Understanding that positive climate actions make both environmental and economic sense, Skretting Italy has had its ‘Carbon Footprint Systematic Approach’ certified to ISO 14067:2018, the international standard that provides globally agreed principles, requirements and guidelines for the quantification and reporting of the carbon footprint of a product. This means that the company is now able to provide certified carbon footprint figures on all of the aquaculture feed products in its portfolio, giving aquaculture operations of all sizes the means to calculate the carbon footprint of their products and a better understanding of ways in which these can be reduced.
Skretting Italy is the first feed producer to attain this status, with the certification covering the entire production process from material procurement, to final product shipment. Certification of the Carbon Footprint Systematic Approach is the latest step in Skretting Italy’s CarbonBalance set of supportive services for fish farmers and its carbon neutral feed concept Feed4Future, launched in 2020. This first-to-market offering has paired Skretting’s knowledge of the nutritional requirements of aquaculture species with sustainable, lower impact feed ingredients responsibly sourced from carefully selected suppliers. By finding innovative raw materials and high-quality by-products sourced from the food industry that do not compete with human consumption, Feed4Future diets have a 10% lower carbon footprint that standard diets, with the remaining CO2 emissions compensated for by carbon credits. Buyers of the feed can make use of the company’s marketing support to promote share their carbon neutrality stories.
