Our commitment
For Danisco, sustainability is about finding innovative, sustainable and bio-based solutions to help our customers produce products that provide lasting benefits for society.
A comprehensive approach to sustainability
Sustainability – in product development, manufacturing, and consumption – is an essential part of our business. We see innovation as a part of our commitment to social, environmental and economic stewardship – and as a way to help our customers improve their own sustainability performance.
It’s about people, planet and profit
Whether providing healthy ingredients, enzymes that help reduce CO2 emissions and water consumption, or bio-based alternatives to synthetic products, we are dedicated to working toward a healthier, safer and cleaner world.
And it's about becoming first choice
As a world leader in food ingredients, enzymes and bio-based solutions, we recognise the importance of addressing global concerns such as climate change, health, and sustainable sourcing and production. While these challenges are complex, we have a cohesive strategy that involves close cooperation with our employees, customers and suppliers.
Livestock marketing and supply chain management of livestock products ILRI
Presented by Steven J. Staal as a keynote address at the 74th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Maharashtra, India, 18-20 December 2014
Green Supply Chain in Automobile Industry
Green SCM v/s Conventional
Life Cycle Thinking
BENEFITS OF GREEN SCM
Pollution Prevention Hierarchy
Green Back-end Supply Chain of Maruti India
Green Procurement Guidelines Tier 1
Barriers to implement GSCM in Indian Automobile industry
Comparison of Lean Manufacturing with GSCM
India has great potential to be the food basket of the world due to its diverse agricultural resources and large workforce in agriculture. However, currently 20% of food produced in India is wasted due to an inefficient supply chain and lack of cold storage infrastructure and food processing industry. Building an efficient supply chain using modern techniques could help India serve its population with value-added food while ensuring good prices for farmers. The food processing industry has an important role to play in linking farmers to consumers in India and abroad. Developing a fully integrated cold chain logistics system including cold storage, transportation, packaging and information management could help reduce waste and make India a leading global food supplier.
This document discusses sustainable and responsible consumption from business and consumer perspectives. It notes that businesses are increasingly taking a strategic and long-term approach to CSR to achieve competitive advantage. Consumers are a key market dimension and their attitudes and behaviors are changing, driven by population growth, urbanization, and lifestyle changes. Socially responsible consumption considers public consequences of private consumption and uses purchasing power to create social change. Both businesses and consumers have roles to play through cooperation between companies, stakeholders, and customers to influence choices and behaviors toward more sustainable options.
This document provides an overview and summary of a training on green (sustainable) procurement conducted at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico. The training covered topics like mandatory preference programs from the EPA and USDA that designate green products, finding green products, and the roles and responsibilities of procurers in implementing green procurement policies. It discussed laws and policies like EO 13693 that require considering environmental factors in procurement and buying designated green products when possible.
Climate Change and Food Security presentation made at Dr. MCR HRD to the government officials from various departments by Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy on 15 Nov 11
Czech Republic has a dog population of 2.15 million, with dog food sales of USD 289 million in 2017. Dog treats account for 4% of the market. Natural products dominate 22% of the market and grain-free products account for 12%. The market is moving towards premium, healthy, and natural foods and treats. Dogsee Chew is a natural dog treat made from yak and cow milk, lime juice, and salt in the Himalayas. It is looking to expand distribution to Czech Republic to capitalize on trends toward premium, human-grade, and natural pet products.
Livestock marketing and supply chain management of livestock products ILRI
Presented by Steven J. Staal as a keynote address at the 74th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Maharashtra, India, 18-20 December 2014
Green Supply Chain in Automobile Industry
Green SCM v/s Conventional
Life Cycle Thinking
BENEFITS OF GREEN SCM
Pollution Prevention Hierarchy
Green Back-end Supply Chain of Maruti India
Green Procurement Guidelines Tier 1
Barriers to implement GSCM in Indian Automobile industry
Comparison of Lean Manufacturing with GSCM
India has great potential to be the food basket of the world due to its diverse agricultural resources and large workforce in agriculture. However, currently 20% of food produced in India is wasted due to an inefficient supply chain and lack of cold storage infrastructure and food processing industry. Building an efficient supply chain using modern techniques could help India serve its population with value-added food while ensuring good prices for farmers. The food processing industry has an important role to play in linking farmers to consumers in India and abroad. Developing a fully integrated cold chain logistics system including cold storage, transportation, packaging and information management could help reduce waste and make India a leading global food supplier.
This document discusses sustainable and responsible consumption from business and consumer perspectives. It notes that businesses are increasingly taking a strategic and long-term approach to CSR to achieve competitive advantage. Consumers are a key market dimension and their attitudes and behaviors are changing, driven by population growth, urbanization, and lifestyle changes. Socially responsible consumption considers public consequences of private consumption and uses purchasing power to create social change. Both businesses and consumers have roles to play through cooperation between companies, stakeholders, and customers to influence choices and behaviors toward more sustainable options.
This document provides an overview and summary of a training on green (sustainable) procurement conducted at Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico. The training covered topics like mandatory preference programs from the EPA and USDA that designate green products, finding green products, and the roles and responsibilities of procurers in implementing green procurement policies. It discussed laws and policies like EO 13693 that require considering environmental factors in procurement and buying designated green products when possible.
Climate Change and Food Security presentation made at Dr. MCR HRD to the government officials from various departments by Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy on 15 Nov 11
Czech Republic has a dog population of 2.15 million, with dog food sales of USD 289 million in 2017. Dog treats account for 4% of the market. Natural products dominate 22% of the market and grain-free products account for 12%. The market is moving towards premium, healthy, and natural foods and treats. Dogsee Chew is a natural dog treat made from yak and cow milk, lime juice, and salt in the Himalayas. It is looking to expand distribution to Czech Republic to capitalize on trends toward premium, human-grade, and natural pet products.
This document provides an introduction to sustainable consumption and production. It discusses the challenge of moving to a "one planet economy" given current consumption and production patterns are not sustainable. It defines sustainable consumption and production as continuous economic and social progress that respects environmental limits. The document outlines the drivers of more sustainable consumption and production, including energy security, resource depletion, and environmental degradation. It also provides some examples of companies improving sustainability.
Climate change poses serious threats to the environment and dairy production in Africa. Dairy production contributes to climate change through feed production, processing, transportation, and enteric methane emissions from cattle. However, climate change also negatively impacts dairy production by shortening growing seasons, causing water scarcity, and increasing heat stress for cattle. To adapt, the dairy industry needs to improve resilience through better herd management, feed strategies, and manure management to mitigate emissions. The future will require more sustainable dairy production to meet increasing demand while protecting the environment.
Johan Swinnen and Channing Arndt
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Africa Discussion of IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report Climate Change & Food Systems
IFPRI Africa Regional Office
course seminar synopsis of kalanamak rice in siddharthanagar district uttar p...Banaras Hindu University
1) The document presents a seminar on the status of Kalanamak rice cultivation in Siddharthanagar District, Uttar Pradesh.
2) Kalanamak rice is a popular aromatic variety grown widely in the region but production has declined since the 1970s.
3) The objectives of the study are to compare economics of Kalanamak rice with hybrid rice and examine resource use and the supply chain of Kalanamak rice.
This document provides an overview of a Level 1 Award in Environmental Awareness. Learners will be introduced to principles of environmental awareness, including common terminology, impacts of environmental change, and resource efficiency. They will identify practical ways to reduce environmental impacts. The session includes group exercises to define terms and identify key features of ecological footprints, climate change science, and climate change impacts. It also discusses reducing consumption and reusing resources, as well as identifying recyclable materials.
Climate Smart Livestock Production, by Dr Adil Rasool ParayAdil Rasool Paray
Climate smart livestock production aims to sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience, reduce greenhouse gases, and achieve food security. Livestock accounts for 40% of global agricultural GDP and emits about 12-18% of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. As the world population grows, demand for livestock products is projected to more than double by 2050. Climate change negatively impacts livestock through increased heat stress, changing feed availability, and disease emergence. Impacts include reduced intake, reproduction and immunity, posing challenges to global food security. Adaptation strategies are needed to ensure sustainable livestock production.
The circular economy is a framework that aims to optimize systems by keeping resources in use for as long as possible through reuse, repair, refurbishment and recycling. It draws from approaches like cradle to cradle, industrial ecology, and the sharing economy. While the concept has existed for over 30 years, it is gaining more attention now due to factors like depletion of natural resources and technological advances that make circular principles easier to implement. Challenges to transitioning to a circular economy include controlling life cycles efficiently, ensuring linked industries remain resilient, and maintaining environmental priorities.
This document discusses single-use plastics in agriculture. It explains that plastics are commonly used in agricultural applications such as mulch films, irrigation tubing, and greenhouse coverings. While plastics provide benefits to agriculture, their disposal poses environmental issues. The document then summarizes various technological options for recycling and reusing agricultural plastics, such as thermal depolymerization and heat compression. It concludes that recycling agricultural plastics is an efficient way to reduce environmental impacts and that educational programs can promote better plastic waste disposal practices.
Ergonomics aims to design workspaces to fit human abilities and limitations, reducing risk of injuries like musculoskeletal disorders. It applies principles from sciences like anatomy and psychology to arrange tasks, equipment, and environments. This maximizes productivity while minimizing risks by considering human factors and preventing issues like repetitive strain.
Millibeter breeds black soldier fly larvae that can be used to convert organic waste into valuable products like proteins, lipids, and chitin. The larvae are fed organic waste and then processed to extract these components. Millibeter is building an Insect Bioconversion Reactor facility to produce these products at scale for use as sustainable aquaculture and animal feeds. The process and products comply with all relevant EU regulations.
