The updated Sustell™ module for dairy life cycle assessment (LCA) aligns with the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and International Dairy Federation (IDF) guidelines, while maintaining ISO accreditation and alignment with EU Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) calculation methodologies. The update also provides access to GFLI and Agri-Footprint 6.3 feed ingredient databases and other ingredients used in the ration such as roughages and silage, while providing data connectivity to the leading least cost feed formulation software through API links.
The new release further improves the Sustell™ experience, enabling users to navigate the complexity of dairy operations by providing greater flexibility in how to account for the different dairy life stages and farm ecosystems. The latest Sustell™ upgrade allows users to gain more detailed insights into their current environmental impact and provides the necessary detailed visibility to model multiple interventions for footprint reduction. Building on Sustell™’s existing intervention functionality users can develop even more credible, transparent and detailed improvement roadmaps.
“With this Sustell™ update, we enable dairy value chain players to not only have a clear, credible and complete environmental footprint across all 19 environmental impact categories, but we also help to unlock value creation opportunities such as access to sustainable finance, ecolabels and carbon value monetization that accompany sustainability improvements,” noted David Morris, Global LCA Director at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health.
04 December 2024
