Darling Ingredients Inc

DAR:NYSE US2372661015
Key Information
HQ:
United States
Market Cap:
$10.27bn
Primary Markets:
North America, Europe & Russia, LATAM, Oceania, Asia



Company Information

Company Summary

Darling Ingredients Inc. is headquartered in the U.S. and is a manufacturer, processor, and distributor of ingredients extracted from edible and inedible bio-nutrients. The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients, and Fuel Ingredients. It offers ingredients and customised speciality solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertiliser industries. The company also collects and transforms various animal by-product streams into useable and speciality ingredients, such as collagen, animal proteins and meals, organic fertilisers, and fuel feedstock, among others.
Darling Ingredients

Waste & Pollution Engagement

Analysis Overview

Risk Assessment Downstream risk assessment quality and transparency Risk Mitigation Circularity Company Engagement

Summary

Darling Ingredients business is entirely circular. However, there is no discussion of growth for its fertiliser business segment (or targets) despite its core biofuel segment producing nutrient-rich digestate suitable for fertiliser.

Analysis Breakdown




Risk Assessment

Medium
Coverage of water quality risk assessment
Transparency and disclosure of water quality indicators
Recognition of nutrient pollution risk on biodiversity



Downstream risk assessment quality and transparency

Poor
Inclusion of the downstream use of products in risk assessment
Acknowledgment of regulatory risks
Impact analysis of products on nature-related risks and climate



Risk Mitigation

Poor
Target-setting for water quality
Support to downstream farmers
Strategy on products with lower environmental impact



Circularity

Medium
Pilot projects around nutrient circularity
Disclosure of investment in circular solutions
Targets to increase share of manure under circular initiatives
Disclosure of fertiliser revenue coming from circular sources



Company Engagement

Poor
Level of company engagement with the coalition

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