The document summarizes trends in India's livestock sector. It notes that the livestock population has increased between 2000-2010 for cows/buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry. India is the largest milk producer in the world and its poultry sector is growing rapidly. The livestock sector provides income and employment for rural communities and is an important source of manure and fuel. It contributes significantly to India's economy and food security.
The actual title was Solid Waste Management in the 21st Century. The Power Point is available for viewing in my profile as well. The paper details the problems with public recyclable waste, particularly plastic bottles. The full paper will be published in the future in a business or scientific journal.
Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that harms wildlife and habitats. Plastic pollution occurs on land, in waterways, and oceans. Efforts to reduce plastic use and promote recycling have occurred but with limited success. Plastic is inexpensive and durable but breaks down slowly, accumulating in the environment and food chain over long periods of time with negative effects.
A brief presentation Organic Food Industry.
Which includes:
# Varieties of Organic Foods
# Consumption of Organic Food in India
# Why Organic Foods are costlier?
# Growth Drivers
# Government Support towards these industries
# Investment Opportunities
# Foreign Investors in India
# FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
# Export of Organic Food Products
# Employment Opportunities
# Buy Online
Emerging opportunities in the alternative protein sectorDavid Welch
An overview of emerging opportunities and white space ideas in the alternative protein sector. This talk covers three technology areas within alternative proteins:
1. plant-based meat, egg, and dairy
2. utilizing microbial fermentation as an enabling technology
3. cultivated meat (also known as cultured meat and clean meat)
A recording of the webinar is available at: https://youtu.be/DA3wYmLtM1s
Plastic Recycling Business Plan PresentationAnkur Verma
The document outlines a business plan for a plastic recycling plant called Group 22. The objectives are to set up a plastic recycling plant, create awareness about plastic usage and harms, and earn profits by selling recycled plastics. The company will produce recycled plastic flakes and household plastic goods from recycled PET and PVC bottles. It provides details on the company overview, mission statement, products, possible obstacles, industry analysis, marketing strategy, operations, financial projections, and benefits of recycling. The business aims to establish a plastic recycling facility, produce recycled plastic materials for businesses and consumer goods, and generate profits while promoting sustainable plastic waste management.
The pesticide industry in India is shifting focus globally, requiring agro companies to pool resources to meet working capital needs. Players with strong in-house R&D and sales networks will succeed. While herbicides dominate the global market, insecticides make up most of India's top 20 pesticides. Key consuming states in India are Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Punjab. The industry is dominated by domestic production, with the top 10 players controlling 80% of the market. Biopesticides and organic farming will capture more market share in the future.
A description and the results of research carried out on broiler chickens in order to explore the efficacy of phytase products on ileal digestibility of phosphorus.
The reseach results found that phytase supplementation was effective in improving the growth performance, ileal phosphorus digestibility and the bone mineralization parameters when included in the low phosphorus diet.
Visit us at: http://www.dsm.com/markets/anh/en_US/home.html
Thanks to an extensive research program achieved by its experts in bioengineering and monogastric nutrition, Adisseo found a solution to get more from NSP enzymes. With Rovabio® Advance, the first “Feedase”, the total digestibility of feed vegetable fraction is improved by 3 percent whatever the type of diet. This article is the opportunity to come back to the mode of action of NSP enzymes and explain why we can expect more nutrients, especially from corn, thanks to innovation.
This document provides an introduction to sustainable consumption and production. It discusses the challenge of moving to a "one planet economy" given current consumption and production patterns are not sustainable. It defines sustainable consumption and production as continuous economic and social progress that respects environmental limits. The document outlines the drivers of more sustainable consumption and production, including energy security, resource depletion, and environmental degradation. It also provides some examples of companies improving sustainability.
Climate change poses serious threats to the environment and dairy production in Africa. Dairy production contributes to climate change through feed production, processing, transportation, and enteric methane emissions from cattle. However, climate change also negatively impacts dairy production by shortening growing seasons, causing water scarcity, and increasing heat stress for cattle. To adapt, the dairy industry needs to improve resilience through better herd management, feed strategies, and manure management to mitigate emissions. The future will require more sustainable dairy production to meet increasing demand while protecting the environment.
Johan Swinnen and Channing Arndt
GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT
Africa Discussion of IFPRI’s 2022 Global Food Policy Report Climate Change & Food Systems
IFPRI Africa Regional Office
course seminar synopsis of kalanamak rice in siddharthanagar district uttar p...Banaras Hindu University
1) The document presents a seminar on the status of Kalanamak rice cultivation in Siddharthanagar District, Uttar Pradesh.
2) Kalanamak rice is a popular aromatic variety grown widely in the region but production has declined since the 1970s.
3) The objectives of the study are to compare economics of Kalanamak rice with hybrid rice and examine resource use and the supply chain of Kalanamak rice.
This document provides an overview of a Level 1 Award in Environmental Awareness. Learners will be introduced to principles of environmental awareness, including common terminology, impacts of environmental change, and resource efficiency. They will identify practical ways to reduce environmental impacts. The session includes group exercises to define terms and identify key features of ecological footprints, climate change science, and climate change impacts. It also discusses reducing consumption and reusing resources, as well as identifying recyclable materials.
Climate Smart Livestock Production, by Dr Adil Rasool ParayAdil Rasool Paray
Climate smart livestock production aims to sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience, reduce greenhouse gases, and achieve food security. Livestock accounts for 40% of global agricultural GDP and emits about 12-18% of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. As the world population grows, demand for livestock products is projected to more than double by 2050. Climate change negatively impacts livestock through increased heat stress, changing feed availability, and disease emergence. Impacts include reduced intake, reproduction and immunity, posing challenges to global food security. Adaptation strategies are needed to ensure sustainable livestock production.
The circular economy is a framework that aims to optimize systems by keeping resources in use for as long as possible through reuse, repair, refurbishment and recycling. It draws from approaches like cradle to cradle, industrial ecology, and the sharing economy. While the concept has existed for over 30 years, it is gaining more attention now due to factors like depletion of natural resources and technological advances that make circular principles easier to implement. Challenges to transitioning to a circular economy include controlling life cycles efficiently, ensuring linked industries remain resilient, and maintaining environmental priorities.
This document discusses single-use plastics in agriculture. It explains that plastics are commonly used in agricultural applications such as mulch films, irrigation tubing, and greenhouse coverings. While plastics provide benefits to agriculture, their disposal poses environmental issues. The document then summarizes various technological options for recycling and reusing agricultural plastics, such as thermal depolymerization and heat compression. It concludes that recycling agricultural plastics is an efficient way to reduce environmental impacts and that educational programs can promote better plastic waste disposal practices.
Ergonomics aims to design workspaces to fit human abilities and limitations, reducing risk of injuries like musculoskeletal disorders. It applies principles from sciences like anatomy and psychology to arrange tasks, equipment, and environments. This maximizes productivity while minimizing risks by considering human factors and preventing issues like repetitive strain.
Millibeter breeds black soldier fly larvae that can be used to convert organic waste into valuable products like proteins, lipids, and chitin. The larvae are fed organic waste and then processed to extract these components. Millibeter is building an Insect Bioconversion Reactor facility to produce these products at scale for use as sustainable aquaculture and animal feeds. The process and products comply with all relevant EU regulations.
The document summarizes trends in India's livestock sector. It notes that the livestock population has increased between 2000-2010 for cows/buffaloes, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry. India is the largest milk producer in the world and its poultry sector is growing rapidly. The livestock sector provides income and employment for rural communities and is an important source of manure and fuel. It contributes significantly to India's economy and food security.
The actual title was Solid Waste Management in the 21st Century. The Power Point is available for viewing in my profile as well. The paper details the problems with public recyclable waste, particularly plastic bottles. The full paper will be published in the future in a business or scientific journal.
Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that harms wildlife and habitats. Plastic pollution occurs on land, in waterways, and oceans. Efforts to reduce plastic use and promote recycling have occurred but with limited success. Plastic is inexpensive and durable but breaks down slowly, accumulating in the environment and food chain over long periods of time with negative effects.
A brief presentation Organic Food Industry.
Which includes:
# Varieties of Organic Foods
# Consumption of Organic Food in India
# Why Organic Foods are costlier?
# Growth Drivers
# Government Support towards these industries
# Investment Opportunities
# Foreign Investors in India
# FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
# Export of Organic Food Products
# Employment Opportunities
# Buy Online
Emerging opportunities in the alternative protein sectorDavid Welch
An overview of emerging opportunities and white space ideas in the alternative protein sector. This talk covers three technology areas within alternative proteins:
1. plant-based meat, egg, and dairy
2. utilizing microbial fermentation as an enabling technology
3. cultivated meat (also known as cultured meat and clean meat)
A recording of the webinar is available at: https://youtu.be/DA3wYmLtM1s
Plastic Recycling Business Plan PresentationAnkur Verma
The document outlines a business plan for a plastic recycling plant called Group 22. The objectives are to set up a plastic recycling plant, create awareness about plastic usage and harms, and earn profits by selling recycled plastics. The company will produce recycled plastic flakes and household plastic goods from recycled PET and PVC bottles. It provides details on the company overview, mission statement, products, possible obstacles, industry analysis, marketing strategy, operations, financial projections, and benefits of recycling. The business aims to establish a plastic recycling facility, produce recycled plastic materials for businesses and consumer goods, and generate profits while promoting sustainable plastic waste management.
