Code of Conduct

The Right Way

The right way

BioMar acknowledges that a sustainable business must be built ensuring the fundamental rights of human beings. Our Code of Conduct is essential to the way we drive our business. We require that all employees, suppliers, contractors, and subcontractors comply with outlined standards and provisions.

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Responsible Employment Policy

In BioMar, we care about people. We are committed to ensure all employees and contingent workers get a positive employee experience working in BioMar, being met with respect and growth opportunities. To deliver on our commitment, we are working with local authorities, unions, and employee representation, adopting leading market standards for the employee experience, while safeguarding our BioMar way of working.

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The BioMar Speak-Up Line

This is a confidential service provided by an independent company – Got Ethics.

If you as BioMar worker or Third Party to the BioMar Group believe that there has been a breach or suspected breach of any laws, our Code of Conduct, BioMar policies, or our standards, then you should use our BioMar Speak-Up Line (whistleblower line).

People & Planet

Discover articles that highlight our dedication to sustainability, people & planet

The BioMar New Deal

June 8 2023

Systematic change takes work and requires everyone in the value chain to be involved. To establish a new deal, we must rethink our current approach while at the same time reimagining new pathways.

Loch Duart Salmon pioneers sustainability and health advancements in the UK with BioMar’s innovative Blue Impact feed

June 1 2023

Loch Duart, the small-scale, low-impact salmon farm based in North West Scotland, has furthered their commitment to raising the best-tasting salmon with the lowest possible impact on the environment by switching to global aqua feed producer BioMar’s new Blue Impact diet. Loch Duart is the first salmon producer in the UK to use the Blue Impact feed, launched by BioMar last year.

Closing the Gap on Sustainable Fisheries

May 17 2023

BioMar has significantly reduced its consumption of marine ingredients by 70% in the last 30 years. While these ingredients remain a great nutrient for fish and shrimp diets, they must be responsibly sourced from healthy fish stocks.

New white paper: Seafood – Denmark is a leading hub for sustainable production and innovation within aquaculture and fisheries

May 8 2023

The global food supply is facing vast challenges: uneven food distribution, overnutrition, undernutrition and the global impact of climate change. With a growing population and a rising food demand, how will we ensure a sustainable supply of safe, high quality food to consumers? What role will the seafood sector play?

The Importance of Limiting Warming to 1.5°C

April 19 2023

The scientific community has stressed the urgency of limiting warming to 1.5°C because the health of oceans, ecosystems, and humans depends on it.

BioMar’s carbon targets approved as the ‘most ambitious’

April 19 2023

Today at the launch of BioMar’s Sustainability Report, the group announced that it became the first aquafeed company to have its ambitious carbon reduction targets independently validated to meet the 1.5°C trajectory. This is currently the most ambitious designation available through the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) process.

Targeting BioMar’s Supply Chain Emissions

April 12 2023

Reducing raw materials (RMs) emissions is an enormous challenge. In 2022, BioMar consumed approximately 1.6 million tonnes of RMs, which are diverse, sourced globally, and purchased from hundreds of suppliers.

Sustainable Fisheries: A Shared Responsibility

April 12 2023

In the last 20 years, BioMar has reduced the inclusion of marine ingredients in aquafeeds by more than 60%. This dramatic reduction resulted from supply/demand and a desire to decouple aquaculture growth from dependency on wild fisheries as a resource base.

Eelgrass, the unsung hero of the sea

April 12 2023

Eelgrass plays a crucial role in our oceans’ ecosystems, serving as a nursery and sanctuary for many species while balancing oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen levels in coastal ecosystems. Danish coastal areas have historically contained hundreds of kilometres of eelgrass beds.

Cleaning up our seas

April 12 2023

At BioMar, we know how important it is to have clean seas and oceans. This is why BioMar Greece has collaborated with local authorities and volunteers to clean up Volos Port.

A deep dive into Restorative Raw Materials

April 12 2023

In 2021, BioMar set the lofty goal of increasing the share of circular and/or restorative raw materials (RMs) to 50% by 2030. This ambition aims to take sustainability to the next level by measuring and improving on all environmental impacts – not just carbon emissions. But how are these terms defined, and what does it mean to be restorative? Let’s take a deep dive.

Supporting Women in Caribbean Aquaculture

April 3 2023

With the support of BioMar, Women in Caribbean Aquaculture (WiCA), and the extended organisation of the Caribbean Aquaculture Network (CAN), the brainchild of Juli-Anne Russo is off to a great start.

Low phosphorus emissions – a green initiative

March 1 2023

Results of the Hav-Tek project, supported by GUDP, indicate that BioMar's high-tech feed with a reduced phosphorus content, developed under the feed concept Blue IMPACT, meets the expectation of low phosphorus emissions, thus contributing to sustainable development within aquaculture.

BioMar Sources Benson Hill Ingredients to Boost Sustainability of Aquafeed

January 26 2023

Benson Hill, Inc., a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, and Denmark-based BioMar, today announced a strategic collaboration to advance BioMar’s responsible sourcing program by leveraging Benson Hill soy and further assessing its sustainability impact on high-performance aquafeed formulations.

Time to rethink waste

November 14 2022

It is time to rethink waste. Through innovation, many leftovers from human food production can be turned into new valuable resources containing nutrients that are essential to the diet of many aquaculture species.

BioMar and Síldarvinnslan to build a net-zero aquafeed facility in Iceland

August 12 2022

BioMar Group and Síldarvinnslan have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a modern high-tech aquafeed production facility in Iceland. Through this move, BioMar will become the only global feed company in the Icelandic market. The venture has an ambition to build a facility that will achieve net-zero within its own operations.