Darling Ingredients Inc

The company has conducted an annual water risk assessment since 2020. The company disclosed in 2019 that it used WRI's Aqueduct, WWF's Water Risk Filter, and Ecolab's Water Risk Monetizer. The company uses WRI's Aqueduct tool annually. The company covers all its direct operations in the risk assessment. It seems its international operations have not been assessed for water quality risks. The company mentions that, in the risk assessment conducted in 2019, it found that three sites, excluding non-critical sites, have a high basin-level water risk. Two are located in California, and one is in New Jersey. It is unclear whether these sites are at high risk from a water quality or scarcity perspective. Regarding biodiversity, the company says it has used the World Wildlife Fund's WWF biodiversity risk filter to map its global facilities' exposure to risks to the diversity and intactness of ecosystems, species and ecosystem services.

The company mentions that it monitors various effluent parameters, such as BOD, TSS, and Nitrate, but does not disclose the percentage of sites whose average wastewater metrics are in line with the IFC EHS guidelines. The company reports that it has had zero events of non-compliance associated with water quantity and/or quality permits, standards, and regulations. The company does not disclose the water-related CAPEX or OPEX.

The company mentions it has used the WWF biodiversity risk filter to map its global facilities. Still, it does not discuss areas of high biodiversity value in geographic regions where it operates, nor does it address the impact of nutrient pollution on these areas. The company incorporates biodiversity and land use into its materiality assessment, but it does not explain how this influences its water quality assessments.

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The company discloses that it treats all its wastewater in accordance with the relevant discharge quality parameters and considers that it does not need to set targets.

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The company mentions that it transforms waste from grocery stores, restaurants, and slaughterhouses into either methane, which is then converted into electricity and heat, or material used in nutrient-rich fertiliser. In 2024, they announced a partnership with GreenGasUSA to produce renewable natural gas and capture CO2 from wastewater at our U.S. facilities.

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The company's fertiliser products are all organic and circular. Still, the company has no discussion of growth for this business segment (or targets) despite its core biofuel segment producing digestate suitable for fertiliser products.

All the company´s fertilisers are organic, made from recycled waste.

The company did not provide a timely response to the investor letter; however, it did respond to the engagement questions. The company did not meet with the investor signatories. The company did not acknowledge the FAIRR´s assessment and did not provide feedback.