative, science-based solutions are of vital importance. Our strategic approach tackles this challenge through six sustainability and business platforms that are key to the animal protein industries and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
- Improving the lifetime performance of farm animals
- Making efficient use of natural resources
- Reducing emissions from livestock
- Helping tackle antimicrobial resistance
- Reducing our reliance on marine resources
- Improving the nutritional quality of meat, milk, fish, and eggs while reducing food loss and waste
Sustell™, our leading life-cycle assessment platform (LCA) for animal protein, further grew its ecosystem of partners along the value chain and is now widely recognized as the leading solution for full environmental foot printing of animal protein. Sustell™ provides our customers with data and expertise to unlock the value of sustainability, improve operations, and meet increasingly stringent sustainability reporting requirements.
In 2024, our ANH Science & Research team was invited to the UN meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), resulting in a declaration to fight AMR. Our eubiotics portfolio, OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition®, and Verax™ all have important roles to play in this ongoing effort.
Bovaer®, our solution for methane emissions reduction in dairy cows and beef cattle, is now available in more than 65 countries and has saved an estimated 215,000 tons of CO2e.
Veramaris® (the trademark is owned by Veramaris V.O.F.), our algal oil and alternative source of Omega-3 EPA and DHA for aquafeed, doubled production volumes becoming a viable alternative to fish oil, secured Canadian authorization and joined the consortium of the Dutch retail giant Albert Heijn to promote sustainable seafood.
Innovation
We further strengthened our position as an innovation leader in our industry with our Precision Services and Performance Solutions. This involved the launch of additions to our portfolio as well as the continued development of existing offerings.
- Sustell™ expanded into the beef and shrimp industries with modules to meet their respective environmental foot printing needs
- FarmTell™, our complete software suite for data-driven decision-making, added its first AI for livestock management, using Lore™’s cutting-edge technology platform
- In Europe, we launched three advanced feed additives: ProAct 360™, our new enzyme technology developed jointly with Novozymes to drive feed efficiency; Hy-D®, our specific vitamin D3 metabolite to provide animals with a fast track to a strong skeleton and better performance; and HiPhorius™, our complete phytase to enable precision nutrition, improve animal performance, reduce feed costs, and minimize environmental impact. On 11 February 2025, dsm-firmenich announced the sale of its stake in the Feed Enzymes Alliance to its equal partner Novonesis, a global leader in biosolutions, for €1.5 billion
- FUMzyme® sol, the only enzyme designed to target fumonisin mycotoxins, was launched for use in distiller dried grains
- Our Verax™ DBS analytics tool offers users an easy-to-use, non-invasive way to assess vitamin D3 status
Partnerships
In 2024, we continued to grow the partner ecosystem of Sustell™, enabling value creation for all players and their partners across the animal protein value chain.
By partnering with Deloitte, we are leveraging Deloitte’s GenAI solution to unlock new ways of enhancing food sustainability and value creation – from feed to farm to fork.
Our collaboration with IFC (member of the World Bank Group) demonstrates how banks can use Sustell™ to identify and manage financed emissions in the agriculture and food sectors.
The integration of Sustell™ in Format Solutions’ top-tier feed formulation software, such as the BESTMIX® software suite from BESTMIX Software, permits the easy leveraging of existing data and assists feed producers in addressing future feed labelling demands. At the same time, it helps farmers to accurately quantify the environmental impact of products such as eggs, meat, milk, and farmed seafood.
