Climate Change Data

Denkavit Group

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013-2014, 2017-2018)

Reporting Period: 2013-2014

Environmental Metrics

Total Energy Consumption:712,000 m3 gas (2013); 674,202 m3 gas (2014)
Waste Generated:Almost 20 tonnes of plastic reduction since 2011

ESG Focus Areas

  • Care for young animals
  • Quality and food safety
  • Efficient production and logistics
  • Connecting the chain
  • Sustainable use of raw materials

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced gas consumption through heat recovery from air compressors and improved heating boiler control.
  • Reduced plastic waste by almost 20 tonnes since 2011 by encouraging bulk transportation.
  • Reduced energy consumption per tonne of animal feed by 8.2% since 2013.

Social Achievements

  • Launched Veal Farmer Portal in 2014 to provide farmers with quick insights into calf details and results.
  • Expanded Lacto piglet milk range in 2014, positively impacting sow vitality and piglet weaning weight.
  • Implemented a nine-point plan for veal calf integration, resulting in 98% of farmers cleaning and disinfecting stables between rounds.
  • Supported Unicef's 'Prevent Child Mortality' project in Burundi and other social projects in Germany.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a new quality structure in 2014 with quality coordinators in each department.
  • Developed the Denkaveal Quality System, a quality management system for animal welfare and food safety.
  • Implemented videoconferencing, saving time, money, and CO2 emissions.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • 8% improvement in energy efficiency by 2016 compared to 2011.
Short-term Goals:
  • Achieve 100% responsible soy and palm oil use by 2015.
  • Increase stable cleaning and disinfection rate to 100% by 2015.

Environmental Challenges

  • Increasing demand for food and pressure on raw materials, water, and nature.
  • Maximizing bulk transport while meeting customer preferences and distance constraints.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Researching alternative raw materials and protein sources, including insect-based protein.
  • Acquiring V-milk to upgrade the value of by-products from the food industry.
  • Working towards 100% responsible soy and palm oil use through industry collaborations.
  • Investing in a second compound feed line to increase storage capacity and reduce empty mileage.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Working with regular suppliers to assure raw material quality; sampling and analyzing each batch.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4

Certifications: GMP+, ISO 9001:2008

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Avance (high-end milk substitute pellet)
  • Lacto piglet milk range

Reporting Period: 2017-2018

Environmental Metrics

Total Energy Consumption:10,021 MWh (electricity) and 972,000 m3 (gas) in 2018 at Dutch production site

ESG Focus Areas

  • Care for young animals
  • Connecting the chain
  • Quality and food safety
  • Good employment practice
  • Sustainable use of raw materials
  • Efficient production and logistics

Environmental Achievements

  • Increased use of RSPO-certified palm oil (38% in NL in 2018, 100% in FR in 2018)
  • Increased use of RTRS-certified soy (24.6% in NL in 2018)
  • Improved energy efficiency through process optimization and measures (2% per year improvement since 2013)
  • Planning for installation of 6,000-7,000 solar panels in 2019

Social Achievements

  • Launched ProgrammeCalf to improve calf health and welfare, resulting in reduced antibiotic use
  • Developed Mellow Go feed for piglets, improving feed intake and weaning weight
  • Developed Denkapig Safe Start concept for piglets, reducing antibiotic use and losses
  • Implemented a new complaints management system in 2017
  • Launched a competence management system in 2018 for employee training and development

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented a management-of-change system in 2018 for technical department
  • Annual risk assessment and evaluation (RAE) conducted to ensure safe working conditions
  • Implemented a whistleblower policy

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Further develop quantitative data collection for material issues in 2019
Short-term Goals:
  • Establish a concrete approach to nine priority CSR issues with objective and measurable KPIs in 2019

Environmental Challenges

  • Reducing ammonia emissions from farm buildings
  • Ensuring traceability of raw materials due to increased use of by-products from the human food industry
  • Maintaining high quality and safety standards while processing by-products
  • Reducing transport kilometers
Mitigation Strategies
  • Supporting research on alternative floor/pit systems for calf rearing farms to reduce ammonia emissions
  • Working closely with suppliers to ensure traceability of raw materials
  • Investing in a major expansion of warehouse facilities in 2019 to reduce transport kilometers
  • Implementing process optimization and energy-saving measures

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Intensive checks on raw materials
  • Use of certified sustainable palm oil and soy
  • Collaboration with suppliers to optimize sustainability

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Core Standards

Certifications: GMP+ B1, GMP+ B10, GMP+ MI102, GMP+ MI103, GMP+ C7, GMP+ BCN-NL1, OQualim (F), NWVA, DUCARES, A-Futter (D), ISO 22000: 2005, ISO 9001: 2015, SKV 2005, NL-BIO-01

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Progres ingredient for improved feed efficiency
  • Mellow Go feed for piglets
  • Denkapig Safe Start concept

Awards & Recognition

  • Best idea of 2017 (Progres ingredient)
  • INNOV’SPACE 2018 (Mellow Go feed)