Sustainable Materials
Nutrition Range
We have made improvements to:
- Sustainability of our packaging: In 2018 we changed the packaging of our cat food, reducing bag height; using thinner bags and introducing a flat bottom. This reduced plastic use by 3,000kgs. In 2019, we will be making the same changes to our range of dog food to is projected to save a further 18,000kgs of plastic. Our cardboard cartons are now FSC certified.
- Sustainability of our recipes and ingredients: All of the krill and the fish oil used in the dry SPECIFIC diets are certified by either Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or IFFO RS Standard. All of the fish meal used in our dry cat food is certified by IFFO RS Standard and the fish meal in the dry dog food will be replaced with fish from accredited sources in 2019. We are aiming to move to 100% of our fish from certified sustainable sources in 2019.
- Sustainability of our warehousing and distribution: our warehousing and distribution is via Dechra Service Center (DSC) and further information on its initiatives can be found here.
- Sustainability of our manufacturers: Most of our wet food is produced in Denmark and our organic wet food in Austria. These plants are aiming to achieve zero landfill, CO2 reduction/energy reduction, water usage reduction and have set targets to ensure efficient utilisation of resources. Most of our dry foods are produced in Belgium. This plant has worked actively at reducing the ecological footprint on a yearly basis. They produce their own electricity via solar panels with an annual yield of 65.000 kWh. All the different kinds of waste are sorted out and treated separately and more than 95% of all the waste is recycled by recognized and reliable partners. Some of our new cat foods are produced in a plant in the UK where 68% of their electricity is provided from an anaerobic digester, using waste materials from the pet food plant and the neighbouring farm – a further 3% of electricity comes from solar panels.
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