The pesticide industry in India is shifting focus globally, requiring agro companies to pool resources to meet working capital needs. Players with strong in-house R&D and sales networks will succeed. While herbicides dominate the global market, insecticides make up most of India's top 20 pesticides. Key consuming states in India are Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Punjab. The industry is dominated by domestic production, with the top 10 players controlling 80% of the market. Biopesticides and organic farming will capture more market share in the future.
A description and the results of research carried out on broiler chickens in order to explore the efficacy of phytase products on ileal digestibility of phosphorus.
The reseach results found that phytase supplementation was effective in improving the growth performance, ileal phosphorus digestibility and the bone mineralization parameters when included in the low phosphorus diet.
Visit us at: http://www.dsm.com/markets/anh/en_US/home.html
Thanks to an extensive research program achieved by its experts in bioengineering and monogastric nutrition, Adisseo found a solution to get more from NSP enzymes. With Rovabio® Advance, the first “Feedase”, the total digestibility of feed vegetable fraction is improved by 3 percent whatever the type of diet. This article is the opportunity to come back to the mode of action of NSP enzymes and explain why we can expect more nutrients, especially from corn, thanks to innovation.
The document discusses the role of enzymes in poultry nutrition. It notes that the poultry industry in India has seen 10-12% growth in broilers and 5-7% growth in layers. Enzyme feed additives can improve production performance by increasing nutrient utilization and preventing the effects of anti-nutritional factors like phytate. Phytate binds with minerals and other nutrients, reducing their availability, but phytase enzymes can break down phytate and release those bound nutrients. The addition of phytase supplements to poultry feed has been shown to improve growth performance, feed efficiency, egg production and nutrient utilization.
Hatchability is certainly a key performance and profitability
parameter for chick producers. Storing hatching eggs is a
current necessary practice and this can damage hatchability
results. Canthaxanthin, as an antioxidant, is particularly
effective for supporting hatchability. The vitelline membrane
strength (VMS) is very important to the early embryo survival.
The vitelline membrane protects the embryo (pH 6) from the
high pH of the albumen (pH 9.4) and therefore has to be
strong enough. The embryo progressively gets surrounded
by the yolk sac and is totally protected in the yolk sac between
day 3 and 4 of incubation.
Research has demonstrated that phytase is the only enzyme that is able to initiate
the release of phosphorus (P) from the phytate molecule, making it available for
absorption and utilization (Selle and Ravindran, 2007). The industrial demand for
phytases with greater potency in intestinal phytate hydrolysis and better heat
stability continues to stimulate the search for new enzyme sources. Enzyme
preparations with phytases derived from A. ficuum, Peniophora lycii and E. coli are
available commercially. More recently, new microbial 6-phytases produced by
synthetic genes, mimicking a gene from C. braakii or isolated from Buttiauxella,
were introduced into the market.
Hatchability is certainly a key performance and profitability parameter for chick producers. Storing hatching eggs is a current practice and this can damage hatchability results. Canthaxanthin, as an antioxidant, is particularly effective for supporting hatchability. The vitelline membrane strength (VMS) is very important to the early embryo survival that can-thaxanthin can promote it. The experiment involved a flock of 3,800 breeders (males and females) separated into two adjacent blocks. Feeding experiment started at 18 weeks of age with a control diet as 3000 IU/kg Vitamin D3 and no Carophyll® supplementation and experimental diet as 1,600 IU/kg vitamin D3, 37.5 μg/kg 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 (HyD®) & 6 mg/kg canthaxanthin (Carophyll® Red 10%). Vitamin D3 or 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 were not expected to have any influence on the VMS. Eggs were collected at 40/45 weeks and stored 7 days. The VMS was evaluated using a com-pression machine. Stiffness and breaking strength were significantly increased with the supplementation of canthaxan-thin. Thanks to the unique capabilities of high deposition rate in the yolk and singlet oxygen quenching capabilities, canthaxanthin from Carophyll® can improve the VMS in complement to Vitamin E and we hypothesized that it contrib-utes to explain its influence on early embryo viability and hatchability in breeder performance.
Can proteases play a role in enteric health- Langhout, P. Presentation for Workshop 4, at the Feed Proteases and enzyme presentation, The Netherlands, 2014
Knowledge of amino acid (AA) digestibility of feed ingredients is necessary to feed broilers with
properly balanced compound diets. For this reason, more attention has recently been given to the
determination of AA digestibility of ingredients, recognizing that it may vary greatly depending
upon the feed ingredient. The effects of the inclusion of a mono-component serine protease
(Ronozyme® ProAct) on standardized ileal amino acid digestibility (SIAAD) of diets containing wheat
by-products (wheat DDGS (WDDGS) and wheat middlings (WM)) were evaluated in broilers.
- Improvement of SIAAD in the presence of protease is not the same for all AA and varies from one ingredient to another one. The effects of added protease are dependent on feed composition and on intrinsic digestibility of AA (COWIESON and ROOS (2014)).
- Factors such as type and quality of the ingredients, industrial processing and the presence of anti-nutritional substances such as tannins, phytates, trypsin inhibitors in plant species modulate the digestibility in poultry feed and thus the effectiveness of exogenous protease.
-The physiological state of animals (growth or maintenance), feed consumption or the nutritional feed quality could also influence the digestibility values.
Viscosity reduction by three feed enzymes was measured in a high throughput pressure sensing system using commercial dosages on purified polysaccharides (arabinoxylan and ß-glucan). Fluorescence and antibody microscopy techniques were also used to visualize effects on the solubilisation of endosperm cell walls of wheat and barley.
Viscosity data clearly demonstrated depolymerisation of mixed-linked ß-glucans by the two multicomponent enzymes. The two multicomponent enzymes also reduced the viscosity of the arabinoxylan solution, while the monocomponent xylanase most effectively depolymerised the arabinoxylan. Microscopy data revealed that the multicomponent enzyme chosen for the studies could solubilize barley cell walls by targeting both the ß-glucan strutures as well as the arabinoxylans. The xylanase could effectively solubilise barley cell walls by merely attacking the arabinoxylans.
Phytase efficiency to increase phosphorus utilization in
poultry has been proven for decades. In addition,
phytase was demonstrated to improve growth
performance, meat breast weight, amino acids
digestibility and plasma myo-inositol concentration.
The objective of this work was to investigate potential
interactions between phytase supplementation, growth
performance and host gene expression to identify
potential associated biomarkers.
A holistic approach to poultry gut health - Arie Kies
Relevance of human gut research to poultry health - Jan Sikkema
Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics - Michel Jacques Duclos
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We investigated the effects of protease (Ronozyme ProAct, PRO) supplementation on the AID of 3 cereals in the presence or not of a multi-enzyme complex with β-glucanase and β-xylanase activity (GLU+XYL). The AID of most of AA was higher for corn and wheat than for barley. The inclusion of GLU+XYL increased the AID of DM, CP and of all the AA, except Met and Lys. The inclusion of PRO increased the AID of Gly and tended to increase that of most of the other AA. The combination of both enzymes did not improve further AA digestibility any.
Feeding strategy
• Animal Requirements change with criteria: need to take into account various parameters to optimise performance
- need to take into account complexity due to variability of response and interaction,
no single dose response
- Availability of new tools to integrate complexity (model for dietary formulaƟon)
• Feed recommendation in sustainable system should integrate three objectives: production performance, environment and welfare
Product quality
• Limited influence on lipid fraction
• Effects on oxidation remains controversial
- anƟoxidant vs pro-oxidant
- interacƟons between level and duration of trace elements dietary level, issue, slaughtering conditions, product packaging and transformation, cooking.
• Good potential of product enrichment in trace mineral but limitation due to Regulation in
animal and human feeding and due to toxicity level for animals
The document discusses optimizing protein digestion in poultry through the use of exogenous proteases, noting that both endogenous proteins secreted by the bird and undigested dietary proteins leave the ileum undigested. It examines factors that influence protein digestion like diet composition and quality, and endogenous protein sources and recovery. Models are presented that can help predict how diet inputs like crude protein level and amino acid ratios influence the efficacy of adding an exogenous protease supplement to improve protein digestion and bird performance.
Phytate is a natural dietary content and constitutes 0.4–6.4% (w/w) of most cereals and legumes (Eeckhout and Deaepe, 1994). It is poorly digestible for monogastric animals due to
a lack of effective endogenous phytase (Bitar and Reinhold, 1972). Phytate acts as an antinutritional factor, exerting its effects via a reduction in the solubility, and availability of
phosphorus (P), and to a lesser extent, Ca, Zn, Fe (Nävert et al., 1985; Hallberg et al., 1987; Hurrell et al., 2003). It was also reported that phytate could decrease the utilization of protein,
amino acids and starch. It has been suggested that phytate may bind with starch either directly, via hydrogen bonds, or indirectly, via proteins associated with starch (Thompson,
1988; Rickard and Thompson, 1997). Phytate is also known to inhibit a number of digestive enzymes such as pepsin, alpha-amylase (Deshpande and Cheryan, 1984) and increase mucin
secretion, excretion of endogenous minerals and amino acids in broiler chickens (Liu et al., 2008). Another issue is higher cost of dietary inorganic P which has been increased remarkably in last decade because of shortened phospate sources. Poultry industry has still been growing and reached huge mass production and contribution to environmental pollution has been heightened concerns because of the poor utilization of phytate phosphorus by poultry.
Introduction
The mineral content in animal body is 2-5%.
