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AB Agri is working to reduce GHG emissions across its businesses and aims to support its customers in reducing the environmental impact of food production.
AB Agri's premix plant in Nanjing, China, which was commissioned in August 2025
AB Agri seeks to improve energy efficiency and reduce the fossil fuel reliance of its sites globally. The business has set a roadmap for energy and greenhouse gas (‘GHG’) emissions reduction, in line with the ISO 50001 energy management system in place across all UK sites. Energy used in manufacturing and distribution operations is its priority focus area.
AB Agri’s total energy use in 2026 was 169GWh, a decrease of 13% compared with 2025. Of that total energy consumption, 6% came from a renewable source and four of AB Agri’s sites use self-generated solar power as a renewable energy source. During 2026, AB Agri exported 37GWh of energy to the UK national grid and continued to implement energy efficiency measures across its sites, while monitoring the feasibility of larger-scale solutions.
AB Agri’s Scope 1 and 2 (market-based) emissions were 62kt CO2e in 2026, a 12% reduction compared to 2025 reflecting the combined impact of process efficiency projects, investments in technology, fuel switching to lower emission energy sources and lower production volume in the UK.
AB Agri continues to make progress in transitioning to lower emission energy sources across its operations. In addition to the solar panels already installed, the division has also completed the process of swapping out lighting to LED at its Global Supplements site in Monmouth, UK. Additionally, its anaerobic digestion plant in Yorkshire, UK, produces renewable gas from food and feed waste, equivalent to 60% of the gas used to power AB Agri’s UK manufacturing sites.
AB Agri continues to work on mapping and calculating its Scope 3 emissions, focusing first on its most material businesses.
In 2026, AB Agri announced its intention to sell four of the compound feed mills operated by its UK monogastric feed business, ABN. It subsequently announced its intention for ABN to exit this sector and began exploring options, including divestment, for its remaining mills. These decisions will result in significant changes to AB Agri’s manufacturing footprint and will materially affect its Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions profile. The division is reassessing its total GHG emissions, to understand the implications for its businesses’ reduction roadmaps going forward.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 222 | 209 | 198 | 194 | 169 |
| Percentage of total energy | 12% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scope 1 GHG emissions | 37 | 49 | 38 | 36 | 31 |
| Scope 2 GHG emissions | 34 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 31 |
A warming planet, evidenced by rising global temperatures and increasingly volatile weather patterns, poses a significant challenge to agriculture. Extreme heat, drought and flooding have the potential to disrupt every stage of AB Agri’s value chain, from sourcing crops for feed to manufacturing operations and customers’ farm businesses.
As an integral element of its risk management process, AB Agri has identified an initial set of climate-related physical and transition risks and opportunities. These are actively managed through the AB Agri risk register. Key risks include extreme weather events and temperature fluctuations that could impact the availability of critical raw materials or disrupt manufacturing operations. To mitigate these risks, AB Agri has implemented stock management strategies and contingency plans for critical raw materials. At its manufacturing sites in the UK and China, the division has introduced controls and mitigation measures to address risks related to snow, flooding and extreme temperatures. Additionally, AB Agri uses the Verisk Maplecroft global risk analysis tool to monitor temperature trends and assess potential business interruptions linked to severe weather events.
