At Invers, our mission is to reduce the environmental impact of protein used in animal feed. We are building a sustainable insect farming supply chain that benefits our entire ecosystem:
- At the local level: by sourcing bran locally, using frass as fertiliser and providing farmers with additional income, we contribute to a vibrant and resilient territory
- At the national level : we strive to promote healthier food systems, ensuring animals are fed with nutritious and sustainable options while advancing food sovereignty
- At the international level: by preserving marine biodiversity – each tonne of larvae used in aquaculture feed replaces a tonne of fish that would otherwise be harvested from the oceans.
Our mission will be successful when reversing current trends becomes the collective goal of an entire territory, moving towards a regenerative economy.
Invers is committed to sustainable development, maximising co-benefits for all stakeholders in our ecosystems: customers, consumers, partner farmers, local and marine biodiversity and employees.
- High nutritional value
- Ensuring customer satisfaction
- A local supply chain, 100% French
- Resilience to climate change
- Added-value to agricultural by-products within the territory
- Safeguarding marine biodiversity
- Protecting local biodiversity by supporting eco-responsible farming practices among our partners
- A circular model that minimises resource use
- Reducing our carbon emissions
- Lowering carbon emissions in the animal feed sector
- Workplace satisfaction
- 100% of employees trained in climate issues
Stricter European sustainability standards, efforts to combat greenwashing, increasing social demande for environmental justice and the intensification of climate-related disruptions are urgent signals compelling us to reverse the trend.
Proteins for animal feed are at the heart of food sovereignty issues and are particularly under scrutiny. Currently, Europe relies on imports for 70% of its protein needs. Imports that are often unsustainable and come with severe environmental and social consequences.
Soy imported from South America: a major driver of unprecedented deforestation. The European Union is the world's third-largest consumer of soybean meal, with over half of its consumption imported and 85% directed towards animal feed (mainly poultry and pork, accounting for 75%). The impact is dire: in Brazil, agricultural expansion is expected to claim an additional 10 millions hectares of land in the next five years
Fishmeal: derived from the capture of small fish at the bottom of the food chain — such as sardines and anchovies - to feed farmed fish, pigs and poultry. Alarmingly, 90%of the fish targeted are perfectly edible for humans. Producing 1kg of farmed fish requires between1,5 and 3kg of wild fish
A different path is possible, this is the challenge has set out to tackle.
