September 16, 2024

FEFAC releases 4th Feed Sustainability Charter Progress Report

FEFAC published its 4th Feed Sustainability Progress Report on September 13, providing an overview of the organisation's past years of activities and deliverables in relation to the five ambitions that were included in the FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 which was released in September 2020.

These ambitions jointly provide a comprehensive approach on how the European feed industry can contribute to the development of more sustainable livestock and aquaculture value chains.

The past year was marked by discussions on the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation and views on Open Strategic Autonomy for feed ingredients, while the FEFAC Annual Event in June 2024 was largely dedicated to market and regulatory drivers to increase the circularity and reduce carbon emissions of EU livestock production.

The latest report also contains FEFAC's new commitments pertaining to each of the ambitions for the years towards 2030. The organisation considers that initial commitments included in the original Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 publication have been successfully delivered on and were subject to an update.

FEFAC president Pedro Cordero said: "Our updated commitments are well-timed with the start of the new, 2024–2029 legislative mandate of the European Commission. We demonstrate that that the European feed industry is setting its own objectives to boost sustainable feed production and look forward to engage with policy makers on these topics".

The five ambition chapters are also linked up with the aspirational targets of the EU Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing Practices, of which FEFAC is a signatory since 2021.

- FEFAC