NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2025 9 dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health unveiled the launch of its Sustell™ Carbon Value Program, a solution designed to help the agri-food value chain reduce carbon footprints at low cost – or even at a profit. This program is aimed at enabling companies to decarbonize their value chains, meet sustainability targets, comply with reporting requirements, and benefit financially from the achieved emissions reductions. “Sustainability is about smarter production — getting more from less, cutting waste, and building stronger, more efficient farms and food systems,” says Dr. Heinz Flatnitzer, Global Head of Emissions Value Management at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health. “With the Sustell™ Carbon Value Program we help our clients scale carbon reductions with transparency, credibility, and measurable returns. By fostering farm-to-fork collaboration, partners across the value chain can achieve verified emission footprints with full traceability and additional financial value. We invite more companies to join us on this profitable journey toward a more sustainable food system,” adds Flatnitzer. Agrifood, retailer, CPGs, and food service companies need to cut greenhouse gas emissions to meet sustainability targets that are driven by commitments, science-based targets, or customer demands, dsm-firmenich points out. To achieve lower emissions, full value chain collaboration is required. Read more>> The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on November 28, 2025, urged member countries to reinforce global partnerships to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases (TADs), warning they are one of the most urgent threats to global food security and economic stability. Speaking at an Information Session on the new Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TAD) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Qu cautioned that recent funding cuts risk undermining decades of progress in managing and responding to these diseases when global risks are intensifying. For more than 20 years, the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) has served as FAO’s operational backbone on animal health, supporting more than 50 countries and consistently demonstrating that prevention costs far less than responding to crises. “We cannot afford to destroy what has taken decades to build,” Qu said. “The cost of prevention is far lower than the cost of inaction.” TADs are highly contagious diseases that cross borders rapidly. As animals and humans live in closer proximity and global movements increase, these diseases are spreading faster - from animal to animal, farm to farm, and country to country. Read more>> dsm-firmenich unveils Sustell Carbon Value Program FAO warns transboundary animal diseases threaten food security Image: dsm-firmenich ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano
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