Public policy recommendations

We advocate for a supportive and agile regulatory framework that embraces sustainable innovation

诺维信（Novozymes）和科汉森（Chr.Hansen）合并成立了新的生物技术公司——Novonesis。我们与客户密切合作，我们将改变当今世界所有产品的生产和消费方式。

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Regulatory barriers and outdated policies can hinder technological innovation. Carbon reduction targets and policies assume technological innovation but overlook regulatory barriers. The "Technological hockey stick" is only possible if a "Regulatory hockey stick" is initiated. That is why we advocate for a supportive and agile regulatory framework that embraces sustainable innovation. 



Chr. Hansen Public Affairs topics


EU food regulation: need for paradigm shift to include sustainability

Rebalancing precautionary and innovation principles

Biology vs. chemicals/ingredients vs. additives

Closing the EU innovation gap

Visibility and priority for sustainability enabling sectors

Establish ingredients and fermentation sector as a distinct entity

 

Policy proposals

  • Green fast-tracking across the board
  • Utilizing EU Innovation Principle in sector regulation and legislation
  • Applying sunset clauses to legislation covering rapid innovation
  • EFSA: A broader mandate to evaluate all relevant aspects of risk/benefit analyses
  • Educating civil servants that can evaluate biological products and processes on their own terms
  • Risk evaluations should cover climate, environment and sustainability in general
  • Pricing externalities: carbon taxation, gradually introduced, ensuring economic competitiveness and leakage scenarios
  • Regulatory sandboxing and pilot projects for research.

 

EU sector collaboration and policy priorities

 



The need to shape a more sustainable future is urgent

Challenges such as climate change, food waste, global health and the overuse of antibiotics and pesticides are all pressing issues that society and industry need to address. 


Food production accounts for nearly 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions


A 70% agricultural efficiency increase is needed to feed the future population


1/3 of all food is wasted which is equal to 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions


Aging population, rise in non-communicable diseases and antibiotic resistance

Chr. Hansen's sustainable microbial solutions can drive positive change

Our 50,000 microbial strains can help:

  • extend shelf life of foods and delay growth of pathogens
  • support gut and immune health in adults and infants
  • replace chemical pesticides in crop farming
  • increase productivity in yogurt and cheese manufacturing
  • create healthy and tasty foods
  • reduce use of antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) in livestock production. 

 

 

We are striving to fight food waste with good bacteria and fermentation


17%

of dairy is wasted

81%

of waste is due to product expiration

30%

of yogurt waste can be reduced by extending shelf life by seven days


We are using good bacteria to empower growers globally

Enhancing crop yield using nature's own resources

Protecting plants from diseases and pests

Providing healthier soil and healthier crops

 


 


We are supporting a healthy lifestyle through probiotics

 

54m

sick days (flu-like sickness) can be avoided each year if the US population takes probiotics*

1.7 days

of work on average are missed when people get flu-like sickness

61%

of lost workdays can potentially be reduced by taking probiotics*



* Probiotics reduce healthcare costs and societal impact of flu-like respiratory tract infections in the US: An economic modeling study, Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop I. et al, Front Pharmarcol, 2019


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