Food companies Danone and Ajinomoto unveiled a new partnership on Thursday as they aim to reduce the dairy industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The partnership comes after six of the world’s largest dairy companies – including Danone – last year revealed an alliance that aimed to cut methane emissions at the COP28 summit.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has noted that livestock is a major source of methane emissions, with manure and the natural bodily functions of cows such as belching contributing to the gas’s presence.
In addition to this, leading global companies are keen to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, in which steps taken by companies to protect the environment score highly.
Danone and Ajinomoto have said they will join up to use an Ajinomoto product called AjiPro®-L.
According to data from the companies, the product decreases nitrous oxide emissions from manure by approximately 25% and – if combined with a methane reduction additive – can amplify the effect of the methane reduction additive by approximately 30%.
On the partnership, Danone’s chief procurement officer Jean-Yves Krummenacher said, “With partners like Ajinomoto Co, we are expanding our toolkit of solutions that we are bringing to our dairy farmers that have a dual effect – on the one hand reducing on-farm GHG emissions whilst on the other, supporting farmers to improve their margin, and as a result, boost their resilience.”
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