Addressing climate change
Climate change is a defining issue of our time. As populations, economies and standards of living grow, cumulative greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for centuries, making timely and sustained emissions reductions important to limiting global temperature rise.
Science-based targets
As part of Nutreco, Skretting works towards greenhouse gas reduction targets developed through the Science Based Targets initiative. We report progress against defined baseline years, emissions scopes, organisational boundaries and reporting periods. Current targets and results should be read together with the scope and methodology in our latest Impact Report.
Our operations and KPI's
We monitor, record and report environmental and social manufacturing indicators across our production sites. This enables us to follow performance and share practices across operations. Results can be influenced by changes in our production footprint, production volumes, energy sources and data coverage. All Skretting manufacturing facilities are required to have a waste-handling plan that supports recycling and avoids landfill where practicable.
Deforestation
For vegetable ingredients, our procurement teams apply sourcing requirements designed to address deforestation and conversion risks. The requirements and level of assurance depend on the ingredient, region of cultivation and applicable Nutreco policy. Further information is available in the Nutreco Soy and Oil Palm Ingredients Sourcing Policy.
Our footprint
Feed plays an important role in fish and shrimp health, wellbeing and production efficiency. It also contributes to the environmental footprint of aquaculture, with ingredients accounting for a significant share of feed-related greenhouse gas emissions. We use lifecycle data and technical expertise to identify potential reductions associated with ingredient sourcing, feed formulation and feed use. Results depend on the product, production system, geography, period, baseline, comparator, data quality and methodology used.
Circularity
The circular economy can provide options for making greater use of materials that might otherwise have limited value. We explore the use of by-products and other circular ingredients where they meet nutritional, safety, regulatory, availability and lifecycle-performance requirements. Circular origin alone does not demonstrate a lower environmental footprint; performance depends on the ingredient and the methodology used.
Aligning with biodiversity goals - our responsibility
Skretting applies environmental dimensions in our processes to identify and assess human rights risks and impacts, as well as the impacts on society stemming from our impact on nature.
- Ecovadis:
- Assess how nutrients runoff from aquaculture operations could affect local water quality and, in turn, the health of nearby communities
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Reducing pollution
- Reducing packaging waste - goal x and y
- Nutrient solutions to avoid runoff
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Sustainable practices
- Only buy from certified fisheries
- 10 ASC certified factories
- Novel ingredients focus to increase feed ingredient diversity
- Deforestation free soy focus
- Traceability and third party verification
Read our Impact Report 2025
Read the Impact Report 2025 to learn more about the actions we took and the results we achieved last year in our sustainability journey.