Delivering Sustainability to the Industry


With Rob Binnekamp, General Manager Trouw Nutrition GB


There is a clear need to deliver on sustainability, however, there also remains tremendous uncertainty within the agricultural industry about how to become ‘more sustainable’. In a series of articles Rob Binnekamp, General Manager of Trouw Nutrition GB, explains why they are ideally placed to be the sustainability partner of choice by offering you and your farmers positive support and leadership. In the first article, Rob will explain what Trouw Nutrition are doing themselves to become more sustainable and how this benefits their customers.


As part of Nutreco, Trouw Nutrition’s purpose is: ‘Feeding The Future’. Sustainable agriculture is a key pillar in delivering this and protecting the future of farming. Every part of the food and farming supply chain has a role to play in this. Therefore, we must all not only future proof our own operations, but also work with our customers to deliver solutions


across the supply chain. We have got a great opportunity to ensure that agriculture provides the solutions to feed our growing population, whilst also protecting the planet. I believe that the supply trade can take a lead role in helping


farmers to deliver more sustainable farming systems. The programmes, products and services we offer have a direct bearing on their net emissions; and through science, research and new advances, the supply chain can be pivotal in leading the farming industry to deliver increased sustainability and reduced emissions together with enhanced farm efficiency and profitability. As a business, Trouw Nutrition is committed to becoming more


sustainable through our Sustainability Roadmap 2025, which focuses on three key areas. Health and Welfare: defining and limiting our use of antibiotics. Climate and Circularity: setting science-based targets and outlining our raw material procurement and recycling goals. And finally, Good Citizenship: delivering on our objectives responsibly. Being sustainable in our own business practices helps to provide


solutions for our partners and end users with R&D backed solutions at farm level aimed at reducing emissions and managing carbon footprint. We are striving to become the sustainable partner of choice, not only providing the most sustainable product range whether that be premix, farm mineral, feed additives or calf milk replacers, but also


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with digital service solutions to improve efficiency at mill and farm level. Central to this will be innovation and a continued commitment to R&D to create solutions that help farmers reduce their carbon footprint, while managing their animals efficiently and profitably. We present these through science backed programmes linked to animal production lifecycles such as LifeStart, HealthyLife and Precision Nutrition. More to come on these in subsequent articles.


What have we done so far? At Trouw Nutrition GB we have already implemented a range of activities and initiatives to incrementally reduce our own carbon footprint and through this contribute to carbon reduction in those businesses downstream from ourselves. To meet our aspirations for climate change we are reviewing


our use of soya and palm oil with the objective that we only use product from 100% certified sources. We are utilising tools internally to calculate the carbon footprint of our own products. This includes looking at our high carbon footprint products and raw materials included in them, challenging where they are purchased and reviewing if we can source better and more responsibly.


Premix and milk powder manufacture are high energy users, so we have focussed on efficiencies in this area. We have reduced the


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