IRVING,
Texas, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling
Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) has released its 2022 Sustainability
Progress Report, which provides a detailed overview of the
company's progress against key environmental, social and governance
objectives throughout 2022.
"As a growing family of brands and businesses we are committed
to continuing our strong focus on sustainability and continually
seek ways to maximize resources and help move the world toward a
more circular economy," said Randall C.
Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our
Sustainability Progress Report outlines how our unique size and
scale allow Darling Ingredients to enable entire industries to be
less wasteful and more sustainable, demonstrating that
sustainability is core to who we are and what we do."
Notable 2022 achievements include:
- Decreased global water intensity by 20%, achieving our 2025
goal three years early.
- Improved global emissions intensity by more than 8%, per unit
of raw material processed, compared to 2020, marking strong
progress alongside business growth.
- Met our renewable fuels production goal, producing more than
780 gallons of renewable diesel at Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), our
joint venture.
- Opened a new renewable diesel plant at DGD, to expand total
annual production capacity to approximately 1.2 billion gallons of
renewable diesel.
- Doubled our renewable energy production in Europe through acquisition and expansion of
biodigestation capacity.
The report also describes steps taken to enable future
sustainability success, including completing the company's
first-ever double materiality assessment and adding new leadership
to help define near- and long-term sustainability strategy, set
targets and enable change throughout global operations. Also
contained in the report is a full Scope 3 inventory, an important
step on following through on the company's commitment to setting
science-based climate targets and validating them with the Science
Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
About Darling Ingredients
Darling Ingredients Inc.
(NYSE: DAR) is the largest publicly traded company turning edible
by-products and food waste into sustainable products and a leading
producer of renewable energy. Recognized as a sustainability
leader, the company operates more than 260 facilities in over 15
countries and repurposes approximately 15% of the world's meat
industry waste streams into value-added products, such as green
energy, renewable diesel, collagen, fertilizer, animal proteins and
meals, and pet food ingredients. To learn more, visit
darlingii.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.
Darling Ingredients Contacts
Investors:
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Suann
Guthrie
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Senior VP, Investor
Relations, Sustainability & Communications
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(469) 214-8202;
suann.guthrie@darlingii.com
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Media:
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Jillian
Fleming
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Director, Global
Communications
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(972)
541-7115; jillian.fleming@darlingii.com
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