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Welcome to the GMP+ Blog – monthly articles from GMP+ International’s Managing Director, Martine Boon. Topics include current sector trends, future plans, and the work of the GMP+ Community. 

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Collaboration answers the industry’s shared challenges

I speak with long-serving colleague Dik Wolters to understand what lessons from the past 30 years can help us tackle today’s challenges.

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Let’s connect

One month into leading GMP+ International, and I’m already inspired, energised, and eager to get to know the GMP+ Community ...

Published: 31 October 2024

Martine Boon, Managing Director

My wishes for feed’s future

As my time at GMP+ International comes to an end, I am grateful to the many people who have built ...

Published: 30 September 2024

My wishes for feed’s future

Innovation is a team sport

We’re proud to be seen as an innovative organisation, and there are still more opportunities for our community to collaborate. Remaining ...

Published: 30 July 2024

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Top 5 takeaways from our 2023 annual report

With steady growth, a new strategy, and a big thumbs up from our community, our 2023 annual report shows that ...

Published: 24 June 2024

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Mutual transparency

Transparency is essential to feed safety and sustainability, not just for companies, but also for standard setters like us. Confidence ...

Published: 30 May 2024

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The virtues of continuous improvement

Staying up to date and maintaining our ways of working are as important to continuous improvement as new innovations or ...

Published: 29 April 2024

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Our story for our future work

Our redesigned vision, mission, and values will help us build on our success in a changed world. The world has ...

Published: 28 March 2024

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A digital future for auditing

What could we achieve if we truly embraced digitisation in our community? Technology has always been a great enabler for our ...

Published: 29 February 2024

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Why sustainable feed?

Our growing focus on sustainability has many parallels with our origins in feed safety. Our community recognises that sustainability is ...

Published: 30 January 2024

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Turning the page to 2024

The future of our sector is not set in stone, but our community has the innovation and initiative to meet ...

Published: 20 December 2023

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Our new Carbon Footprint standard

As business opportunities increasingly depend on sustainability credentials, we want to play our role as a standard setter. For the ...

Published: 27 November 2023

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To go far, go together

Our partners have helped us innovate time and time again. Now, our sights are set on EU Deforestation-free Regulations (EUDR). ...

Published: 31 October 2023

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“International recognition” - what our community says about us

The results are in. We asked our community to tell us what they think of GMP+ International. A few months ...

Published: 26 September 2023

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Insect innovation - building a safe culture from the start

Like any developments in our sector, we want to ensure insect-based feed is managed safely and responsibly. The world is ...

Published: 31 July 2023

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Countdown has begun; prepare to transition to the renewed scheme

Be prepared. All certified companies need to transition to the GMP+ FC scheme 2020 by 01 March 2025 to avoid ...

Published: 27 June 2023

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‘Pragmatic’ and ‘Together’ - how we live our values

Our desire to connect with our community is more than skin-deep; it’s in our DNA. Here’s how we do it. ...

Published: 30 May 2023

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Feed safety knowledge is not competitive

It should be easy to build knowledge on feed safety. That’s why the GMP+ Academy is simple, affordable, and growing. ...

Published: 28 April 2023

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Supporting our smaller businesses

70% of GMP+ certified companies are small or medium-sized businesses. They play crucial roles in maintaining a safe feed chain ...

Published: 28 March 2023

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Human behaviour is the key to safe feed

Feed safety is a team effort, and it takes conscious involvement from managers and leaders to build the right culture. ...

Published: 27 February 2023

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You want a sustainable sector too? Let’s talk.

By combining forces, our GMP+ Community could be leaders in environmental sustainability. We want to play our part, and help ...

Published: 30 January 2023

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