NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2024 95 Øyvind Ihle appointed as new CEO of GSSI Deloitte collaborates with dsm-firmenich to bolster sustainable food value chains The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) announced Øyvind Ihle as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ihle brings a wealth of experience from across the seafood and marine ingredients industries, having held various leadership roles in sustainability and innovation. Ihle has dedicated the past decade to promoting health and sustainability in seafood value chains, in companies such as BASF (Omega-3), DSM/Veramaris (algae feed ingredients), and Avramar (bass & bream farming). Most recently, Ihle serves as board member at Zooca (zooplankton for feed and nutraceuticals), and his efforts to change consumer habits for the better earned him an invitation to support the Seafood Nutrition Partnership in their Eat Seafood America campaign, serving on their marketing committee. "I have experienced the power of GSSI firsthand, adding tremendous value to us at Avramar. They significantly elevated our sustainability efforts, enhanced our value proposition, and opened up new avenues for business growth. GSSI now has the chance to catalyze sustainability advancements throughout the industry, empowering others to achieve the same transformative impact we've witnessed at Avramar. I'm also humbled by the talent and level of dedication in the team, which bodes well for bringing us closer to our vision of more sustainable seafood for everyone," shares Ihle. Read more>> Deloitte announced its expanded global collaboration with dsm-firmenich—innovators in nutrition, health, and beauty—to cultivate a more sustainable food system. According to the announcement, this collaboration is part of Deloitte's latest effort to explore, develop, and scale new climate and nature-positive solutions, working directly with businesses to help implement future-proof strategies and promote transparency across the food ecosystem. dsm-firmenich's innovative Software as a Service platform Sustell™ is at the centre of the collaboration and is designed to calculate the environmental impact of producing animal protein at scale, harnessing data directly from the feed and farm sectors within an organization's value chain. Producing sustainable eggs, meat, milk and seafood requires the ability to accurately assess environmental impact based on this primary data from the field, which also serves as a baseline from which improvements can be measured. Sustell™ can assist organizations in reducing their farm animal-related environmental footprint by helping identify impact hotspots and incorporating intervention modelling across various scenarios. Deloitte will help expand and enhance the platform's reach, improving vital economic information flow from processors and consumer-packaged goods providers to feed producers, farmers, and integrators. Deloitte will also help enable growth opportunities for businesses deploying the capabilities of Sustell™ by advising them on how to operate the platform, apply insights to their operations, and prepare environmental, social and governance reporting. More broadly, this collaboration will help bridge silos in the value chain by rapidly connecting ecosystem players to help create and protect value and collectively achieve meaningful sustainability improvements. Read more>> Øyvind Ihle
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