Our Promise

Milestones in 2023

• BioMar total feed GHG footprint: 1.91 tonnes CO2/tonne feed (-11.9% from baseline 2020) 

• Scope 1 & 2 SBTi status: -15.3% from baseline 2020 (Market-based approach) 

• Scope 3 SBTi status: -12.5% from baseline 2021 

• Achieved scope 1 and 2 emissions reductions through low carbon technological solutions and fuel optimisation 

• Achieved scope 3 reductions through strategic sourcing and supplier improvement programmes 

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Targets for 2030

• Reduce BioMar total feed greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint by 1/3 by 2030 

• Meet our science-based targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) aligned with reductions required to keep global warming to less than 1.5°C 

• We commit to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2020 base year 

• We commit to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and upstream and distribution 30% by 2030 from a 2021 base year 

• Ambition to become Net-Zero within our own operations by 2045, baseline 2020 

Milestones in 2023

• 29% Circular and/or Restorative ingredients 

• Submitted manuscripts to scientific journals to document our improved biodiversity coverage of our Restorative method 

• Announced new partnership with French insect meal supplier Agronutris, building on years of long-term collaboration with insect meal producers with special focus on valorisation of low-value substrates (by-products) 

• Record-low FFDR of 0.67 achieved through overall lower inclusion of marine ingredients, higher trimmings share and several new partnerships launched within circular marine by-products 

• Partneredship with key suppliers to promote restorative practices, including regenerative agriculture 

• Advanced scientific platform cooperation with closer to commercialisation for several low-impact circular fermentation companies being close to commercialisation. 

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Targets for 2030

• 50% Circular & Restorative ingredients in our feed by 2030 

• We seek to decouple feed supply chains from directly competing with food for human consumption 

• Increase the use of Circular ingredients 

• Increase the use of Restorative ingredients 

• Annual reporting on hotspot raw material compliance 

• Increased evidence-based transparency 

Milestones in 2023

• More than 45,000 people were impacted by Capacity Building initiatives. 

• 97% of the workforce are paid at or above living wage level, slightly decreasing from 98% in 2022. 

• Among our employees, we have a net promotor score of 49, increasing from 45 in 2022. This positions BioMar in top 10% of the manufacturing industry. 

• The underrepresented gender in management increased from 26% to 27%. In general, there are 21% women in the total workforce. 34% of all new managers hired were women. 

• The West Africa Working Group was launched through the Global Round Table to improve ESG impacts of fisheries. 

• BioMar contributed to a social audit of impacts from the marine ingredients industry in Senegal and Mauritania. 

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Targets for 2030

• 100,000 people directly and indirectly engaged in capacity-building initiatives annually by 2030

• All salaries above the living wage level

• 100% equal series through career levels

• 100% equal pay