Responsibly produced soy and palm oil

Today, 70% of all globally produced soy is used to feed livestock. Danish imports of soy for feed account for 0.25% of global soy production, and we’re committed to playing an active role in promoting deforestation-free soy. Our target is for all our farmer owners and other suppliers of livestock to use 100% deforestation- and conversion-free soy by 2027/28. To that end, we are part of various initiatives (see below) and participate in the research and development of alternative protein sources for feed, through our participation in the ‘Dansk Protein Innovation'.

Transition to certified soy

According to the Soy Transition plan in the DANISH Product Standard scheme, over the last five years the feed companies have been gradually building up the proportion of soy sourced for Danish pigs that is aligned with FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines. In 2025 100% of this soy is as minimum covered with credits. We continue exploring different opportunities to secure physical DCF soy in our supply chains.

Find out more about our approach in our other main production countries in our annual report.

Annual reports

Partnering to combat deforestation

As a member of the Danish Soy Alliance, we have supported a project "Scaling Up Sustainable Soy Partnership" initiated by the Ethical Trade Denmark and WWF to combat deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region. The Cerrado, an agricultural frontier for several crops, faces significant land conversion challenges, and it is the region, where Danish soy consumption has the most significant deforestation and conversion footprint. Through this partnership, we were dedicated to promoting practices among Cerrado producers that prevent deforestation and securing support from financial institutions and downstream companies to create a sector-wide agreement against soy-driven deforestation and land conversion. The activities in Cerrado were complemented by activities in Denmark focused on the main soy supply-chain actors under the Danish Soy Alliance.

Commitments and partnerships to deforestation-free soy and palm oil

As cooperation is key to achieving deforestation-free supply chains for soy and palm oil, we are participating in several stakeholder initiatives in this area and have signed up to relevant commitments:

Responsible palm oil in feed and food

We have been a member of the Danish Alliance for Responsible Palm Oil since November 2020, and only use palm oil that is RSPO certified in our processed food products. Palm oil used as livestock feed will be deforestation-free once EUDR comes into application.

Policy and programme to prevent Deforestation and Land Conversion

We have an important role in protecting forests, which is why we work to reduce risks related to deforestation and land conversion in our global supply chain. As part of our efforts we have developed a Deforestation and Land Conversion Policy and established a programme to support the implementation of the policy.