• Most abundant minerals in
body:
– 36-39% Ca (bone ash)
– 17-19% P (bone ash)
Conclusion
STTD Ca requirements for 11 to 25 kg pigs:
– ADG is between 0.36 and 0.56%, G:F is 0.43%
– Bone ash, bone Ca, and bone P is between 0.48 and 0.56%
– Ca retention and P retention is between 0.48 and 0.52%
Recent research on vitamin requirement of modern swine breeds under current husbandry conditions is limited; tabular recommendations may underestimate the actual needs of growing pigs and breeding sows.
Clinical / subclinical vitamin deficiency can still occur within industrial swine production:
optimum vitamin supplementation prevents from deficiency and
exploits the genetic performance potential of swine.
Superior dietary supplementation levels of certain vitamins do provide additional value, such as improved stress and disease resistance, adequate welfare or better product quality.
This document summarizes a presentation about probiotics in poultry nutrition. It discusses how single-strain probiotics often fail to reliably impact birds because they do not colonize the entire gastrointestinal tract or stay long after consumption stops. An effective probiotic should be multi-strain, species-specific, and well-positioned to colonize the whole GI tract, multiply faster, and be less eliminated. Trials demonstrate that the probiotic PoultryStar reduced issues like lameness, inflammation, and necrotic enteritis in poultry. The presentation provides information on selecting probiotic strains and applying probiotics in poultry to enhance immunity and gut health.
Aon’s 2015 Global Risk Management Survey is designed to offer organizations the insights necessary to compete in
this increasingly complex operating environment
This document is Vetter's 2022 sustainability report. It provides an overview of the company, its growth, global operations, and awards received in 2022 related to sustainability and working conditions. The report outlines Vetter's sustainability strategy and details its efforts in areas like environmental protection, social responsibility, and governance. Key performance indicators are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of Vetter's sustainability measures.
The document introduces the Resilience-based Earthquake Design Initiative (REDi) Rating System. It was created by a team of experts to provide guidelines for designing buildings to withstand earthquakes and return to functionality quickly. The rating system establishes resilience objectives, defines important terms, and provides criteria for assessing a building's organizational resilience, structural resilience, ability to withstand other earthquake impacts, and estimated losses from downtime and damage. If implemented, the rating system aims to help buildings and communities become more earthquake resilient.
This document is the 2012 sustainability report of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. It provides an overview of the Group's sustainability performance in 2012 across its businesses in container transport, oil and gas, and retail. It is split into three sections - an introduction which sets the context, a section on performance of the Group's sustainability programs, and individual business unit reports. The report covers topics such as safety, climate and environment, human rights, and responsible procurement. It fulfills the Group's obligation to report on its progress in the UN Global Compact.
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3. We have launched
a new sustainability
strategy addressing
SUStaInabIlIty impacts throughout
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balancing environmental, the value chain
social and economic factors
throughout the value chain
We have
invested over
USD 140 million
in innovation
80% of our
employees feel that
Danisco has a vision
of the future that
motivates them
We have decreased
our lost-time injury
frequency by 28% with
a current value of 3.5
injuries per million
100% of our working hours
plants consuming
palm oil are certified We have reduced
by RSPO to produce environmental impacts
sustainable palm oil at our manufacturing
sites since 2007 by:
21% for energy
15% for CO2
30% for water
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Imagining a new reality
What if ...
Food was efficiently and responsibly produced, distributed, consumed and disposed of – with little to no waste. all
of us – in every region of the world – had enough nutritious, safe and affordable food to sustain healthy lives. Energy
was renewable, plentiful and environmentally neutral. the chemicals and materials that make life easier, more com-
fortable and more convenient were based on non-toxic, biological components – and safe for all living things.
this may sound like a vision of utopia, but such a world is within Danisco, we find tremendous inspiration in the possibility of a
our reach. breakthrough technological innovation, coupled truly sustainable world and apply ourselves to the challenges that
with leadership and the shared commitment of individuals and must be overcome to imagine – and create – this new reality.
organisations worldwide, can drive the change we need. at In fact, sustainability is our key driver for innovation.
By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9 billion
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Our business and products
With a rich and innovative portfolio, Danisco is a world leader in food ingredients, enzymes and bio-based
solutions on a business-to-business level. Using nature’s own materials, science and the knowledge of our 6,800
people, we design, produce and deliver bio-based ingredients that meet market demand for healthier and safer
products.
Danisco’s ingredients are used globally in a wide range of
industries – from bakery, dairy and beverages to animal feed, as the world’s second-largest developer and manufacturer of
laundry detergents and bioethanol – to enable functional, industrial enzymes, Danisco holds prominent market positions in
economic and sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Denmark all major segments.
and operating from more than 80 locations, including 49
manufacturing sites, Danisco’s key focus is to become our Danisco’s Genencor division is a top 10 leader in global
customers’ first choice and a truly market-driven global business. biotechnology. as a leading force in innovation in the white
biotech space, Genencor addresses previously unmet needs
Food ingredients within and beyond its current business areas.
Danisco delivers bio-based food ingredients to more than
10,000 customers globally, including the world’s leading food Raw materials
manufacturers. We strive to be the first-choice provider for a Danisco uses more than 3,000 raw materials, and most of them
global food industry that is continually seeking healthy and safe come from agriculture. Our key raw materials include vegetable
natural ingredients founded on sustainability. Our key focus oils (such as palm oil, soya bean oil, rapeseed oil and castor oil),
areas include bioactives (cultures and natural sweeteners) with citrus peel, seaweed, locust beans, guar seeds, corn, wood pulp,
a clear health and nutrition profile and Enablers (emulsifiers, soy meal and sugar. Using nature’s raw materials, the knowledge
pectin, gums and systems) that offer increased functionality to of our people around the world and the latest scientific
processed foods. methods, we create sustainable solutions that help people lead
healthier, safer and more convenient lives.
Enzymes and bio-based solutions
today, major application areas for enzymes include industries to learn more about Danisco’s ingredients business, please
as diverse as animal nutrition, detergents, bioethanol, textile visit www.danisco.com.
treatment, carbohydrate processing and food and beverages.
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Forging the path to 2050
there is no doubt our collective journey will be a difficult distribution and consumption, dependence on non-renewable
one, perhaps demanding more of us than any other energy sources and unchecked use of petrochemicals.
challenges in human history.
to be sure, we live in a time of daunting challenges. at Danisco,
we have identified four challenges – food, health, energy and
by 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9 billion chemicals – that are especially critical and that we feel we are
(Un 2008). the Earth’s carrying capacity will be severely uniquely positioned to help address.
strained if we continue our current patterns of inefficient and
environmentally damaging agricultural practices, wasteful food
FOUR GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Population growth 2010: 6.8 billion 2050: 9 billion
Efficient, environmentally
Wasteful, inefficient,
neutral, waste-free in production,
environmentally degrading
distribution and consumption
FOOD
Population that is ageing, Resources, foods, medicines
overweight and undernourished that promote lasting health
HEaltH
Fossil fuel dependence, Renewable energy solutions
climate and security issues to replace oil and gas supplies
EnERGy
largely petroleum-based Efficient, biobased alternatives
substances in products to petrochemicals
CHEMICalS
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Food challenges – inefficiency, waste, cost
although the global population will increase by 32% between 2010 and 2050, global food production must nearly
double to meet demand. and, despite agricultural advances that have increased crop yield, food production remains
wasteful. losses between “field and fork” may be as high as 50%2.
Inefficient growing, harvesting, transport, storage and packaging the environment is harmed by agricultural practices such as
all reduce food availability, as do wasteful food processing, sales clearcutting forests for arable land, energy-intensive farming prac-
and consumption. In parts of the developed world, up to one- tices, and chemical applications. Water use is also significant, with
third of all food purchased by consumers is discarded. Every approximately 1,300 litres of water used to produce a kilogram of
tonne of food waste is responsible for 4-5 tonnes of CO2 wheat, and 15,000 litres of water used to produce a kilogram of
equivalents produced3. and with global food costs trending meat4. Just as food production must double by 2050, the amount
upward, this represents food we cannot afford to waste. of water needed to produce that food will also increase.
Between 2010 and 2050, global food production must nearly double to meet demand
2 lundqvist, J., C. de Fraiture and D. Molden. Saving Water: From Field to Fork – Curbing losses and Wastage in the Food Chain. SIWI Policy brief. SIWI, 2008.
3 Quested t and Johnson H (2009): Household Food and Drink Waste in the UK. WRaP, banburry
4 www.waterfootprint.org
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Four major
challenges – food,
health, energy
and chemicals
Health challenges – an ageing, overweight population
Unless we make significant changes, global health by 2050 young children, is predicted to worsen5. Without interventions,
may be marked by extremes and contradictions, in part due the health challenges associated with these situations will be
to differences among developed and developing nations. as staggering. the costs to provide adequate health care may well
many as 40% of people worldwide are forecasted to be obese. extend beyond the reach of individuals, communities
Some 20% of us will be over 60 years old. at the same time, and governments.
undernutrition, already the leading cause of death among
Energy challenges – dependence on finite resources
Climate change mitigation and global security depend on is expected to be less than 20% of current rates, with natural
widespread use of alternatives to fossil fuels. Given that our gas production less than 25% of current rates6. Renewable and
energy use today comprises 60% petroleum and natural bio-based solutions such as advanced biofuel technologies are
gas – both limited resources – the current approach and urgently needed to reduce our dependence on fossil-based
consumption are unsustainable. Global oil production in 2050 energy sources.
Chemical challenges – petroleum-based and unhealthy
Many of the industries we depend on to serve our basic needs the demand for chemicals will remain and will expand along
for clothing, shelter, transport and household products rely on with the growing population, however, requiring that we turn to
non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals that in many cases are newer, environmentally responsible alternatives, such as bio-based
toxic and can be persistent in our environment. polymers, solvents and other biological alternatives.
