Swiss-Dutch health, nutrition and beauty company DSM-Firmenich has launched a shrimp module for its Sustell platform, allowing shrimp farmers to map, reduce the full environmental footprint of their operations and meet environmental sustainability targets.
The new module offers on-demand environmental footprinting for shrimp production of all stages, from hatchery, to nursery, to grow-out, in addition to a feed module which is a critical contributor to LCA in any animal farming system. The new module was developed in collaboration with Ecuador shrimp producer Grupo Almar, which will be applying this technology across its farms as it looks to deliver on its sustainability ambitions.
According to DSM-Firmenich, this is the first ever online life cycle assessment (LCA) platform tailored to commercial shrimp farming.
“When we partnered with DSM-Firmenich last year, we knew we wanted to implement technologies that help us improve the environmental sustainability of our shrimp production. We knew when we chose Sustell™ we would be able to go beyond measurement by taking ownership of our full environmental footprint, and now, with the new module for shrimp, we are able to take our sustainability efforts one step further,” Grupo Almar General Manager/COO Wolfgang Harten said.
DSM-Firmenich’s Sustell lead for Aqua & Global Key Account Manager Louise Buttle said that with the introduction of the module in Sustell, shrimp producers now have the platform available to conduct full lifecycle assessment at scale, ensuring a strong return on investment and providing credible and accurate footprinting.
“Sustell unlocks new value opportunities for producers, from improving farm productivity to ecolabeling and sustainable finance, for example. Sustell for shrimp demonstrates our commitment and continued innovations to further develop the sustainable production of seafood from aquaculture,” she said.
