Aller Aqua, BioMar make moves on sustainable soy products for aquafeed
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Christiansfeld, Denmark-based fish feed producer Aller Aqua has made the decision to eliminate the use of soy sourced from South America in all of its products manufactured in Europe, citing sustainability concerns.
Beginning in 2021, the company will declare the carbon dioxide impact of all the products they make in Europe, according to a press release.
“During 2020, the company stopped using South American soya in its European factories and is instead using 100 percent regionally produced soya from Europe and surrounding countries. By sourcing soya regionally, Aller Aqua addresses the increasing concern of deforestation in certain South American countries,” Aller Aqua CPO and Group Vice President Henrik T. Halken said. ”This deforestation issue has been an increasing concern, not least during 2020, and as we had the opportunity and organizational setup to make the choice of eliminating S
Salmon soy suppliers make zero deforestation commitment Brazil based soy suppliers to the salmon industry will implement a 100% deforestation and conversion free soybean value chain with August 2020 as their cut-off date. No soy grown on land deforested after this deadline will be traded.
The soy suppliers - CJ Selecta, Caramuru and Imcopa/Cervejaria Petrópoli - together with the sustainability standard owner, ProTerra, and WWF Brazil, have agreed on a robust monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system to implement and enforce their commitment to zero deforestation.
Their decision will have immediate effect for all new contracts of soy purchased.
The commitment by those Brazilian suppliers was hailed by global environmental organizations, international retailers, salmon farmers, feed companies, salmon processors and investors, all who cited concern about the increasing deforestation and conversion rates in Brazil.
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