Towards healthier products Food that promotes better health
5 laura E Caulfield, Mercedes de Onis, Monika blössner, and Robert E black. Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, and measles.
american Journal of Clinical nutrition. 2004. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/8071/193.pdf http://www.un.org/news/Press/docs/2009/gaef3242.doc.htm
6 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3222
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leading the way
through innovation
as a global bio-based company dedicated to making the world a better place through science and innovation,
we view sustainability as both a responsibility and an opportunity. We are responsible for our operational
sustainability performance, of course, but we also feel a keen responsibility to apply our knowledge, innovative
development capabilities and core technologies to the world’s most pressing issues wherever we can.
Becoming first choice Sustainability as opportunity
In this way, we create value for our customers – and the com- We see sustainability as a powerful catalyst for developing
munities they serve – through products that enable them to and delivering breakthrough technologies; for recognising and
be more sustainable and more competitive while contributing working to meet market needs for healthier, safer products; for
to the greater good. focusing our thought leadership, research and development
on the most pressing needs of our customers and society. It
this means helping them to get more from less, developing pushes us to discover new applications for existing Danisco
safer products and reducing waste. It means meeting previously technologies and to pioneer still newer ones. It drives our
unmet human needs through innovations that promote health, efforts to reduce wastefulness in the use of all our resources,
sustainable food production and consumption, sustainable thereby making us a more efficient, more responsible, more
energy development and biochemicals. competitive company. Sustainability aligns our vision, strategies
and organisational structure for long-term success.
We view
sustainability as
both a responsibility
and an opportunity
Our ingredients are used in many dair y-based products Highly advanced research drives our product development
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looking ahead
to an even brighter future
the path to 2050 is long and fraught with formidable challenges. but we are on our way. and although Danisco’s
work is just one piece in a much larger puzzle, we can help address some of the world’s most urgent challenges.
already we are leveraging bioinnovation to foster sustainable food production and consumption. We are promoting
greater health. and we are devising and developing alternative energy and biochemical solutions.
as you will see in this report, our ninth, Danisco’s sustainability Looking ahead, we are excited about our plans to:
journey is inextricably linked with our journey as a company. • Provide an even broader range of value-adding
and, if it is true that the best way to predict the future is to ingredients for healthier, safer foods developed through
create it, then our business will create a future in which the highly efficient and sustainable agricultural practices
world’s population is healthy and strong, its ecosystems rich • Help our customers move towards renewable, bio-based
and stable and its resources plentiful and renewable. In this resources that extend product shelf-life, eliminate waste
report you will also learn about our successes and failures, our and protect the environment
challenges and opportunities, and the ways our stakeholders • Develop breakthrough innovations in biotechnology that
shape our path forward. revolutionise industrial processes, replace petrochemicals
Please join us … and deliver abundant renewable energy
• accelerate the pace of progress by using sustainability as
a driver for innovation and transformative collaboration
• Protect our employees, the environment and consumers
by controlling risks and delivering safe, streamlined and
environmentally and socially responsible products
Stakeholder
perspective
Is communication
in external publications
Our response:
clear, and does it tell We will both simplify our communications
the story adequately? around sustainability and leverage the bio-based
platform concept
Carsten Ingerslev
Danish Government
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From our CEO
It is perhaps due to Danisco’s long-held high standards for quality, Going forward, we will further streamline processes and expect to
ethical behaviour and responsibility that our commitment to invest more in low-carbon renewable energy as better, more cost-
being a sustainable enterprise has evolved somewhat organi- effective technologies emerge. More importantly, we will stretch
cally. So when a broad recognition of environmental and social ourselves to address those sustainability challenges that are harder
responsibilities emerged among our customers and society at to reach – such as those in our supply chain – by implementing
large, and we began taking our first steps to transform our vision strategies that advance our performance. Our customers expect
and our company, it felt right. Even when we acquired Genencor, a it of us and we expect it of ourselves.
world leader in biotechnology, and divested our century-old sugar
business, communicating our rationale required no leap of logic. because we achieved our current sustainability targets ahead of
We simplified our company structure, allowing a greater focus on schedule, we have developed new, longer-term targets in water,
the sustainability of our business and on enabling our customers energy and CO2 emissions. We aim to meet these targets by
to be more sustainable in their product offerings and operations. 2020, with Danisco’s 2009/10 financial year as the baseline. Our
We began developing measurable targets for our environmental new targets are based on revenue.
performance with a view to becoming our customers’ first choice
for bio-based solutions. today, sustainability is at the heart of our • Water – 20% reduction
value proposition, and we are positioned to make a fundamental • Energy – 10% reduction in energy consumption and 20%
difference in our customers’ businesses, on their environmental increase in renewable energy
footprints and social performance and, ultimately, in the world. • CO2 – 20% reduction
Leveraging our strengths
this report outlines our efforts to address some of society’s
most difficult challenges. as a global leader in bio-based solutions,
Danisco already possesses the core technologies that allow us to
have an impact in these areas. For many of us, using our strengths
and knowledge to create a more sustainable world makes our
work even more meaningful. but of course, Danisco cannot do
this alone; the new reality we imagine will not come to fruition
without a shared commitment and collaboration among diverse
leaders and the many players throughout our value chain.
Setting ambitious goals
I am proud of our accomplishments to date. Since 2007, we have
reduced our water consumption by 30% per tonne of product,
beating our 5% reduction target six-fold. We have lowered energy
consumption per tonne of product by 21% – more than double
our target of 10%. and we have reduced CO2 emissions by 15%
per tonne of product. While these improvements are impressive,
we recognise they are largely due to efficiency initiatives, which
are just the first steps on our sustainability journey.
Tom Knutzen, Chief Executive Officer
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Stakeholder
perspective
Is the “growth
story” linked
Our response:
We will improve how we communicate the linkage adequately with
between the future growth of the company and sustainability?
our sustainability vision and strategy
Carsten Ingerslev
Government
Mainstreaming the challenge
Meeting these new targets will demand the best of each evolve over time as we leverage new market opportunities
of us. but, in time, our sustainability efforts will no longer and technologies to build our business through strategies that
be considered a corporate programme or initiative; rather, foster environmental stewardship and citizenship while ensuring
sustainability will be looked at as a strategic imperative we become first choice. I am confident that by applying our
inseparable from any other key business challenges we face. technical knowledge and expertise, making the most of available
For example, further reducing energy consumption will technologies and partnering with other thought leaders in
mitigate climate change while minimising the impact of a sustainability, we will not only devise sustainable, competitive
carbon-constrained future on our business. Continuing to solutions for our own business, but will support our customers in
develop innovative, cost-competitive products that minimise doing so as well.
resource consumption, we will move towards our vision of
becoming our customers’ first choice. Further decreasing our Continuing the journey
water use will preserve it for future generations and reduce looking ahead, we will continue leveraging bio-innovation to
Danisco’s risk at the same time. achieving true sustainability foster sustainable food production and consumption. We will
requires an understanding of the interconnectedness of devise new solutions that support health. We will develop
the many factors at play. We will continue to build on that innovative, affordable and environmentally responsible energy
knowledge as we set new targets, looking throughout our and biochemical solutions. We will enable our customers to
value chain for opportunities to better manage our risks and make a difference. but we also know we will face challenges
improve our performance and seizing those opportunities along the way, both operationally and in our products. We
wherever we find them. know our sustainable solutions must be cost-conscious and
valued by customers. although Danisco is just one piece of
Innovating for success a larger puzzle, I am confident we are uniquely positioned to
Just as we do in product development, we will continue looking help address the world’s most pressing challenges. It is our
to our strengths in technical innovation to identify and implement business imperative.
the science, engineering and process solutions needed to meet
these ambitious sustainability targets. I have been consistently
impressed by the commitment to sustainability demonstrated by
employees across the organisation. Our progress to date is due
largely to their ideas, enthusiasm and initiative. tom Knutzen
Chief Executive Officer
Within the next year, Danisco’s strategy groups will develop the
initial roadmap to meet our interdependent goals for sustainability
and business growth. Future sustainability improvements will
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Key impacts,
risks and opportunities
In planning our strategies, we have focused on material issues that will enable us to steward our resources and
communities while enabling our business to grow.
by re-examining and improving how we determine what
is material for our business, we have identified key impacts, Key impacts
risks and opportunities which were used to develop our new the principal areas of concern with respect to the sustainability
strategies. but to determine how and where we should focus of our products from cradle-to-gate lie in our raw materials
our efforts and resources, it is essential for us to develop and the processing at our own plants. Important environmental
strategies in a value chain context. impacts at these stages can contribute to global warming, land
use issues, nutrient over-enrichment, acidification, smog, toxicity
the Danisco value chain is complex and international. We are and depletion of resources, such as water, metals and fossil fuels.
in the process of developing a complete life cycle assessment
(lCa) for our business from the field to the use of our We have not assessed impacts associated with all our products,
products. this year we employed life cycle thinking to estimate but our work with life cycle assessments indicates that using
the relative impact contribution of the three main areas in our our products allows our customers and consumers to avoid
value chain, which are raw material sourcing, manufacturing and environmental impacts by saving energy, water and raw materials.
customer use. While we are focused on our entire value chain Consequently, we believe our products have an overall positive
when developing our overarching strategies, we have used this impact on sustainability from a life cycle perspective.
preliminary evaluation alongside our materiality assessment to
define and design them to address the material impacts, risks
and opportunities moving forward.
