Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 47 December 2024

NEWS 10 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2024 dsm-firmenich’s Animal Nutrition & Health division, alongside Format Solutions, a provider of integrated formulation and feed ERP software, announced a strategic alliance aimed at quantifying and managing the environmental impact of animal feed. Food production is responsible for approximately one-third of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Companies across the food and feed value chain are under increasing pressure to quantify, report, and decrease their environmental footprints in a credible and compliant manner. This pressure comes from various sources, including companies' own sustainability commitments, regulatory requirements, the finance sector and evolving consumer preferences, all of which necessitate the use of primary data. David Nickell, dsm-firmenich's Vice President of Sustainability & Business Solutions for Animal Nutrition & Health, commented: "Animal feed is a fundamental element in the food value chain. The integration of Sustell™ with Format Solutions’ top-tier feed formulation software signifies a crucial advancement in connecting the entire farm-to-fork data ecosystem. Sustell™'s user-friendly LCA footprinting platform fosters collaboration throughout the value chain, empowering us to overcome challenges and capitalize on sustainability-related market opportunities." Read more>> dsm-firmenich and Format Solutions collaborate for sustainable feed UPL, a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions, and CH4 Global signed a strategic partnership agreement that aims to bring the latter's methane-reducing feed supplement to millions of cattle per day. Under the multi-phase, multi-year agreement, UPL and CH4 Global will develop a comprehensive roadmap targeting key livestock markets in India, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, which together represent more than 40% of the world's cattle population. According to the announcement, the collaboration will establish specific business models to distribute CH4 Global's Methane Tamer™ cattle feed additive in each of these markets. The program aims to enable the livestock sector to significantly lower its emission footprint through the use of eco-friendly animal feed solutions. "Our OpenAg purpose places collaboration at the heart of progress, and through this partnership we aim to mark an important step in showing how agriculture can deliver on overall efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses," said Jai Shroff, Chairman and Group CEO, UPL. “Methane is almost thirty times as harmful for global warming than CO2 and recent reports show the highest levels in 800,000 years, so its reduction must be our top priority. This initiative will present a new model for sustainable livestock which can be scaled globally, helping the industry reach net-zero for greenhouse gasses by adopting methane mitigation technologies, and demonstrating agriculture's positive impact on the environment." Read more>> CH4 Global announces new agreement

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