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ANIMAL HEALTH

GEA PARTNERS WITH UNILEVER TO IMPROVE

SUSTAINABILITY ON DAIRY FARMS.

GEA and Unilever are joining forces to re- This partnership between four dairy farmers of
duce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in dairy our supplier CONO Kaasmakers, Unilever and
farming by installing GEA’s new manure en- GEA is a good illustration of creating a circular
richer solution ProManure E2950. During the farm management system. By implementing this
initial phase of the partnership, GEA will install technology, we are deploying our regenerative
four units on Dutch farms that supply milk to strategy and support significant reduction of the
Unilever. Over a one-year period, the data of carbon footprint of our dairy ingredients. This
these systems will be analyzed to measure their ultimately provides more sustainable products
impact on Unilever’s carbon footprint. Thus, for our consumers.”
Unilever and GEA will assess and scale up the “An important part of our Next Generation
potential of the system to significantly reduce reducing ammonia losses, that typically occur Farming philosophy is to empower dairy farmers
GHG emissions throughout the milk production during storage and field application, by up to around the world to sustainably future-proof
process, improving Unilever's sustainability along 95 percent. All nutrients including increased their operations in times of tight margins, envi-
its value chain. nitrogen is available to the plants in a targeted ronmental regulations and increasing complex-

A cooperation to generate and immediate manner. Thus, plant growth is ity. And at the end of the day to produce milk
supported, and the crop yield can be increased
and food more climate-friendly. Therefore, we
value for farmers by up to 40% compared to untreated manure. are very pleased that Unilever has chosen GEA
The GEA manure enricher enables dairy Moreover, methane emissions from manure as partner, as this is an important endorsement
farms to produce environmentally friendly storage are eliminated during the process. All for our innovative solutions,” says Peter Lau-
organic fertilizer locally on their farms just these effects can reduce a farm's overall carbon wers, CEO of GEA Farm Technologies. “As one
with their livestock slurry, air and electricity. footprint by up to 30 percent. of the world's largest system suppliers for the
Through innovative plasma technology, nitrogen “At Unilever we are convinced that technol- food industry and frontrunner for sustainable
from the air is added into the manure. At the ogy and innovation is key to decarbonize the change, we will put all our efforts together with
same time, the manure enricher technology dairy industry“, says Eric Soubeiran, Managing Unilever on this manure enricher solution to
utilizes all available nutrients on the farm by Director - Climate and Nature Fund at Unilever. promote circular farming .”

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