Responsible sourcing

Responsible production and consumption require that we look beyond the traditional aspects of cost and quality when making purchasing decisions. At Skretting and Nutreco, we have identified the relevant sustainability issues in two supplements in our Code of Conduct for Business Partners. With ingredients contributing a large proportion of our footprint, our procurement team is focused on minimising the impact wherever possible.

Skretting operates systematic evaluation of the sustainability risks linked to primary sources of feed ingredients and manufacturers of feed ingredients. Based on the outcome of these risk assessments the combination of primary source and manufacturer of feed ingredients must be evaluated and approved before a Skretting company can buy the feed ingredient.

Transparency and trust

Our approach is to build transparency and trust among the different stakeholders that we interact with in the value chain, which is important in a world where consumers are increasingly concerned about the food they eat. Therefore, our sustainability commitment considers safeguarding human and animal health as the core, and we choose to work with partners that share our vision that responsible sourcing is not only seen from an economic point of view, but also in connection with environmental protection and social development, including human and labour rights.

our ethics & compliance programme

Fish farmer Nigeria

Conversion free vegetable ingredients

Skretting is committed to sourcing vegetable ingredients originating from land that has not recently been converted from natural habitat to cropland through deforestation or other forms of conversion. The planning and execution of this commitment will be a journey of several years and therefore we are currently setting the following two commitments solely for our ASC-certified businesses:

  • Skretting is committed to sourcing conversion free soy and palm ingredients by January 1st, 2025 with a cut-off date of June 30th, 2021
  • Skretting is committed to create an action plan to source the remaining vegetable ingredients conversion free. This overall action plan will be finalized by the end of 2025
Vegetable field in sunset

Learn more about our initiatives

Supporting fishery improvement projects (FIPs)
Aquaculture dialogue advances Brazil's sustainable soy agenda
A conservation mechanism for the Cerrado

Contact Skretting Procurement

Reach out to our procurement team for further information.