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KEY SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS IN THE VALUE CHAIN (ESTIMATED)
VALUE CHAIN
POTENTIAL
VALUE CHAIN
IMPACTS
VALUE CHAIN
AVOIDED
VALUE CHAIN
IMPACTS
Moderate/significant Moderate Significant
CRADLE-TO-GATE
CRADLE-TO-GRAVE
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Climate change Water scarcity
aspects of our business impact climate change at various Water is crucial in the operation of our plants and has
points in the value chain. Sourcing raw materials from been the focus of efficiency investments and behavioural
agriculture, for instance, brings multiple challenges. Climate training for years. However, beyond the low-hanging fruit
change impacts associated with our raw material sourcing are more oppor tunities to conserve water. Our 10-year
stem primarily from the use of fer tilisers, energy and land plan for reducing water use in our operations will target
for agricultural production. those regions and operations where impacts are greatest.
Our operations require energy to enable manufacturing Of course, water is also essential for growing the bio-
processes. Maximising process efficiency and making smart based raw materials from which we make our products. It
decisions when sourcing energy will help us reduce CO2 is consumed through evaporation, plant transpiration and
emissions from our operations. although transport of materials incorporation in products or crops. agriculture is a major user
contributes relatively little to global warming, it should not of ground and surface water in the United States, accounting
be disregarded. by strategically locating our warehouses for 80% of the nation’s consumptive water use and over 90%
and identifying the most efficient transport options, we can in many Western States7.
decrease emissions and lower costs while increasing our
responsiveness to customers. In the future, we would like to play a role in defining standards
for sustainable agriculture, particularly in the developing world.
Land use
the impact of indirect land use, for instance in the cultivation
of palm and soya, can contribute to deforestation in other
parts of the world. With competing demands for food, wood
and energy putting increasing pressure on our land resources,
the impacts of direct and indirect land use must be taken
seriously. to reduce the potential impacts associated with our
supply chain, we will continue our efforts to source
responsibly by participating in sustainable agriculture initiatives
such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and
the Round table on Responsible Soy association (RtRS).
Water is crucial in the operation of our plants
7 agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2006 Edition, Keith Wiebe and noel Gollehon. Economic Information bulletin no. (EIb-16), July 2006
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Key risks
Sustainability of agricultural practices We support solid international agreements on land use in the
as the population grows, the need for productive, arable land context of climate change negotiations, the implementation
for food crops and for crops used to produce raw materials of regional monitoring and certification systems and capacity
for Danisco’s food ingredients will increase. as a bio-based building and training in farming communities.
producer, we are dependent upon the continued security
and sustainability of agricultural feedstocks for our continued However, we will also need to find alternate sources for our
operation and ability to serve growing markets. raw materials such as crops that grow on marginal land with
low water needs and also by using enabling technologies to
While the efficient use of agricultural raw materials in our convert waste biomass into building blocks for our products.
manufacturing processes will help, we continue to promote We envision using closed loop production techniques as we
more sustainable agricultural operations over the long term by have demonstrated in our lenzing, austria plant where we
strengthening our public policy activities. We do this currently reuse process water from a nearby pulp mill as a raw material
through forming groups like the European Commission’s to produce xylitol, a natural sweetener.
Sustainable Food Production and Consumption Roundtable
and the Roundtable on Sustainable biofuels. the challenges of food and agricultural security are formidable,
but a business-as-usual approach will result in insecurity in the
availability and cost of our raw materials.
Many of our raw materials come from agricultural sources Sustainability of agricultural practices must increase
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16. towards a new reality
Operation in a carbon-constrained world Food safety
We anticipate that carbon emissions will be severely limited Food safety and quality in all aspects of our supply chain
in the next 40 years. the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate are fundamental to Danisco’s production approach and the
Change (the advisory body to world climate leaders) contends responsibility we demand of our suppliers. We accept no
that global CO2 emissions would need to decline by 50-85% compromise with regard to our compliance with
by 2050 to prevent average global temperatures from rising by regulations and food safety standards.
more than 2°C. Pursuing this ambitious goal will mean higher
taxes on carbon emissions and increased prices for energy, raw the consequences of the recent global food incidents, such as the
materials and ecosystem services such as water. melamine contamination of milk powder in China, have forced
food manufacturers and retailers to strengthen their requirements
a cohesive strategy for reduction of CO2 emissions in our for third-party food safety certifications. a focus on the safety of
operations will be needed in order to produce ingredients that our food supply by the general public will continue to increase
are both affordable and competitive. We will need to reduce and force suppliers to the food industry to maintain systems that
the direct and indirect energy emissions from our production prevent safety lapses and provide traceability.
and use as defined in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG).
We will also need to reduce CO2 emissions generated from at Danisco, we are enhancing our already robust systems
our raw material sourcing and from the use of our products in with additional scrutiny of our food ingredient manufacturing
our customers’ processes and in the carbon footprints of their sites through audits against third party standards like the
consumer products. british Retail Consortium (bRC) standard and the Food Safety
Standard Certification (FSSC 22000) standard.
Food safety is an imperative for our customers and consumers
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17. tOWaRDS a nEW REalIty
Key opportunities
Impact reduction through innovation Using enzymes to increase the shelf life of bread could
We see tremendous opportunities to drive innovations that prevent around 80 tonnes of CO2 per 1,000 tonnes of
minimise climate change. by applying our technologies and bread8. Similarly, another type of enzyme in chicken feed can
capabilities, we can help address the effects of a growing potentially reduce CO2 emissions by 20 kg per tonne of feed9.
population on the global demand for clean and efficient energy,
food security, better health and nutrition and safer, bio-based through cellulosic biomass conversion technologies, our joint
chemicals. venture with Dupont – Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol –
enables the use of plant biomass and waste cellulosic material
It is estimated that one-third of the food we purchase is as feedstock. Emissions related to fuel ethanol based on this
wasted in the home. Each kilogram (kg) of food wasted results technology would be 50-90% lower10 than petrol-related
in 4–5 kg of CO2 equivalents produced. by better preserving emissions.
food with the help of natural and bio-based ingredients such
as enzymes, cultures and plant extracts, we can reduce food Innovations such as these will shape Danisco’s future, allowing
waste and spoilage significantly. us to grow stronger as a company as we help find solutions
to some of the most important environmental and societal
challenges of our time.
Innovation will drive the future of Danisco Maximising the shelf life of food helps reduce CO2 emissions
8 WRaP study UK
9 WWF biotechnology study
10 IPCC 2007, Climate change 2007: Forth assessment Report, working group 3, chapter 5
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18. Stakeholders
and strategies
as a responsible company, we take an active role in the world around us. We talk with our stakeholders so we
understand their sustainability concerns. then we work together to find the right solution.
Stakeholder engagement Stakeholders have the ability to influence the success or
Stakeholders play an important role in our sustainability failure of our business at various levels. We do not choose
journey. Without their existence, and more importantly the our stakeholders and cannot anticipate their perspectives
dialogue and interaction in which we actively engage, we without a direct exchange of ideas. We must listen to our
risk making the wrong decisions – or missing important stakeholders, weigh their input against other critical factors,
opportunities. We have found it essential to use a systematic determine the appropriate course of action, then incorporate
approach in understanding who our stakeholders are and that into our approach.
providing a venue for constructive dialogue.
this engagement process helps us identify potential
weaknesses in our approach, recognize opportunities and
guide our strategy. We listen, learn and hopefully build trust
and mutual understanding.
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19. StaKEHOlDERS anD StRatEGIES
Stakeholder analysis
In 2009, we re-examined our previous stakeholder Redefining our approach
engagement efforts and realised that we needed to go back to In a new process, we analysed our stakeholders on the basis of
the drawing board. their influence on our organisation. this helped us to identify
how to engage them more effectively, yet more importantly to
While we have demonstrated leadership in meeting ensure shared value on both sides of the table.
stakeholder needs through our inclusion in important investor
indices like the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and We mapped stakeholders according to their interest and
FtSE4Good, and have ranked high in our disclosure to influence on today’s and tomorrow’s business and defined
important investor-driven projects like the Carbon Disclosure engagement approaches.
Project (CDP) and the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project
(FFDP), we realised that our overall engagement with With some stakeholder categories such as investors,
stakeholders should be more proactive. employees and major customers, we will engage closely,
providing forums for their input and incorporation
We found that, while we were providing answers to the many of their needs into our sustainability strategies. With
questions asked by key stakeholders, we were missing the other stakeholders such as trade unions, academia, non
benefits of a two-way discussion. Governmental Organisations (nGOs) and suppliers we will
engage on specific issues as needed.
Identifying relevant stakeholders
as with any stakeholder process, identification crucial. We
recognise that we risk the effectiveness of our efforts if we
do not enable discussion with key stakeholder groups that are
important to our business success.
We carried out a process whereby we asked ourselves
questions such as:
• Who does Danisco positively or negatively affect by our
decisions or activities?
• Who do we hear from on a regular basis?
• Who can help us address specific impacts of our business?
• Who would be disadvantaged if they were left out?
• Who in the value chain is affected?
Stakeholders play an important role in our sustainability approach
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20. Stakeholders and strategies
Stakeholder advisory board
to test our stakeholder identification and analysis process In March 2010, we held the first Sab meeting at our
and related assumptions, we developed our first Danisco corporate headquarters in Copenhagen, attended by 13
Stakeholder advisory board (Sab). the focus of the board stakeholders representing investors, nGOs, government,
is to improve the engagement experience and to allow retailers, employees and customers. tom Knutzen, our CEO,
participants to directly influence decision-making and also participated. Participants were not remunerated for their
sustainability strategies. participation.
