Circular & Restorative
At BioMar, we take action for our areas of responsibility. We encourage and stimulate restorative practices in our supply chain and have set targets for minimum inclusion levels of circular and restorative ingredients.
BioMar considers raw materials originating from by-products and waste streams to be circular. We seek to decouple feed supply chains from direct competition with food for human consumption.
We define restorative ingredients as raw materials that significantly shift the balance between ecosystem impacts and human production systems. The goal is to stimulate net-positive environmental outcomes compared to time-bound relevant benchmarks.
Milestones in 2023
29% Circular and/or Restorative ingredients
Submitted manuscripts to scientific journals to document our improved biodiversity coverage of our Restorative method
Announced new partnership with French insect meal supplier Agronutris, building on years of long-term collaboration with insect meal producers with special focus on valorisation of low-value substrates (by-products)
Record-low FFDR of 0.67 achieved through overall lower inclusion of marine ingredients, higher trimmings share, and several new partnerships launched within circular marine by-products
Partneredship with key suppliers to promote restorative practices, including regenerative agriculture
Advanced scientific platform cooperation with closer to commercialisation for several low-impact circular fermentation companies being close to commercialisation.
Download our Circular & Restorative Milestones 2023
Targets for 2030
50% Circular & Restorative ingredients in our feed by 2030
We seek to decouple feed supply chains from directly competing with food for human consumption
Increase the use of Circular ingredients
Increase the use of Restorative ingredients
Annual reporting on hotspot raw material compliance
Increased evidence-based transparency
Circular & Restorative Key Milestones 2023
Best FFDR in BioMar history: 0.67
29% Circular and/or Restorative ingredients
Read the full story and read more about BioMar's sustainability initiatives in our 2023 Sustainability Report.
