NEWS 6 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2023 dsm-firmenich, the leading innovator in health, nutrition, and beauty, and Sustained, a SaaS sustainability company, announced their partnership to enable customers to report the farm-to-fork environmental footprint of food products containing animal proteins including eggs, meat, milk and fish. This agreement, the first of its kind, allows farmers, processors, food manufacturers and retail brand owners to manage and communicate the sustainability of food production by leveraging dsm-firmenich’s Sustell™ service for capturing farm-level specific emissions data and Sustained’s platform to deliver product-level environmental life cycle assessments of consumer food products at scale. David Nickell, Vice President of Sustainability & Business Solutions at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health, said: “Connecting Sustell™ to the broader data ecosystem through multiple partnerships is key to unlocking the value of sustainability for our customers and the value chain. Our partnership with Sustained underlines our commitment to making this possible. We believe that an accurate, scalable and credible assessment of a product's environmental impact from farm to fork will help inform consumer choice and drive more sustainable food production. The combined platforms empower businesses to set achievable reduction targets, guide new product development, facilitate eco-labelling, and ensure compliance with evolving regulations based on real production data.” Carl Olivier, co-founder & CEO at Sustained, added: “Until recently, full Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for farm and food products has been an expensive, manual effort that exceeded the resource capacity of firms with hundreds or thousands of SKUs. With this partnership we make data management from farm to fork easier to manage and maintain at scale, bringing greater transparency that empowers more sustainable food production and consumption.” Read more>> dsm-firmenich and Sustained join forces for environmental reporting of animal food products Central Garden & Pet acquires pet treat company TDBBS Central Garden & Pet, a market leader in the pet and garden industries, announced that it acquired TDBBS, LLC, from Bregal Partners. Based in Richmond, VA, TDBBS is a provider of premium natural dog chews and treats. The addition of TDBBS will expand Central’s portfolio with bully and collagen sticks, bone, and jerky and further strengthen Central’s eCommerce and digital capabilities, explained the company. “We are excited to welcome the TDBBS team into the Central Garden & Pet organisation,” said Beth Springer, interim CEO of Central. “Our Central to Home strategy is focused on building further scale in our two industries and growing leading brands consumers love. Adding TDBBS’s established brands and digital capabilities solidifies our position in the large and growing dog treats and chews category and will strengthen our footprint with key customers.” “For over 15 years, TDBBS has been proud to offer the widest selection of high-quality natural dog treats and chews. We believe pets are family, and they deserve quality ingredients just like us. We are excited for this next chapter in our business as part of Central Garden & Pet,” said Tom Goundrey, CEO of TDBBS. Read more>>
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