Our target outcomes from this process were defined as: During the meeting, we discussed the scope and impact
• Generate discussion on sustainability issues of importance of our worldwide business and value chain, Danisco’s new
to our industry and our particular business context. sustainability strategies, our performance over the past eight
• Obtain feedback on our sustainability strategy, material years, and the challenges and opportunities that we face as we
risks, impacts and opportunities. approach 2050. the meeting included a facilitated dialogue in
which participants shared the issues that they perceived to be
We also hoped to build relationships with stakeholders that most important to Danisco.
could adequately represent the broader stakeholder pool in a
respectful, thoughtful environment.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
Development of Dialogue around issues Agree upon approaches
stakeholder expectations of mutual interest to address issues
Stakeholder Inform Consult Involve Collaborate
engagement
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21. StaKEHOlDERS anD StRatEGIES
Stakeholder responses
Six key points arose from this meeting that we agreed to 4. How does Danisco use sustainability indexes?
address further with Sab members directly and in our the point of discussion for this theme was whether we benefit
reporting for 2009/10. from participating in the variety of indexes by which we have
been ranked as a leader. We believe that it is essential to
1. How does Danisco align time horizons to reap the continue to participate in these initiatives as they provide
sustainability benefits in innovation? us with important stakeholder information and allow us to
the discussion centered on the long-term focus of Danisco benchmark our approach with our customers and competitors.
in light of 2050 challenges, and whether this timeframe is too We discussed that our participation in the Carbon Disclosure
long to grasp opportunities that arise in the market around Project has guided our climate strategy and performance,
food, chemicals, health and energy. We discussed that our whereas we expect the same type of benefit from starting our
approach to innovation is guided by the ideation processes work with the Water Disclosure Project.
both internally and externally – and in shorter timeframes
– normally on an annual basis. However, to be agile in our 5. Is the communication in our external publications clear,
innovation around sustainability, Danisco needs to develop 3-5 and does it tell the story adequately?
year targets for sustainable innovation to drive measurable this comment, echoed by several stakeholders, was in relation
performance. these targets will be developed over the next to the use of complex language to describe our sustainable
year in an innovation focus group. solutions. Stakeholders felt that the impact of the message
was lost in the use of scientific terminology to describe how
2. How are risks managed in the supply chain? a product delivers a more sustainable benefit. the group
the main point of the discussion on supply chain risks was also agreed that our previous message, strategies and actions
whether Danisco systematically addresses risks to ensure were not clear enough for the reader to understand. In this
that non-conformities are remedied to minimise impacts report we have specifically aimed to improve the clarity of
on the food and drink manufacturers that we supply. It was the message and the readability of the content. We need to
agreed that supply chain risk control is a fundamental element improve the way we translate technical mechanisms, processes
of a robust sustainability programme and is an important and terms into easy-to-understand messages.
requirement of our customers. In response, we agreed that
our previous communication regarding how we control supply 6. How is Danisco engaging NGOs on a regional or local basis?
chain risks was not clear enough and that our new supplier When we discussed this item with our board we focused
management system will further build a robust, systematic on whether we were able to attain the untapped benefit of
approach. the supplier management system implementation local nGO engagement to increase our performance in local
target is 2010 and we are on track to meet the deadline. communities. We discussed that in our past engagements with
local groups to build capacity with Ugandan vanilla farmers,
3. How will Danisco operate in a carbon restrained / Mexican citrus farmers and Chilean seaweed farmers, there
regulated world? has been no systematic nGO engagement at local or regional
While we have been recognised for our climate strategy by level. at this point, we agree that it makes sense to engage
leading international bodies, we heard from stakeholders that locally without overall coordination at a group level.
we should improve our communication by clearly describing
how our targets have been set for carbon dioxide emissions, these six themes, raised by stakeholders, are highlighted on
renewables and energy consumption. We should better the relevant pages of this report. look for the “stakeholder
convey the business relevence of these decisions. perspective” balloons in the relevant sections.
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22. Stakeholders and strategies
Future Stakeholder Stakeholder advisory
advisory board board Members
engagement Investor
Ole buhl
although we established the board specifically as part of our Senior Socially Responsible Investment Advisor, ATP
2009/10 reporting process, we do not intend to engage Government
them solely for this purpose. We have built the Sab with the Carsten Ingerslev
agreement that the members will continue to participate un- Head of Department – Danish Commerce and Companies Agency
less we mutually agree to suspend our relationship. We also Retailer
agreed that we will add new members when new stakeholders Roland Wardenberg
become relevant to our discussion. Global Head of Corporate Responsibility – Royal Ahold
NGO
In the future we will continue with an annual meeting of the
Kim Carstensen
Sab, supplemented by virtual team work throughout the year. Leader of WWF Global Climate Initiative – WWF International
all board members have been encouraged to bring issues to
Mark lee
our attention as they arise. Executive Director – SustainAbility
Customers
Sanne Vinther
Stakeholder Relations Manager – Arla
Dr. Peter White
Director of Sustainability – Procter & Gamble
Employees
Kaustuv bhattachary
Application Specialist – Danisco Brabrand
Ian Fairs
Group Manager Confectionery – Danisco Brabrand
Sustainability Leadership
tom Knutzen
CEO – Danisco A/S
Jeffrey Hogue
VP of Corporate Sustainability – Danisco A/S
annette Hansen
Sustainability Manager – Danisco A/S
Facilitator
Preben Sørensen
Partner Corporate Responsibility – Deloitte
Stakeholders play an important role to us
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23. StaKEHOlDERS anD StRatEGIES
MERCURY ExPOSURE CASES AT FORMER PLANT
CASE
the national board of Industrial Injuries is processing Even though Danisco is not under a legal obligation to
a number of claims from former employees of offer any form of compensation, it was announced at
Grindstedværket. the claims concern worker exposure to Danisco’s annual general meeting in 2008 that Danisco is
mercury, which was used as a catalyst in the plant’s vitamin prepared to live up to its social and ethical responsibility.
production in the 1960s, 1970s and the beginning of the Once all the claims have been processed, Danisco will
1980s until the production of vitamins was taken over by announce its plans for offering additional compensation
baSF in 1982. for claims where medical experts and the national board
of Industrial Injuries have recognised work-related injuries
as mentioned in our last sustainability report and annual resulting in a loss.
report, Danisco wishes to handle the situation in a proper
manner and has encouraged all former and current to be recognised, claims have to be related to mercury
employees who believe they may be suffering from work- and have to have occurred as a consequence of claimant’s
related injuries or diseases to contact the national board employment at Grindstedværket during the period in
of Industrial Injuries and submit a claim for compensation. which Grindstedværket engaged in vitamin production.
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24. Stakeholders and strategies
Materiality
We have catalogued and assessed stakeholder input from In this report, we address sustainability risks and opportunities
a variety of sources and indexed the issues raised accord- identified as having medium-to-high impact on our business and
ing to their impact on our business to determine whether being of medium-to-high interest to our stakeholders. a com-
they are truly material to Danisco. plete list of material risks related to business strategy, markets,
operations, finance and accounting is included in our annual
report for 2009/10. While material sustainability risks cannot
this analysis will drive our sustainability agenda, shaping our
be separated from those identified in our financial report, this
strategies and actions as we approach 2050.
report focuses on those that combine financial, environmental
and social relevance.
The vast number of issues and questions that arise in our
customer request system Management of material issues
In our north american region alone, we catalogued more than Strategies for addressing material issues in our value chain are
15,000 customer requests, 70% of which dealt with key issues managed by the Danisco Executive Committee for all company
such as quality and food safety systems, supply chain manage- divisions and corporate functions including legal, Finance, Hu-
ment, labour law and health and safety compliance, human rights, man Resources and Sustainability. Strategies for driving perfor-
climate strategy and environmental performance. mance and leadership in each of the material areas have been
developed at the group level, and responsibility for executing the
Questions asked by various investor-related initiatives and strategies is owned by divisional management. Group-level sus-
indexes tainability leaders head three sub-teams which formulate specific
these include the Sustainable asset Management (SaM)/Dow plans to achieve performance.
Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), the Carbon Disclosure Project
(CDP), the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project (FFDP), the Un Quantitative targets are developed as needed and progress is
Global Compact Communication on Progress and the EIRIS/ reported quarterly to the Executive Committee. In 2009/10,
FtSE4Good questionnaires. more than 20 meetings were held at the group level to discuss
performance in material risk and opportunity areas.
Internal key performance indicators
these include information regarding violations and non-
conformance incidents, resource pricing trends for critical raw
materials, energy and water, carbon taxation trends and industry
association involvement trends. Issues emerging from the data
were ranked according to their impact on the business and the
degree of importance to stakeholders, forming the basis for our
Materiality Matrix.
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25. MATERIALITY ASSESSMENT
StaKEHOlDERS anD StRatEGIES
HIGH
Energy consumption
Employee issues Climate change Innovation
LEVEL OF INTEREST TO STAKEHOLDERS
Health and safety Stakeholder engagement
networking and public policy Water scarcity Ethical issues
Health & nutrition
Supply chain
MEDIUM
Grindsted mercury case Sustainable indices
Clear communication Food safety
Packaging
noise Human health biodiversity and land use Customer
and odour Knowledge management relations
Waste including wastewater Management commitment
lOW
lOW MEDIUM HIGH
IMPACT ON DANISCO
Between 2010 and 2050, global food production must nearly double to meet demand
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26. Stakeholders and strategies
Sustainability strategies
based on a review of our long-term sustainability We have also developed new long-term targets with an eye
challenges, key impacts along our entire value chain and toward where we want to be in 2020. In developing strategies
for sustainable sourcing and innovation, our next step will be
input from stakeholders, Danisco has defined strategies
to conduct focus groups to help define short-term milestones,
and targets for addressing these challenges. resource needs, and short- and long-term targets.
