The feed and food sectors face the same sustainability challenge but are often isolated from one another.
Retailers tell us they face growing expectations from consumers, regulators, and investors to be transparent on sourcing, emissions, and environmental impact – and the feed behind their meat, fish, dairy, and other animal products have a significant footprint. And yet, the sustainability efforts of retailers, food producers, and feed companies are fragmented, with each group often unaware of the pressures and dilemmas each other are facing. As long as we view the interconnected parts of this value chain in isolation, we will not make meaningful progress on sustainability.
Let’s change that.
Building a bridge between feed and food
On 04 June 2026 in Utrecht, GMP+ International is hosting a day of dialogues at VICTAM International, the world’s largest gathering of feed companies.
This is what our industry has been asking us to do. As an independent organisation with deep experience in the feed chain, we are best placed to convene the right voices, connect existing initiatives, and help feed companies face up to what they say is the biggest challenge in our industry – sustainability.
This is not just another conference. It is a working dialogue about how the sector moves forward together.
Your invitation
If you are responsible for the future success of your company, then you need to be in the room.
Industry leaders from across the feed and food chain will be there. Together, we will explore how to build a sustainable bridge between feed and food, and how the proven chain approach in feed safety can be leveraged to accelerate sustainability.
This is especially an opportunity for retailers and food producers to join the discussion. Retailers and procurement leaders are in a difficult position; feed is a significant part of your supply chain footprint, often connected to land-use change and deforestation, but disconnected from the direct consumer experience. You want credible information, transparency, and assurance that sustainability claims are backed by reliable data. Food producers need to be able to contribute to that data, and need to secure that information from the upstream part of the chain. But unilateral demands aren’t enough – without harmonisation across the supply chain, credible change will always be an uphill struggle.
That is exactly why collaboration across the entire value chain is essential.
What’s on the agenda?
This event is all about moving from dialogue to clear next steps.
The day is designed so participants will understand where the market is heading, what credible sustainability infrastructure looks like, and where collaboration is most urgently needed.
In the morning, we will set the scene and look at the latest sustainability developments in the sector.
We will discuss how demands to measure environmental footprint are redefining the global animal feed industry, with practical cases illustrating the impact of environmental metrics on feed and food value chains, and how shared methodologies can help companies stay ahead in the new era.
We will get into the detail on how we can move away from fragmented systems, and towards collectively reducing our environmental impact through common data, tools, and collaboration.
We will also share how GMP+ is taking a leading role and setting requirements for data protocols and Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), which are critical steps to build our industry’s sustainability infrastructure.
In the afternoon, we are going to make progress on the big barriers to feed sustainability:
Despite increasing verification and effort, sustainable feed often fails to receive fair market recognition. Understanding what is holding the market back will help all of us address the real pain points and create positive impact.
Traceability and data. Sustainability data only creates value if it can move reliably through the supply chain. We will look at the opportunity presented by existing chain of custody practices, and how they can evolve to build trust and support more sustainable feed and food, without creating unnecessary costs or complexity.
Easy to join
We know the feed community wants to do better on sustainability. 85% of our own certified companies have told us they want GMP+ to increase the scope of our work to address it. It’s time to move beyond frustration and inaction, and into meaningful steps that will secure the future of our industry.
Participating in this event means you can:
Better understand the sustainability developments taking place within the feed sector, and the needs of downstream food and retail partners.
Help shape the frameworks and data approaches that will underpin future transparency,
Connect directly with feed and food industry leaders and sustainability experts, and
Contribute to practical solutions that benefit the entire supply chain.
And... the event is free to attend.
If you want to help shape how sustainability is measured, recognised, and scaled across the feed and food chain, this is the room to be in. View the full agenda, and register, click here.
See you there.