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.

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Results (13)

    Responsibly sourced raw materials

    BioMar has several ways of securing responsibly sourced and safe raw materials.

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    Embracing our responsibility

    Raw materials purchased by BioMar are sourced all over the globe and from very different environments.

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    Targeting BioMar’s supply chain emissions

    BioMar consumed approximately 1.6 million tonnes of RMs, which are diverse, sourced globally, and purchased from hundreds of suppliers.

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    Yield10 Bioscience and BioMar aim to grow fish oil on land

    Yield10 Bioscience and BioMar Group have signed an agreement to form a long-term partnership to commercialise a Camelina crop.

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    Sustainable aquafeed with marine microalgae

    Early results from the “Alga4Fuel&Aqua” research project, in which BioMar Hellenic is participating, indicate that a mix of the microalgae species

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    Circular Economy Thinking

    BioMar seeks to decouple feed supply chains from directly competing with food for human consumption.

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    What are restorative raw materials?

    Circular restorative materials are derived from waste or by-products, as defined by the EU waste framework directive.

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    Time to rethink waste

    Through innovation, many leftovers from human food production can be turned into new valuable resources.

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    BioMar sources Benson Hill ingredients

    BioMar is sourcing consecutive seasons of Benson Hill ingredients as part of its commitment to build restorative soy supply chains.

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    Yield10 Bioscience and BioMar aim to grow fish oil on land

    Yield10 Bioscience and BioMar Group have signed an agreement to form a long-term partnership to commercialise a Camelina crop .

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    Responsibly sourced raw materials

    BioMar has several ways of securing responsibly sourced and safe raw materials.

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    Targeting BioMar’s supply chain emissions

    BioMar consumed approximately 1.6 million tonnes of RMs, which are diverse, sourced globally, and purchased from hundreds of suppliers.

    Read more