New targets Measuring performance
In the development of our 2009/10 strategies, we took into We will use our existing sustainability performance management
account input from a wide range of sources, including our database to help monitor progress in executing each new strategy,
materiality assessment, stakeholder feedback and consultations and progress will be reported to our Executive Committee on
with Danisco’s board of Directors, Executive Committee, a quarterly basis. Our performance also will be published in our
divisional leaders, heads of operations and line management. quarterly, annual and sustainability reports. Danisco employees
the strategies, which are owned by the Danisco Executive worldwide have direct access to the most up-to-date sustainability
Committee, are designed to drive performance in areas of performance data available via our company intranet; this is one
opportunity that we believe are material. important means of engaging our global workforce in the effort
to achieve our defined targets.
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS VALUE CHAIN IMPACTS
NI AHC EULAV
NI AHC EULAV
Sustainable sourcing Operational efficiency Sustainable offerings
VALUE CHAIN
Protect our resources and Improve resource efficiency Provide innovative, bio-based
VALUE CHAIN
VALUE CHAIN
ecosystems and enable our to create value for product offerings that improve
VALUE CHAIN
business to contribute to a our stakeholders the overall sustainability profiles
more sustainable future of our customers
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27. StaKEHOlDERS anD StRatEGIES
Strategies, targets and progress
Each year, we evaluate progress towards our targets and assess the need for new targets. this year, we will
achieve all of our environmental targets ahead of schedule and have made plans to establish additional – and
more ambitious targets – for 2020.
TARGETS AND PROGRESS 2009/10
Target Baseline
Category Target Progress
date year
Energy
• Reduce energy consumption by
10% per kg product
2010 2007
Energy consumption was
reduced by 21%
Water
• Reduce water consumption by
5% per kg product
no formal target, but reduction
2010 2007
Water consumption was
reduced by 30%
CO2 emissions were reduced by
CO2 emissions through energy and process 2010 2007
optimisation 15% per kg product
Health and safety
• achieve fewer than two lost-time
injuries per million work hours
2012 n/a ltI frequency was reduced to 3.5
Danisco Spirit was conducted in
June 2009. the response rate was
to conduct an annual employee
•
91%, which is 5% higher than in
Employee engagement survey and become
Ongoing 2008. the overall employee enga-
engagement survey best in class for external
gement rate was 4.29, and is higher
benchmarking
than the external benchmarking,
which is 3.94
2009/10:
60% of all emplo-
yees with on-line
to ensure all employees
•
access 72% of employees with on-line
complete the Danisco Dialogue
Danisco Dialogue n/a access completed the Danisco
process (appraisal and
2010/11: Dialogue process
development interview annually)
70% of all emplo-
yees with on-line
access
35% of employees have been
•
to implement the code
trained. the target will be
Code of conduct of conduct to 90% of our 2009 n/a
modified to reach high-risk
employees
employee categories in 2010
to conduct sustainability travel was restricted during the
Sustainability assessment
• assessments at 95% of our
production sites over the next
three years
2012 2009
global economic crisis. new
approaches will be developed
in 2010
to achieve food safety
Food safety
• certifications at 50% of our food
ingredient production sites that
supply an external customer
2010 2008
56% of the plants have
been certified
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28. Stakeholders and strategies
StRatEGy
Improve resource
efficiency to create
value for our
stakeholders
NEW TARGETS – OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Category Target Target date Baseline year
Energy Reduce energy consumption by 10% per revenue 2020 2009/10
Renewable energy Increase renewable energy by 20% 2020 2009/10
Water Reduce water consumption by 20% per revenue 2020 2009/10
CO2 emissions Reduce CO2 emissions by 20% per revenue 2020 2009/10
Health and safety achieve fewer than two lost-time injuries per million work hours 2012 n/a
to readdress training needs based on risk and ensure
Social responsibility / Code of conduct 2011 2009/10
100% of high risk employees are trained
to conduct an annual employee engagement survey and
Employee engagement survey Ongoing
become best in class for external benchmarking
2009/10:
60% of all
employees with
on-line access
to ensure all employees complete the Danisco Dialogue
Danisco Dialogue n/a
process (appraisal and development interview annually)
2010/11:
70% of all
employees with
on-line access
to develop a sustainability assessment programme based on a
Sustainability assessment 2010 n/a
risk assessment approach
to develop tools to make quick life-cycle decisions in
life cycle assessment innovation, chemical and process selection without the need 2011/12 2009/10
for comprehensive lCas
to conduct at least six peer-reviewed lCas for pectin,
life cycle assessment locust bean gum, freeze-dried and frozen cultures, textile 2012/13 2010/11
bleaching and xylitol
to achieve food safety certifications at 60% of our food
Food safety 2011/12 2008
ingredient production sites that supply an external customer
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29. StaKEHOlDERS anD StRatEGIES
StRatEGy
Protect our resources
and ecosystems and
enable our business to
contribute to a more
sustainable future
NEW TARGETS – SUSTAINABLE SOURCING
Category Target Target date Baseline year
to develop focus groups and set up targets for sustainable
Sustainable sourcing 2010/11 2009/10
sourcing
to complete conversion of our palm oil consumption to
Palm oil 2015 2009/10
sustainable sources
to complete a strategy plan for conversion of soyabean oil to
Soya 2010/11 n/a
sustainable sources
to develop and implement a system to manage supplier and
Supplier management 2010/11 n/a
raw materials including approval processes and risk assessment
to complete a strategy and identify focus areas for conversion
Packaging 2010/11 n/a
to more sustainable packaging
StRatEGy
Provide innovative,
biobased product
offerings that improve
the overall sustainability
profiles of our
customers
NEW TARGETS – SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS/OFFERINGS
Category Target Target date Baseline year
to develop focus groups and set up targets for sustainable
Sustainable offerings 2010/11 2009/10
offerings
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30. Sustainability
throughout the value chain
as an ingredients supplier to major industries, Danisco can influence virtually every link in the value chain. but recognis-
ing opportunities to do so requires that we adopt a sustainability perspective that shapes our daily practices and guides
our approach to business challenges.
Our strategies must be devised with an eye toward how they Advancing the sustainable value chain
will affect the sustainability of our business and that of our When we create enzyme breakthroughs that reduce sugar or
customers. by fully integrating a sustainability mindset into the salt in foods, minimise water and energy use in textile process-
way we do business, we can make a difference throughout the ing, convert agricultural waste to bioenergy or help customers
entire value chain – from materials sourcing to final product eliminate unhealthy fats in their products, we are working to em-
disposal or reuse and everything we do in between. bed sustainability in every step of our value chain. along the way,
we strive to balance environmental, social and economic factors
We strive to develop relationships with suppliers who share in our decision-making. life cycle assessments (lCa), by which
our values and who adhere to high ethical standards in their we determine the full environmental impacts of our products
business practices. We work closely with our customers to anywhere in the value chain, are critical to our ability to make
help them create products that deliver the quality and sustain- well-informed decisions.
ability profiles their customers demand.
Stakeholder
perspective
How are supplier
risks managed in Our response:
We will need to demonstrate that we manage
the value chain? risks adequately and provide stakeholders with
suppor ting quantitative data.
Roland Waardenburg
Ahold - Retailer
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31. Danisco uses lCa
as a decision support tool
that focuses on key life cycle
stages while addressing the
most important types
of impacts
ValUE CHaIn
life cycle
assessment (lCa)
the environmental and social impacts – and benefits – of a product or service are not limited to their manufac-
ture, use or disposal. Rather, impacts can occur throughout a product’s life cycle – from raw material acquisition
to production (cradle-to-gate) and encompassing all life cycle stages, including use and end-of-life (cradle-to-
grave). life cycle assessment (lCa) is a tool for understanding a product’s overall environmental profile.
Key life cycle considerations Documentation
For most of Danisco’s products, enzymes, enablers, cultures Examples of products for which Danisco has conducted lCas
and sweeteners, significant environmental impacts occur in include:
the agricultural raw material stage and in processing so it is • Xylitol – a natural sweetener with an extremely low
important for us to focus on opportunities for sustainability carbon footprint (in review)
gains between “cradle and gate.” From a life cycle perspective, • Huntsman Gentle Power bleach™ to provide low
however, it is equally important that we further develop temperature textile bleaching (in review)
sustainable solutions that reduce the impact of our customers’ • Excellase™, short cycle and low temperature
products, because ‘avoided’ impacts in the use stage are often dishwashing enzyme
significantly larger than ‘induced’ impacts from the production
of our products. One example could be Purafast™ enzymes, Danisco also has assessed grenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
which allow efficient cold-washing of textiles or Excellase™ for two plants, and two more are participating in a road test
enabling cold water dishwashing. Screening lCas suggest that of WRI (World Resources Institute) and WbCSD (World
these enzymes, in the use stage, avoid about 30 times more business Council for Sustainable Development) standards for
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than are induced in the Scope 3 emissions. Going forward, we will conduct lCas of
production of the enzyme. selected ingredients within all major product groups (including
different types of enablers and cultures) and make the results
an ingredient’s overall contribution to global warming is only publicly available as peer-reviewed reports or scientific articles.
a part of an lCa. life cycle assessment also encompasses
depletion of the ozone layer, nutrient over-enrichment,
acidification, smog, land use, depletion of non-renewable
resources and more. Danisco uses lCa as a decision support
tool that focuses on key life cycle stages while addressing the
most important types of impacts.
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